In the beginning of the Bible, we have the story of Adam and Eve. God told them they could eat any and all of the trees, except one. (The one they chose.) Included among all the others, however, is the Tree of Life. (Gen. 2:9) Note! God chose to name it.
We know the story. Adam and Eve made the wrong choice. They failed to live forever because of their mistake. Guess who fixes that mistake.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. (1 Cor 15: 20-22)
Christ brings us to life in the Liturgy of the Mass. We are nourished by eating the Body and Blood of Jesus. "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed." (John 6: 54-55)
If Adam and Eve had eaten from the Tree of Life, they would have lived forever. In John 6: 58, Jesus tells us that what Adam and Eve rejected is now available to us because we choose to "eat and live forever"--the Bread come down from heaven. (John 6: 50).
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