The Eucharist is precious to us because we are given God Himself, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. That is why it is so important to have reverence for the Eucharist: God is real and wants us to take Him seriously.
God was preparing Lucia before the visions took place. Father Joe notes that Lucia's mother urged her to ask God to make her a saint, and Lucia made a self-offering.
Father Richard Conlin is a Catholic priest in the diocese of Vancouver, British Columbia. As the Catholic Church kicked off a campaign to educate the faithful on the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, I asked him to share his thoughts.