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• Eucharist


  Highest form of prayer
• Other terms for mass

  • Eucharist
  • Lord's supper
  • Thanksgiving
  • Consecration
  • Breaking of the bread
  • Holy Communion
  • Divine Liturgy
• We highly regard the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
• We go to church every Sunday to attend the Eucharistic celebration
• Going to mass is the basic act of Catholic worship of God
• Eucharist


  • A memorial of Christ's death and resurrection
  • A sacrament of love, a sign of unity and bond of charity
• Paschal banquet


  In which Christ is consumed, and a pledge of future glory
• The holy Eucharist was instituted by Christ at the Last Supper, the night before He died on the cross
• The christian community, the Church, celebrates with Christ the Holy Eucharist
• Eucharist


  A sacrifice and a meal
• Christ is really present in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist
• Eschatological Pledge


  a foretaste of future glory
• Paschal mystery


  During the mass, we celebrate Christ's passion, death, and resurrection. This celebration brings us together as a community in Christ to thank, praise and adore God for one sacrifice that brought salvation to humankind
• Trinitarian Eucharistic Worship


  The Eucharistic celebration as thanksgiving is directed toward God the Father through Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit
• Eucharistein


  An act of Thanksgiving to the Father
• Epiclesis


  An act of invocation of the Holy Spirit
• Celebrating the Eucharist makes us grow deeper in understanding the Holy Trinity
• The center of the Eucharist as thanksgiving worship is Christ
• The Eucharist covers Christ's whole life of total self-giving to the Father
• Only in Christ can we offer fitting worship to the Father. This is expressed when the priest raises the gifts and proclaims: "Through Him (Christ), in Him (Christ), in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, almighty Father, forever and ever."
• Anamnesis

  • A memorial of Christ's Pasc
• Holy Order


  The invitation 'to be holy' is lived out differently depending on the chosen vocation
• Sacrament of Holy Orders


  The sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to His apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time
• Single Life


  A specific vocation in which someone who has chosen a single life, even though they have not formally taken the three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, yet they make a personal commitment to put their freedom at the service of others in their work and prayer, and in doing so, they strive to follow Christ in their daily lives
• Married Life


  For a married Christian couple, they follow Christ by giving themselves to each other completely and without any reservation, promising to love each other faithfully for the rest of their lives
• Consecrated Life or Ordained Ministry


  For those who have chosen the ordained ministry, through sacramental ordination, they share in the priesthood of Christ in a special way. Their very beings are transfigured so that they can represent Christ the Good Shepherd for God's people and Christ as the Head of the Church
• Consecration


  To make holy or sacred. If we live holy lives then we actively share Christ
• Meditation


  To help bring about a desired result
• Sacrifice


  All of us have a cross to bear, all experience pain and suffering. But it leads contrary to pin our hope and trust to Him
• Priest as Disciple


  Called to follow Jesus in total commitment, undeterred even by family ties, life itself, hardship, or death, and with no looking back to what was left behind
• Priest as Presbyter


  An elder one responsible for the pastoral care of the Church members
• Priest as Presider of the Eucharist


  Offers the holy sacrifice of the Mass in persona Christi
• Bishops


  • Conferred with the fullness of the sacrament of Holy orders
  • Undertake Christ's own role as teacher, shepherd and high priest
  • Act as His person
• Ring


  • Sign of a bishop's fidelity to Church
• Crosier


  • The staff of office of a bishop, shaped like a shepherd's crook
• Miter


  • The tall pointed hat that is the bishop's traditional vestment
• Priest


  To preach the gospel, to shepherd the faithful and to celebrate divine worship as true priests of the New Testament
• Chalice and Paten


  • Sacred vessels of the priest used for the Eucharist
• Stole and Chasuble


  • The Liturgical vestments of the Priest
• Deacon


  • Assists the Priests and Bishops
  • Serve the people of God in the service of the Liturgy, of the Gospel and of the works of Charity