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An English Version. Presented here is a short course on the Eucharist based on the Catholic Catechism
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The EucharistAccording to the
Catechism of the Catholic Church
by
Rev. Cornelius T. McQuillan, C.S.Sp., Psy.D.
Edited by Sharon Piper
The Eucharist
Is the Mystery of our Faith (Jn 6)
The Eucharist
Is the Paschal Mystery.(Exodus)
The Eucharist is
Communion & CommunityGod Triune
Ágape or BanquetFood & Manna
Activity of the Holy SpiritPresence Of Jesus Christ
Love of God
The Eucharist is
Thanksgiving Encounter between Christ and the ChurchAlliance or Marriage Death & ResurrectionLife & GraceSacrificeChurch – the Body
of ChristCelebration
The Eucharist is
The Continuation of the mystery of the Incarnation.Presided by the Bishop, (or in his absense, a
presbytere), the Vicar of Christ.Christ interceding on behalf of
humanity. The way God transforms the world
the source and summit of all Christian life.
The Eucharist is God’s Initiative
·604
God’s design over us is His Love
The Divine Initiative
God sent His Sonto be the propiation
for our sins.
Offering
#606
All of the Christ’s life is offered to the Father.
Gift
#608
John the Baptist presents Him as “the Lamb who takes away
the sin of the world.”
Offering
Jesus anticipated the offering of His life during the Last Supper.
Memorial
611
The Eucharist offered in the Last Supper was to be the Memorial
of (1 Co. 11, 23) his sacrifice.
Priesthood
Jesus instituted his apostoles as the priests of the New Covenant at the
First Eucharist.
Priest
“For them, I consecrate myself, so that they too may be consecrated in Truth.”
(Jn 17,19)
Sacrifice
613
Christ’s sacrifice alone is the definitive offering that returns men to communion with God.
He Saves Us615
Jesus replaces our disobedience with His obedience.
Sacrifice
Christ’s sacrifice was consumed on the Cross.
The Sacrifice
618
Christ’s sacrifice on the cross saves us and redeems us.
It offers to all the possibility of associating ourseleves with His
Pascual Mystery.
The Sacrifice
766
The Church is born from His total sacrifice on the cross, formed from the rib of the New Adam, when blood and water flowed from His Heart.
Anticipation
671
In the Eucharist the Church encounters the Risen Christ.
Communion with God
737
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It is the Holy Spirit who draws us to Christ.
Action of the Holy Spirit
737
The Holy Spirit draws us into the Paschal Mystery, above every other
way, through the Eucharist, in order to reconcile us, and bring us into communion with God, so that we can produce much fruit. (Jn 15)
The Holy Spirit prepares us to Recieve Communion.
1094
For example, we see types or figures in the Old Testament that represent or are signs of the Mystery of Christ in the Eucharist.
The manna represents Christ the true “Bread from Heaven.”
The Holy Spirit
1106
The Epiclesis (invocation over) & la Anamnesis are the Center of
every Sacrament and in particular the Eucharist.
Mission of the Church
738
The Church is sent to announce and give witness; to celebrate & prolong the mystery of the
communion of the Holy Trinity.
Life of the Church
893
Eucharist is the Center of the life of a particular Church.
Communion of the Sacraments
1113
All the liturgical life of the Church orbits around the
Eucharist
The life of the Church
1074
The Eucharist is the summit of the liturgical action of the Church
toward which she aims and her well-spring from which flows her
strength. (SC 10)
Communion of the Sacraments
950
The Church is the Sacrament of Christ & all her Sacraments can
be called “comunión.”But the Eucharist is the
culminacion of this Communion.
Sacraments
1118
The Sacraments are of and for the Church.
Misión de la Iglesia
864
Charity, received most effectively through the
Eucharist, is the soul of all Apostolic endeavors.
Mission of the Church
1097
Every Sacrament and especially the Eucharist, is an encounter
between Christ and the Church.
“One Body”
790
Through the two Sacraments of Baptism and the Eucharist we are
united to the Death and Resurreccion of Christ.
The Eucharist forms us into one single Body.
Unity
838
The Eucharist is the celebration of Christians
united in the one Catholic faith.
Transfiguration
1000
By our participation in the Eucharist we anticipate the
transfiguration of our body in Christ.
Christian Initiation
1322
The Eucharist is the culmination of our initiation into the same Sacrifice of Christ crucified.
The Eucharist
1323
was instituted by Christ at the Last Supper in order to
continue His Sacrifice on the cross until the end of time.
The Eucharist
1325
Signifies and brings into reality our communion with God
as well as the unity of His people.
In the Eucharist
1326
We anticipate eternal life
The Eucharist
1327
is the compendium and summit of our faith that is expressed in
the names it is given
The Eucharist has been called
1329Act of Thanksgiving
The Lord’s Banquet Breaking of the Bread
Wedding Banquet of the Lamb of God
Eucharistic Assembly
Names given to the Eucharist
1330Memorial of the Passion & Resurrection of the Lord
Holy SacrificeSpiritual Sacrifice
Pure SacrificeSacrifice of Praise
Holy and Divine Liturgy
Names given to the Eucharist
1331Holy Mass
CommunionBread of Angels Bread of Heaven
Spiritual MedicineHoly Things
Under the sign of bread and wine
1333
The heart of the Eucharistic celebracion is found in the bread and wine, which by the words of Jesus and the invocation of the
Holy Spirit, are changed into the Body and Blood of Christ.
Bread & Wine
In the Old Testament Bread and Wine were offered for
reconciliation
Bread & Wine
1334
In the book of Exodus bread without leven was used to recall their hasty
escape from Egypt. &
They evoke the memory of the manna in the desert.
Bread and Wine
In the New Testament Jesus multiplied the loaves and fishes.
Jesus served Bread and Fish on the beach to Simon Peter and the other Apostles and sent
them three times to feed His sheep.
Jesus celebrated the first Mass during the Last Supper.
Bread and Wine
According to the Synoptic Gospels Jesus said:
“Do this in memory of me.”
The Eucharist
St. Paul wrote in 1 Cor 13:
“Anyone who eats the body or drinks the blood unworthily sins against the Body of the Lord.”
“Anyone who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks their own condemnation for not recognizing the Body.”
The Eucarist
St John wrote: (Jn 6)
“My body is real food and my blood is real drink.”
“He who does not eat my flesh and does not drink my blood, has no life.”
“He who eats my body and drinks my blood, will live forever.”
Benefits of Communin
1391Intensifies our union with Christ.
Feeds our Christian Life,Separates us from sin,
Erases venial sins.Protects us from further sin,
Builds the Church.
Benefits of Communion
is a commitment to the poor. Unites all who participate
Santifies us.Joins us to God Himself,
Motivates Evangelization,
Heals us.Unites us to the crucified & resurrected Christ.
The Beginning
Holy Communion renews us