SACRAMENT OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST

SACRAMENT OF HOLY EUCHARIST

MEANING MESSAGE
SACRAMENT OF HOLY EUCHARIST
• IT IS NOT TO RATIONALIZE/ GIVE EXCESSIVE
EXPLANATION

• IT CONSCIOUSLY AIM A DEEPER, MORE

PERSONAL, MORE PRAYERFUL UNDERSTANDING
OF THIS GREAT MYSTERY OF FAITH AND GIFT OF
GOD’S LOVE TO US.- CFC #1738
SACRAMENT OF HOLY EUCHARIST
I. BASIC DESCRIPTION OF THE EUCHARIST
II. EUCHARIST AS THANKSGIVING
III. EUCHARIST AS SACRIFICE
IV. EUCHARIST AS COMMUNION
V. EUCHARIST AS MEMORIAL
VI. EUCHARIST AS PRESENCE
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“AT THE LAST SUPPER ON THE NIGHT HE WAS
BETRAYED, OUR SAVIOR INSTITUTED THE
EUCHARISTIC SACRIFICE OF HIS BODY AND BLOOD.
HE DID SO TO PERPETUATE THE SACRIFICE OF THE
CROSS THROUGHOUT THE AGES UNTIL HE SHOULD
COME AGAIN, AND SO TO ENTRUST TO HIS
BELOVED SPOUSE, THE CHURCH.- VAT II
“CONSTITUTION ON SACRED LITURGY” #47
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THUS, EUCHARIST IS A MEMORIAL OF CHRIST
DEATH AND RESURRECTION, A SACRAMENT OF
LOVE, A SIGN OF UNITY AND BOND OF CHARITY, A
PASCHAL BANQUET IN WHICH CHRIST IS
CONSUMED, THE MIND IS FILLED WITH GRACE,
AND PLEDGE OF FUTURE GLORY IS GIVEN TO US.
(SC 47; CCC 1323)
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THE EUCHARIST IS:

• ECCLESIAL ACT
• INSTITUTED BY CHRIST AT THE LAST SUPPER,
AS BOTH SACRIFICE, AND SACRED MEAL, A
MEMORIAL OF PASCHAL MYSTERY
THROUGH WHICH HE IS REALLY PRESENT
CONSTITUTING AN ESCHATOLOGICAL
PLEDGE FOR FUTURE GLORY. (CFC 1739)
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EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION IS A “PRAYER”
BECAUSE IT IS A PERFECT WORSHIP TO THE
FATHER, MAKING PRESENT THE SACRIFICE OF HIS
INCARNATE SON ON THE CROSS, THROUGH THE
POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. EUCHARIST IS A
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING, PRAISE AND
ADORATION, CONTRITION, PETITION, AND
OFFERING. (CFC 1742)
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EUCHARIST AS SACRIFICE:
THROUGH THE EUCHARIST, CHRIST’S
SACRIFICE OF THE CROSS ON CALVARY IS MADE
PRESENT, AND ITS SAVING POWER EXERTED ON
FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
CHRIST’S BLOODY SACRIFICIAL DEATH ON
THE CROSS IS MADE PRESENT IN AN UNBLOODY
MANNER IN THE RITUAL SACRIFICIAL MEAL
INSTITUTED BY CHRIST HIMSELF AT THE LAST
SUPPER. (CFC 1745)
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WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT CHRIST’S SACRIFICE?
THROUGH CHRIST’S RESURRECTION BECAUSE HIS
RESURRECTION BECOMES A LIVING SACRIFICE,
REALLY PRESENT IN THE EUCHARIST, AND
INTERCEDING FOR US AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE
FATHER (ROM.8:34)
CHRIST RESURRECTION IS BOTH THE FINAL
MOMENT AND CULMINATION OF HIS WHOLE
EARTHLY SAVING MINISTRY, AND THE FIRST
MOMENT OF HIS NEW GLORIFIED LIFE IN THE
SPIRIT AS RISEN LORD (CFC 1745).
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EUCHARIST AS MEMORIAL
“DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME” (LUKE 22:19)
EUCHARIST BRINGS US INTO THE SAVING
PRESENCE OF THE RISEN CHRIST, PRECISELY IN
HIS ACT OF PERFECT SACRIFICIAL LOVE.
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EUCHARIST AS COMMUNION
CHRIST INSTITUTED THE EUCHARIST AT THE LAST
SUPPER SO THAT ALL WHO SHARED IN HIS BODY
AND BLOOD MIGHT BECOME ONE BODY WITH HIM.
THUS THE EUCHARIST BECOMES A MEAL OF
“COMMUNION”- A SIGN OF UNITY AND BOND OF
CHARITY. (CFC 1747)
IN THE EUCHARIST, CHRIST AND THE CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY RESPOND TO OUR DEEPEST HUMAN
HUNGERS FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE, FOR
UNDERSTANDING, FOR CLEAR PURPOSE IN LIFE AND
FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
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EFFECTS OF RECEIVING COMMUNION:
(CFC 1751)

• UNITES US WITH CHRIST

• SEPARATES US FROM SIN,
• RECONCILES US WITH ONE ANOTHER AND
• BUILDS UP THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, THE
CHURCH.
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EUCHARIST AS PRESENCE:
IN THE EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION, CHRIST IS
PRESENT IN THE ASSEMBLY, THE PERSON OF THE
PRIEST CELEBRANT, THE HOLY SCRIPTURE, AND
SUBSTANTIALLY AND UNCEASINGLY UNDER THE
EUCHARISTIC SPECIES OF BREAD AND WINE.
(CFC 1752)
SACRAMENT OF HOLY
1.
EUCHARIST
HOW IS THE EUCHARIST RELATED TO YOUR DAILY
LIFE?
2. “ON THE NIGHT HE WAS BETRAYED”. HOW OFTEN
HAVE WE CELEBRATED THE HOLY EUCHARIST IN
CONTEXT OF OUR OWN BETRAYAL? WHAT ARE THESE
BETRAYALS?
3. “DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME”. WHAT ARE THOSE
INSTANCES WHEN WE CELEBRATED THE EUCHARIST
NOT IN MEMORY OF THE LORD?
4. “ITE, MISSA EST!” TO WHERE ELSE CHRIST SENDING
US SO THAT WE CAN BETTER MIRROR THE MYSTERY
OF HIS LOVE FOR PEOPLE? WHAT MORE CAN BE
BROKEN AND SHARED SO THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE?
THANK YOU! GOD BLESS!