12.Prayers in the mass-adoration Flashcards
What are the words in the institution that Jesus said in the last supper?
-when the words are said the bread becomes the body and the wine becomes
-by taking Christ’s Body and Blood,his followers are able to share in the redeeming effects of his death and resurrection the blood
What is the prayer Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)?
This remembered the events in Exodus 12, when God ordered each Jewish household to kill and eat a lamb, marking their front door with some of its blood. This meant nobody in the house would be killed by the Angel of Death. The sacrifice of a lamb saved the Jews.
• Jesus is the new Lamb of God, because the sacrifice of his death saved humanity from the ultimate power of sin and death. The Agnus Dei reminds Catholics of this.
What is Eucharistic adoration and the Benediction?
Eucharistic adoration refers to adoring or honouring the real presence of Christ in the
• Because Catholics believe the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ, they treat it with great reverence and respect.
• Some Catholics receive Communion on their tongue rather than in their hand, as this reminds them that they are actually receiving Jesus himself.
• Eucharistic adoration is also shown in the service of Benediction. This is a service where the consecrated Bread is put on display in a monstrance (a large holder). The Real Presence of Christ is praised and the congregation are blessed with the Real Presence.
Agnus Dei
“Lamb of God ,you take away the sins of the world,have mercy on us”
Eucharist prayer
“Take this, all of you, and eat of it, for this is my body, which will be given up for you. Take this, all of you, and drink from it, for this is the chalice of my blood, the blood of the new and eternal covenant”
What is transubstantiation?
When the bread and wine in mass physically become the body and blood of Christ
