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The Eucharist

The Eucharist. Beyond the Bread and Wine. What is at the heart of what it means to be Catholic… . The Eucharist!!. What is the Eucharist. The word Eucharist means “Thanksgiving.” It is a sacrament as well as a sacrifice .

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The Eucharist

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  1. The Eucharist Beyond the Bread and Wine

  2. What is at the heart of what it means to be Catholic… The Eucharist!!

  3. What is the Eucharist • The word Eucharist means “Thanksgiving.” • It is a sacramentas well as a sacrifice. • With the bread and wine, Jesus’ body and blood is truly and significantly present. We use these words to distinguish between other religions that believe that the Holy Eucharist is a symbol or sign. Note: All Christians, with minor exceptions, held the truth of the Real Presence from the time of Christ until the Protestant Revolution in the sixteenth century.

  4. What is the Eucharist • Eucharist was administered at the Last Supper, the night before Jesus died. • About a year before the Last Supper, Jesus mentioned His promise to give us the Holy Eucharist (Gospel of John 6:1-14)

  5. How was it Administered • Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to His apostles, saying: "Take and eat; this is My body;" then He took a cup of wine, blessed it, and gave it to them saying: "All of you drink of this; for this is my blood of the new covenant which is being shed for many for the forgiveness of sins and ever lasting life;“

  6. Jesus’ Words • When Our Lord said, "This is My body," the entire substance of the bread was changed into His body; and when He said, "This is My blood," the entire substance of the wine was changed into His blood. • This is called transubstantiation:the miraculous change of the bread and wine into the body and blood, blessed by the power of the Holy Spirit.

  7. Further Explanation Please! • Christ used clear and precise words that were more explicit: "This is My body." He did not say, "This is a sign of My body," or "This represents My body," but, "This is My body.“ • Catholics take Christ at His word because He is God Almighty.

  8. So did it really change? • We cannot see Christ with our physical eyes in this sacrament however we see Him with our faith eyes because theappearancesⁱ of bread and wine remain in the Holy Eucharist. • i: appearances mean colour, taste, weight, shape, and whatever else appears to the senses.

  9. How did He do this? • We must remind ourselves that God, who created all things from nothing, who fed the five thousand with five loaves, who changed water into wine instantaneously, who raised the dead to life, can change bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. • Although the Holy Eucharist is a great mystery, and consequently beyond human understanding, the principles of sound reason can show that this great gift is not impossible by the power of God. http://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/eucha1a.htm

  10. Does this process continue? • At every mass, only those who are ordained (Popes, Bishops, priests) have the power to change the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. • When they bless the bread at the alter, they recreate the moments of the last supper, acting in Jesus’ place just as the apostles did after His resurrection. “Do this in remembrance of me,” meant to continue this moment and teach it to others.

  11. Remember me • “Do this in remembrance of me.” Jesus wanted to remind us of His sacrifices.

  12. Why did Jesus do this? • Christ did this for us. He gave us His own body and blood in the Holy Eucharist: • First:to be offered as a sacrificehonouring and renewing for all time the sacrifice of the cross; • Second:to be received by the faithful in communion • Third:to remainas the proof of His love for us, and to be worshipped by us.

  13. http://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/eucha1a.htm • http://google.com/images/eucharist • http://youtu.be/GhJpKr70j5o

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