The Master is Here and is Calling You

The fact that the Eucharist brings us to long for, to strain or tend toward the world to come, must not be interpreted to imply a diminishing of interest in the improvement of this present world on earth...The Holy Eucharist commits us to undertake initiatives to promote development, justice, and peace. Solidarity and cooperation should replace competition and domination. Oppression, repression, or exploitation of individuals or of the poorer minorities or countries should be eliminated. The Christian who is coming from the Eucharistic celebration should examine his conscience on what can or should be done for the poor, the sick, the handicapped, and the needy in general. Christ washed the feet of his Apostles to teach that the Holy Eucharist sends us to love our neighbor actively. Saint Paul tells the Corinthians that their participation in the Holy Eucharist is defective if they are indifferent toward the poor. (see 1 Cor 11:17-22, 27-34)

Francis Cardinal Arinze: Celebrating the Holy Eucharist pp. 28-29