EUCHARIST PT. 1 AND 2

• EUCHARIST came from the Latin word "EUCHARISTIEN" which means “thanksgiving.”
• EUCHARIST - Centerpiece of the seven sacraments.
• In simple words we call it the "MASS."
• It was patterned after the Jewish Passover in the Old Testament and re-enacts what took place in the Last Supper.
• The Holy Eucharist is celebrated every first day of the week. Sunday and called it as the "breaking of the bread"
• From the First to Third century, Christians made secret gatherings to avoid persecution.
• When Christianity was recognized as religion at 334 AD the mass language was LATIN through the mandate of Pope Gregory the Great.
• The holy Eucharist completes Christian initiation.
• The Eucharist is the "source and summit of the Christian life."
• What is this Sacrament called?

  1. Eucharist
  2. Lord's Supper
  3. Breaking of Bread
  4. Eucharistic Assembly
  5. Memorial
  6. Holy Sacrifice
  7. Holy and Divine Liturgy 
  8. Holy Communion 
  9. Holy Mass
• We must therefore consider the Eucharist as:

  • thanksgiving and praise to the Father:
  • the sacrificial memorial of Christ and his Body;
• In all the Eucharistic Prayers we find after the words of the institution a prayer called the anamnesis or memorial.
• Pope - is associated with every celebration of the Eucharist, wherein he is named as the sign and servant of the unity of the universal Church.
• Bishop - of the place is always responsible for the Eucharist, even when a priest presides
• The Council of Trent (15...) - summarizes the Catholic faith by declaring: "Because Christ our Redeemer said that it was truly his body that he was offering under the species of bread, it has always been the conviction of the Church of God, and this holy Council now declares again, that by the consecration of the bread and wine there takes place a change of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the body of Christ our Lord and of the whole substance of the wine into the substance of his blood."
• Eucharist - A memorial of Christ's death and resurrection
• Eucharist - A of love, a sign of unity and bond of charity
• Eucharist - A 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,
• Mass - during this, we celebrate Christ's passion, death, and resurrection - His Paschal mystery. 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.
• The Eucharist is essentially an act of Thanksgiving (eucharistein) to the Father, a memorial (anamnesis) of Christ's Pasc, and an invocation (epiclesis) of the Holy Spirit.