Lesson 10 Eucharist Flashcards
Greek word of Eucharist
eucharistein (to give thanks)
It is a thanksgiving to God. It is the memorial sacrifice of the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ, making present his real Body and Blood under the species of Bread and Wine.
Sacrament of eucharist
Other names of eucharist
EUCHARIST
THE LORD’S SUPPER
THE BREAKING OF BREAD
THE EUCHARIST ASSEMBLY (SYNAXIS)
THE HOLY SACRIFICE
THE MEMORIAL OF LORD’S PASSION AND RESSURECTION
THE HOLY AND DIVINE LITURGY
HOLY COMMUNION
HOLY MASS (MISSA)
it is an action of Thanksgiving to God. Recalling from the Jewish blessings that proclaim from God’s works: CREATION, REDEMPTION, and SANCTIFICATION
Eucharist
it has the connection with the supper which the Lord took with his disciples on the eve of his passion, and it anticipates the heavenly Jerusalem
The Lord’s Supper
because Jesus used this rite when a master of the table He blessed and distributed the bread at the Last Supper.
The breaking of bread
the Eucharist is celebrated amid the assembly of the faithful, the visible expression of the Church
it makes present the one sacrifice of Christ, since it completes and surpasses all the sacrifices of the Old Covenant
the holy sacrifice
the whole Church’s liturgy find it’s the center and most intense expression in the celebration of this sacrament
The holy and divine liturgy
by this sacrament we unite ourselves to Christ, who makes us sharers in His body and blood to form a single body
Holy communion
the liturgy in which the mystery of salvation is accomplished conclude with the sending of the faithful, so that they may fulfill God’s will in their daily lives.
Holy mass (missa)
St. Paul tells us that the Eucharist was a love feast or common supper called
Agape
Minister of Eucharist
Bishop and priest
They act In ___ ___, (in the person of Christ), because it is Christ who celebrates the Holy Mass through them.
Persona Christi
Matter in eucharist
unleavened wheat bread
grape wine
change of substance from bread and wine into bdy and blood
Transubstantiation
Formula
“This is my body…”
“This is my blood…”
4 spiritual graces of eucharist
the partaking of christ’s body and blood
atoning for the sins
fostering communion with the church
the assurance of eternal life
qualities of christs presence
a. Sacramental: an objective presence, through the signs of bread and wine, seen through the eyes of faith of the faithful.
b. Personal: a real, substantial presence in order to enter into personal communion with his Church and each member of his Body, “in spirit.”
c. In his glorified body: not in his earthly condition, but in his risen glorified body. The one risen Body of Christ the “spiritual body” which St. Paul contrasts with the “natural body” (1 Cor 15:44) is sacramentally present at the same time in all the tabernacles of the world.
d. Dynamic and lasting: in the consecrated bread and wine, which are dynamic and lasting “effective signs” of his love for us, and inviting us to respond in love.
essential aspects of eucharist
eucharist as presence-sacrament
eucharist as sacrifice-sacrament
eucharist as communion-sacrament
