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Eucharistic Presentation RCIA
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EUCHARIST
RCIA CLASS MARCH 04, 2018
The Eucharist is the Source and Summit of the Christi...
The Eucharist is the Source and Summit of the Christian Life
CCC 1324
SACRIFICE
Vatican Council II
Last Supper
COMMUNION
Bread of Life
vs.
Bread and Wine
REAL PRESENCE
Worthy of Our
ADORATION
GRATITUDE
LOVE
WHAT IS THE SACRAMENT CALLED?
Eucharist
It is an action of thanksgiving
to God.
Eucharistein and Eulogein
Recall the Jewish blessings that
proclaim – especially during a meal-
God’s works: CREATION, REDEMPTION,
and SANCTIFICATION
Eucharistein and Eulogein
The Lord's Supper
It is the connection with the supper which the Lord shared with His disciples on the eve of His passion
It is the connection with the supper whi...
This is the anticipation of the wedding feast of the lamb in the Heavenly Jerusalem
This is the anticipation of the wedding feast of t...
The Breaking of Bread
Jesus used this rite, part of a Jewish meal, when as master of the table he blessed and distributed the bread, above all at the Last Supper
Jesus used this rite, part of a Jewish meal, when ...
By this action, his disciples will recognize him after his Resurrection
By this action, his disciples will recognize him after h...
It is this expression that the first Christians will use to designate their Eucharistic assemblies
It is this expression that the first Christians wi...
The Eucharistic Assembly
Synaxis - is an assembly for liturgical purposes
The Eucharist is celebrated amid the assembly ...
The Eucharist is celebrated amid the assembly of the faithful, the visible expression of the Church
By the Breaking of the Bread by the assembly, they signified that all who eat the one broken bread, Christ, enter into one communion with him and form but one body in him.
By the Breaking of the Bread by the assembly, th...
The Memorial
of Christ's
Passion, Death &
Resurrection
The Memorial
of Christ's
Passion, Death &
Resurrection
The Holy Sacrifice
Because it makes present the one sacrifice of Christ the Savior and includes the church's offering
The Holy and Divine Liturgy
The Church's whole liturgy finds it's center and most intense expression in the celebration of this sacrament
Sacred Mysteries
Most Blessed Sacrament
Sacrament of sacraments
The Eucharistic species reserved in the tabernacle are designated by this same name
Holy Communion
By this sacrament we unite ourselves to Christ
It is Christ who makes us sharers in the Body & Blo...
It is Christ who makes us sharers in the Body & Blood to form one single body
Ta Hagia, Sancta
The Holy Things
Ta Hagia, Sancta
The Ho...
Communion of Saints
-Apostles' Creed
>the Bread of angels
>bread from heav...
>the Bread of angels
>bread from heaven
>medicine of immoratality
>viaticum
Holy Mass
The liturgy in which the mystery of salvation is accomplished concludes with the sending forth of the faithful, so that they may fulfill God's will in their daily lives
The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation
The Signs of
Bread and Wine
Are at the heart of the Eucharistic celebration
By the word's spoken by Christ and the invocation of the Holy Spirit, the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ.
By the word's spoken by Christ and the invocation ...
The Church is faithful to the Lord's command
Continuing to do, in his memory and until his glorious return; what he did on the eve of his Passion:
"He took bread..." "He took the cup filled with wine...."
"He took bread..." "He took the cup filled wi...
They continue also to signify the goodness of creation.
In the Offertory we give thanks to the Creator for bread and wine, fruit of the "work of human hands," but above all as "fruit of the earth" and "of the vine"-gifts of the creator
In the Old Covenant
In the Old Covenant
First Fruits of the Earth
Bread and wine were offered in sacrifice among the first fruits of the earth as a sign of grateful acknowledgment to the Creator
The unleavened bread that Israel eats every year at Passover commemorates
- liberation from Egypt
- the remembran...
- liberation from Egypt
- the remembrance of the manna in the desert
- their daily bread
- "Cup of Blessings"
Miracles of Prefigurement
- Mulitiplication of loaves, when the Lord says the blessing, breaks and distributes the loaves through his disciples to feed the multitude, prefigure the superabundance of this unique bread of his Eucharist.
- The sign of water turned into wine at Cana already announces the Hour of Jesus' glorification. It makes manifest the fulfillment of the wedding feast in the Father's kingdom, where the faithful will drink the new wine that has become the Blood of Christ.
Divided and Scattered
The first announcement of the Eucharist divided the disciples, just as the announcement of the Passion scandalized them: "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?"
The Eucharist and the Cross are stumbling blocks. It is the same mystery and it never ceases to be an occasion of division. "Will you also go away?"
