Think about this, a personal encounter with Jesus is both the source (foundation) and summit (the height) or our Catholic faith. That might seem like an oxymoron, placing two words that at first glance appear to be contradictory or at odds with each other. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states “The Eucharist is the ‘source and summit of the Christian life.’ The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it” (CCC 1324).