As God, Jesus Christ is everywhere. As God made man, he is in heaven, and in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar.
Because Jesus Christ is truly God, He possesses all the attributes of God, including omnipresence. As God, He is present everywhere and sustains all creation. However, Jesus is also truly man. After His Resurrection and Ascension, His glorified human body entered Heaven, where He sits at the right hand of the Father. Yet Christ has not abandoned His Church. In a unique and wonderful way, He remains truly present in the Eucharist. The Church teaches that in the Blessed Sacrament, Jesus is present Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. This presence is called "real" because it is not merely symbolic but substantial. For this reason Catholics adore Christ in the Eucharist and show great reverence toward the tabernacle. Whether in Heaven reigning in glory or sacramentally present on earth, Jesus remains close to His people and continues His work of sanctification and salvation.
In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ are truly, really, and substantially contained. Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father, yet remains mysteriously present to his Church, especially in the Eucharist.
Matthew 28:20
And behold, I am with you always, to the close of the age.
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