Holy Communion augments our Union with Christ. the principal Fruit of receiving the Eucharist in Holy Communion is an intimate union with Christ Jesus. Indeed, the Lord said: "He who eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood abides in me, and I in him." 223 Life in Christ has its Foundation in the Eucharistic banquet: "As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me." 224