Justin Martyr

Saint Justin Martyr talks about the Eucharist and how Jesus intituted it and its significance. He says that the eucharist is not only bread and wine but the actual body and blood of Christ. He says that when we recieve this we recieve Jesus Christ and we receive His grace. We are to be in a state of grace when receiving the Eucharist. You must believe that you are receiving Jesus when receiving the Eucharist. Jesus gave us the sacrament of the Eucharist for our salvation as it gives us grace. The bread and wine are made flesh by the word of God. Saint Justin understands the significance of the eucharist and explains it to us as it is hard to understand and something that many people take lightly. 

Saint Justin Martyr explained this to the emporer who had Christians at his mercy and did not understand these celebration and didn't understand the significance of the eucharist. The christians understood the Eucharist well and celebrated it very seriously and understood that they were eating and drinking the body and blood of Christ but they were being ostracized for their celebrations which seemed strange to others, so Saint Justin Martyr explains the celebration to the emporer of the time.