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The Eucharist Sacrifice Sacrament Real Presence Transubstant-iation Communion. Think of 5 words related to this picture. Explain why…. Catholic Beliefs about the Mass. To Know that the Eucharist is a Sacrifice and a Sacrament, and an experience of communion with God & others.
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The Eucharist Sacrifice Sacrament Real Presence Transubstant-iation Communion Think of 5 words related to this picture Explain why…
Catholic Beliefs about the Mass • To Know that the Eucharist is a Sacrifice and a Sacrament, and an experience of communion with God & others. • To Understand why Catholics believe in Transubstantiation and the Real Presence
Choose 5 and rank them in order of how best you think they describe Catholic beliefs about the mass. • An occasion for worship/ prayer • An opportunity to learn about God • Sharing of a meal • A sacrifice • A memorial / remembrance • A thanksgiving • A celebration of shared faith • A Challenge • An experience of God’s grace • Explain why you put your top one first.
Why does Religion need Sacrifice? • Act of worship: gift, honouring God by its value • Act of obedience: submission • Act of repentance: offering for sin How was Christ’s Sacrifice the perfect sacrifice? (how did it fulfil the above 3 things perfectly?) The Mass makes real again the Sacrifice of Christ , in a bloodless way.
Transubstantiation = during the eucharistic prayers, the priest consecrates the bread and wine to become the body and blood of Jesus • Trans - substance: the substance (what it is) changes, but the way it appears stays the same. Prince King
“This is my body.” • Saying this, Christ makes the bread into a new thing – his body, under the appearance of bread and wine. This is also what the priest does. • Once consecrated, it remains His body. It must be specially treated - kept in the TABERNACLE. REALPRESENCE = the WHOLE Christ (body, soul , humanity, divinity ) is present in the eucharistic host
Why do Catholics eat the Eucharist? • “If you do not eat my flesh, and drink my blood, you have no life in you. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I shall resurrect him on the last day.” John 6:54-57 • “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.“ John 6:48 Why is receiving the Holy Eucharist important for Catholics? Explain, using one of the quotes above..
Exam Question/ homework • Describe 3 Catholic beliefs about the Eucharist. • (each point should be developed as below.) • - sacrifice: God’s of himself. Ours to God. • Eucharistic prayers (re-enact Last Supper) • transubstantiation • real presence • - sacrament: • definition. • effects: strength to live well . Promise of resurrection (salvation) • communion: • With God & with others, united in love. • one body in Christ.
Adoration of the Eucharist Monstrance displays the Eucharist. The faithful adore the Real Presence.