Eucharist vocab

Question 1

Holy Communion

Answer 1

a mutual exchange of love between God and his people, much like the covenantal love celebrated between a husband and wife in marriage; a name given to reception of the Eucharist

Question 2

New Covenant

Answer 2

the new and everlasting covenant won for us by Christ’s Paschal Mystery. In this covenant is the fulfillment of centuries of prophecies and all of God’s promises for the forgiveness of sins. We are made members of the New Covenant by our baptism, and we renew and participate in the covenant every time we receive the Eucharist.

Question 3

Fidelity

Answer 3

faithfulness, loyalty, and continuing support

Question 4

Communion

Answer 4

intimate and mutual exchange in friendship

Question 5

Consummation

Answer 5

the point at which something is finalized or completed

Question 6

Atone

Answer 6

to make an offering of Penance as an expression of sorrow for an offense; to make amends or reparations

Question 7

Memorial

Answer 7

something that has the purpose of keeping a memory alive. The Eucharist is the memorial of Christ’s Passover, but, unlike ordinary memorials, the Mass makes truly present the once and for all sacrifice of Christ

Question 8

Manna

Answer 8

a miraculous food, “bread from Heaven,” that God provided Israel under the harsh conditions of desert life and that would come with the morning dew

Question 9

Bread of Life Discourse

Answer 9

Jesus’ teaching in John 6 that He is the Bread of Life, which He gives us for the life of the world. He firmly teaches that we must eat His Body and drink His Blood or we do not have life within us

Question 10

Anamnesis

Answer 10

a prayer recited by the priest during the Eucharistic prayers of the Mass, following the words of institution, that calls to mind the Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus to make these mysteries present to us

Question 11

Mystical

Answer 11

having a spiritual quality of significance because of a connection with God that goes beyond our understanding

Question 12

Last Supper

Answer 12

the last meal, at Passover, Jesus ate with His Apostles on the night before he died, during which He instituted the Eucharist (It was at the Last Supper that Christ instituted the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Holy Orders and that He washed the Apostles’ feet, giving them a New Commandments to love one another)

Question 13

Eternal

Answer 13

without beginning or end; not constrained by time

Question 14

Real Presence

Answer 14

the unique, true presence of Christ in the Eucharist under the appearances of bread and wine

Question 15

Transubstantiation

Answer 15

the word used to describe the changing of the bread and wine during Mass into the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ

Question 16

Substance

Answer 16

the essential nature of something

Question 17

Transcendent

Answer 17

beyond the limits of ordinary experience

Question 18

Liturgy of the Word

Answer 18

first part of the Mass, in which we receive the written word of God

Question 19

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Answer 19

the second part of the Mass, in which we receive the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity, of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist

Question 20

Apostolic Succession

Answer 20

the handing on of apostolic preaching and authority from the Apostles to their successors, the bishops, throughout the laying on of hands, as a permanent office in the church

Question 21

Ministerial Priesthood

Answer 21

the ordained Priesthood who share in the priesthood of Christ by acting “in personal Christi capitis” or “in the person of Christ, the head”
these men do not preach, sanctify, and govern by their own authority, instead govern by the authority given to them by Christ

Question 22

Epiousios

Answer 22

mysterious Greek word for “daily bread” in the Lord’s Prayer. (From the Greek “epi” meaning “above” and “ousia” meaning “being”, “essence” or “substance”, it is translated as “super-substantial” or “super-essential”.)

Question 23

Sacramentals

Answer 23

objects or actions that are sacred signs of God’s grace and that prepare us to receive His grace and cooperate with it

Question 24

Schism

Answer 24

a division caused by differences in belief. Among sins against the First Commandment, schism is the refusal of submission to the Pope or of Communion with the members of the Church subject to him

Question 25

Ecumenical

Answer 25

relating to the work of restoring unity among all Christians by bringing them back into the Catholic Church, which alone offers the fullness of the means of salvation

Question 26

Holy Week

Answer 26

name for the last week of Lent, leading up to and including Triduum and Easter Sunday

Question 27

Beatific Vision

Answer 27

the immediate knowledge of God which the angels and saints enjoy in Heaven