Institution of the Eucharist
Sign of Love
- The Lord, having loved those who were his own, loved them to the end. Knowing that the hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father, in the course of a meal he washed their feet and gave them the commandment of love.
- In order to leave them a pledge of this love, in order never to depart from his own and to make them sharers in his Passover, he instituted the Eucharist as the memorial of his death and Resurrection, and commanded his apostles to celebrate it until his return; "thereby he constituted them priests of the New Testament."
The Last Supper
The last supper account of the institution of the Eucharist is found in the Gospel's of Matthew, Mark and Luke as well as in Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians
Luke 22:14-20
1 Cor 11:23-27
Definitive
Meaning
By celebrating the Last Supper with his apostles in the course of the Passover meal, Jesus gave the Jewish Passover its definitive meaning. Jesus' passing over to his father by his death and Resurrection, the new Passover, is anticipated in the Supper and celebrated in the Eucharist, which fulfills the Jewish Passover and anticipates the final Passover of the Church in the glory of the kingdom.
"Do this in memory
of me"
The command of Jesus to repeat his actions and words "until he comes" does not only ask us to remember Jesus and what he did. It is directed at the liturgical celebration, by the apostles and their successors, of the memorial of Christ, of his life, of his death, of his Resurrection, and of his intercession in the presence of the Father
Faithfulness of the Lord's command
From the beginning the Church has been faithful to the Lord's command of the Church of Jerusalem it is written:
Acts 2:42
To be continued...
This practice has continued unbroken for over 2000 years right up to this very morning
Communion and Proof of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
Communion and Proof of the Real Presence ...
Bread of Life Discourse
John 6:22-71
"Eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood"
The whole discourse of promise demands a literal interpretation of these words.
Christ mentions a 3 fold food in his address:
1. The manna of the past
2. The heavenly bread of the present
3. the Bread of Life of the Future
Life Eternal
Whoever eats* my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
Transubstantiation
The change at the level of substance from bread and wine into the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ
Transubstantiation
The Mass
The Paschal Banquet
The Mass is at the same time, and inseparably, the sacrificial memorial in which the sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated and the sacred banquet of communion with the Lord's body and blood
The Altar
The altar, around which the Church is gathered in the celebration of the Eucharist, represents the two aspects of the same mystery: the altar of the sacrifice and the table of the Lord.
The Invitation
The Invitation
The Lord addresses an invitation to us, urging us to receive him in the sacrament of the Eucharist: "Truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you."
Examination of
Conscience
To respond to this invitation we must prepare ourselves for so great and so holy a moment. St. Paul urges us to examine our conscience: "Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.
Prepare your body & your soul for reception
To prepare for worthy reception of this sacrament, the faithful should observe the fast required in their Church
Prepare your body & your soul for reception
Before so great a sacrament, the faithful can only echo humbly and with ardent faith the words of the Centurion:
Fasting
Canon 919, 1. On who is to receive the Most Holy Eucharist is to abstain from any food or drink, with the exception only of water and medicine, for at least the period of one hour before Holy Communion
The Humble Words of the Centurion
"Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul will be healed."
Holy Communion
It is in keeping with the very meaning of the Eucharist that the faithful, if they have the required dispositions, receive communion each time they participate in the Mass.
Holy Communion augments our union with Christ. the principal fruit of receiving the Eucharist in Holy Communion is an intimate union with Christ Jesus.
Holy Communion augments our union wi...
What material food produces in our bodily life, Holy Communion wonderfully achieves in our spiritual life.
What material food produces in our bodily life, Ho...
Holy Communion separates us from sin.
Holy Communion separates us from sin.
As bodily nourishment restores lost strength, ...
As bodily nourishment restores lost strength, so the Eucharist strengthens our charity, which tends to be weakened in daily life; and this living charity wipes away venial sins
By the same charity that it enkindles in us, the Eucharist preserves us from future mortal sins.
By the same charity that it enkindles in us, t...
The unity of the Mystical Body: the Eucharist makes the Church. Those who receive the Eucharist are united more closely to Christ.
The unity of the Mystical Body: the Euchari...
The Eucharist commits us to the poor.
The Eucharist commits us to the poor.
The Anima Christi
The Anima Christi
The Anima Christi is a prayer from around the 14th century. It is still widely used after receiving the body and blood of Our Lord, Jesus Christ in Holy Communion.
Soul of Christ, sanctify me
Body of Christ, save me
Blood of Christ, inebriate me
Water from Christ's side, wash me
Passion of Christ, strengthen me
O good Jesus, hear me
Within Thy wounds hide me
Suffer me not to be separated from Thee
From the malicious enemy defend me
In the hour of my death call me
And bid me come unto Thee
That I may praise Thee with Thy saints
and with Thy angels
Forever and ever
Amen