many of those who practice it do not claim to understand it. It is viewed as sacred and is even supposed to be miraculous. 2) The ceremony is the Eucharist— part of the Catholic Mass when the priest says a blessing over the bread and wine and the congregation is invited to receive Christ in Holy Communion. 3) It is not hard to see why the Eucharist is viewed as miraculous because The Church teaches that the bread and the wine are miraculously transformed into the literal body and blood of Christ—a
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Eucharist is the central rite of the Christian religion‚ in which bread and wine are consecrated by an ordained minister and consumed by the minister and members of the congregation in obedience to Jesus ’ command at the Last Supper‚ "Do this in remembrance of me." In the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches‚ and in the Anglican‚ Lutheran‚ and many other Protestant churches‚ it is regarded as a sacrament‚ which both symbolizes and effects the union of Christ with the faithful. Baptists and others
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Eucharist‚ a sacrament of Initiation‚ is a very important sacrament of the Catholic Church as it is the consummation between God and His people. This sacrament celebrates the essence of Christ and His sacrifice for us. The word Eucharist means to “give thanks”; it means that we should celebrate this sacrifice and praise Him for it. We should celebrate the Eucharist with extreme reverence and joy. The Catholic Church teaches very specific details about this specific sacrament regarding transubstantiation
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The Eucharist: Summary Eucharist History -reenacts the closing events of jesus ’ life -links past-present-future one ceremony -powerful‚ meaningful ritual -last of the 3 sacraments of initiation -prescribed by christ -have to see the eucharist as body‚ not bread Eucharist celebrates -"a way of remembering" -daily reminder of Gods love -jesus shared bread at last supper/do this in memory of me -a thanksgiving
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term for the Celebration of the Eucharist. Partaking in the Eucharist‚ therefore‚ is essential for a person to continue fulfilling their baptismal promise. Eucharist literally means “to give thanks.” At the Last Supper‚ Jesus sat around a table with his disciples and broke bread and poured wine. He then consecrated the bread and wine‚ meaning they are transformed into the body and blood of Christ. The consecration that takes place during the Celebration of the Eucharist is important because
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Holy Eucharist The Holy Eucharist which is also known as Holy Communion. We always celebrate this sacrament every Sunday and the masses which we are obliged to attend. The priest always gives us sermons and there are lessons that we acquire from them. We are always reminded that Jesus sacrificed Himself for us for the atonement of our sins. It is also a way for us to be closer to Him. Nowadays‚ some people are not giving importance to the mass and just say it’s a waste of time. But for me
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word meaning memory. Amnesia sounds very similar to anamnesis but means memory loss. Anamnesis connects to the Eucharist in many ways. In the Eucharist‚ people are taking in Jesus’ Body and Blood and remembering Christ’s death and resurrection of His salvation. Memory has a deeper meaning in the Church. The Church lives in the memory of the Eucharist through the anamnesis. Through the Eucharist‚ people are proclaiming the work of God to be present in their lives by remembering the Paschal Mystery. The
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Chapter 12: The Eucharist; Supplemental Reading St. and Pope Pius X helped with the incorporation of the Holy Eucharist‚ because he believed that the Holy Eucharist was suppose to make people feel unworthy but they should receive it because it is the body and blood of Christ. Before this emphasis on the Eucharist‚ devout Catholics did not receive Holy Communion very often because they were motivated by a wrong sense of unworthiness. Pope Pius X‚ in order to fix this problem‚ lowered the age for
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blood is true drink‚”(John 6:55) when the disciples were gathered for the Last Supper before Jesus died on the cross. The intention of Jesus’s saying was not of a metaphor but to be accepted literally which is done so by the Catholic church. The Eucharist is a sacrament of the last supper. It involves sacred elements that go through transubstantiation‚ a change in the substance‚ essence. This theological concept can be referred to as a Real Presence‚ in which the bread and wine changes its substance
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positions of Radbertus‚ Ratramnus‚ and Berengar of Tours on the Eucharist. The controversy regarding the Eucharist as we learned in class‚ happened in the middle of the ninth century. One party in the controversy was Radbertus Paschasius‚ who become a teacher at the monastery of Corbie. In his book entitled “The Lord’s Body and Blood” he expressed his position on: the relationship between the historical body of Christ and the body in the Eucharist; the nature of the bread and wine before and after consecration;
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