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• THE EUCHARIST IS:

  • A memorial of Christ’s death and resurrecion;
  • A sacrament of love, a sign of unity and bond of charity
  • A paschal banquet in which Christ is consumed, and a pledge of future glory.
  • The holy Eucharist was insituted 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.
  • The Eucharist is a sacrifice and a meal.
  • Christ is really present in the celebration o the Holy Eucharist.
  • The Holy Eucharist is the eschatological pledge - foretaste of future glory.
• During the mass, we celebrate Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection - His Paschal mystery.
• The Eucharistic celebration as thanksgiving is directed toward God the Father through Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit. This is called Trinitarian Eucharistic Worship.
• • The Eucharist is essentially an act of Thanksgiving (Eucharistein) to the Father, amemorial (Anamnesis) of Christ’s Pasc, and an invocation (Epiclesis) of the Holy Spirit.
• The three specific vocations

  • Single life
  • Married life
  • Consecrated life or ordained ministry
• Single life


  Even though they have not formally taken the three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, they make a personal commitment to put their freedom at the service of other in their work and prayer, and strive to follow Christ in their daily lives
• Married life


  A married Christian couple follow Christ by giving themselves to each other completely and without reservation, promising to love each other faithfully for the rest of their lives
• Consecrated life or 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
• “All authority in Heaven and on Earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make diciples of all nations, Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have with you always, to the very en of the age.” - Matthew 28:18-20
• CONSECRATION - means to make holy or sacred. If we live holy lives then we actively share priesthood of Christ.

  MEDITATION - means to help bring about a desired result.

  SACRIFICE - All of us have a cross to bear all; all of experience pain and suffering. But it leads contrary to pin our hope and trust to Him.
• PRIEST AS DICIPLE: Called to follow Jesus in total commitment, undettered even by family ties, life itself, hardship, or deah, and with no looking back to what was left behind.

  PRIEST AS APOSTLE: Sent to serve in the mission of Jesus and of the Church.

  PRIEST AS PRESBYTER: An elder one responsible to the pastoral care of the Church members.

  PRIEST AS PRESIDER OF THE EUCHARIST: As he offers the holy sacrifice of the Mass in persona Chrsti.
• Bishops


  As he offers the holy sacrifice of the Mass in persona Chrsti
• Ring


  Sign of his fidelity to Church
• Crosier


  The staff of office, shape like a shepher's crook
• Miter


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


  They are to preach the gospel, to shepherd the faithful and to celebrate divince worship as true priests of the New Testament
• Chalice and Paten


  Sacred vessels used for the Eucharist
• Stole and Chasuble


  The Liturgical vestments of the Priest
• Deacon


  Assist the Priests and Bishops. They serve the people of God in the service of the Liturgy, of the Gospel and of the works of Charity
• Book of Gospels


  As a sign of the ministry of preaching the Word
• Stole


  The liturgical vestments of a Deacon
• The Sacrament of Holy Order


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

  • Obedience
  • Celibacy
  • Poverty
• Obedience


  Requires dying on oneself, giving up what the priest wants so that he could focus all his attention to serving others. To submit their will to God for the sake of the Gospel: (Not my will but your will be done)
• Celibacy


  A gift from the Lord for the sake of the community. As a gift, it must be nourished and taken care of through constant prayer and the Eucharist. It is when a priest makes the vow of celibacy, he promises that he will give his undivided attention and total commitment to his task as a servant
• Poverty


  A calling to all priests to pattern their lives after Christ who was born poor, lived poor and died poor. (Humbleness)
• POPE


  The bishop of Rome, vicar of Christ on Earth, successor of St. Peter, Visible head of the whole Catholic Church
• CARDINAL


  An honorary title given to priests or bishops because of their important positions in the Church; Cardinals elect the new Pope
• BISHOP


  Rules over the people and priest of his diocese; can give Confirmation and Holy Orders
• MONSIGNOR


  A priest gets this honorary title from the POPE because of his important position in the Church
• PASTOR


  Rules over a parish; is subject to the bishop of the diocese
• PRIEST


  Diocesan priests work in a diocese; religious priests belong to a religious order - like the Franciscans, Dominicans, etc...
• MONK

  live in a monastery, follow a strict rule under a superior - like Benedictines and the Trappists; some are priests, others are brothers
• BROTHER


  A man dedicated to teaching, hospital work, or contemplation; takes vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, but does not receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders
• SISTERS


  A woman dedicated to teaching, hospital or social work, or contemplation; takes vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience and belongs to a religious order or community. are usually called nuns; loosely speaking,
• MATRIMONY:

  • Is a holy sacrament, officiated by a priest, of uniting a man to a woman. Through this holy sacrament, the man and woman become one, for as the Lord Jesus said, "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh. So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, Let not man separate" (Matthew 19:5,6).
• Marriage was forbidden in certain degrees of kindred, but a brother was to marry the widow of his deceased brother, in order to propagate his name if no brother survived, the nearest kinsman was to assume the responsibility This is called levirate marriage.
• Polygamy- or men having multiple wives at once, is one of the most common marital arrangements represented in the Old Testament, yet scholars doubt that it was common among average Israelites because of the wealth needed to practice it.
• 1 Peter 3:1-7: 'Marriage is an issue of the heart, the way husbands love their wives impacts the effectiveness of their prayers'
• Hebrews 13:4: 'The call to keep the marriage bed undefiled does not begin whenever we say 'I do', it prohibits any form of non-marital sexual excitement, including pre-marital sex'