Al introducir el Texto Base elaborado por el Comite Local de la Diocesis de Guadalajara, para preparar el 48 Congreso Eucaristico Internacional, que se celebrara en esta Arquidiocesis del 10 al 17 de octubre de 2004, escribi que dicho Texto se ofrece alas iglesialocales para proporcionales algunas pistas de reflexion, que puedan servir de base para ulteriores desarrollos y profundizaciones en encuentros de estudio y de Oracion, tanto durante la preparacion Como en la celebracion del Congreso."
Introducing the Basic Text produced by the Local Committee of the Diocese of Guadalajara to prepare the 48th International Eucharistic Congress that will be celebrated in this Archdiocese from the 10th to 17th of October 2004, I wrote that this Text is being offered to the local Churches to provide them "several paths for reflection, that can serve as a basis for further developments and deeper understandings in gatherings for study or prayer, during the preparation as well as during the celebration of the Congress."""