The Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist: An Introduction

Session 1:  

The Holy Eucharist

Source and Summit of Christian Life
CCC, #1324

Multiple Choice

In camping and hiking terms, the word “summit” means _____________.

• a marker that hikers should take note of

• a trail where hikers should follow

• the highest point of a mountain

• the base of the mountain

The Catechism of the Catholic Church: "the Eucharist is The source and summit of Christian Life."

CCC, #1324

Multiple Select

When was the Sacrament of the Eucharist instituted?

• Sacrifice of Atonement

• Feast of the Temple

• Harvest Time

• Last Supper

Christ instituted the Holy Eucharist on the evening before His death, "on the night when He was betrayed." (YOUCAT 209)

1 Corinthians 11:23

Multiple Choice

Which Jewish celebration did Jesus and His disciples celebrate when they had the Last Supper?

• Atonement

• Harvest

• Passover

• Sacrifice

Multiple Choice

What is Passover?

• It is remembering God’s goodness when God set the Israelites free from the hands of the Egyptians.

• It is recalling the time when God gave Moses the Ten Commandments.

• It is a ceremony of passing on of one’s responsibility to his successor.

• It is celebrating the Israelites’ victory against the Philistines.

The story of the Passover event plays crucial role in understanding the Eucharist.  

The "Angel of Death” passed over the houses of the Jews marked with the blood of the lamb as a form of sacrifice (Exodus 12:5-23)

Multiple Choice

The Jewish tradition of a “memorial” is __________.

• re-enacting the events in the past for people to remember.

• remembering the lives and heroic acts of their ancestors.

• making an event in the past real even bring it to the present.

• calling something to mind and actually remember it.

This Passover meal has become the memorial of that Exodus event which was the core experience of the Jewish faith and has to be repeated through all generations. (Knox, 1994)

Multiple Select

The menu for the Israelites’ Passover Meal involves the following EXCEPT

• Unleavened bread

• Passover Lamb

• grape wine

• Bitter herbs

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT involved in the process of acquiring bread during the time of Jesus?

• Clear the field and pasture the livestock.

• Bake the dough and serve the bread.

• Harvest and mill the grains.

• Till the soil and plant the seeds.

Multiple Select

When Jesus said, “This is My Body,” Jesus refers to the totality of His person.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• UNCERTAIN

Multiple Choice

To Jews, “blood” is not just part of the body’s bio-chemical system; they consider blood as the life-force in the person – their energy.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• UNCERTAIN

Multiple Select

In a deeper sense, Jesus offered two of the following items to His disciples EXCEPT

• The totality of his person

• Bread and wine

• His life-force

Multiple Select

Catholics know from Scriptures and experience that everything Jesus said about His Body and Blood is true; they call it _________________.

• Real-Presence

• Blessed Sacrament

• Transubstantiation

• Consecration

Multiple Choice

What does the Real-Presence of Jesus mean?

• The body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus is really and fully present in the Eucharist.

• Jesus is present in the assembly of the faithful whenever they are gathered together.

• God’s presence is found inside the church building.

• We can find and feel God’s presence in all things.

The perpetual lamp indicates that the tabernacle is occupied. If the lamp is not burning, the tabernacle is empty. (YOUCAT 191)

When we enter the church, chapel or oratory, we genuflect before the tabernacle to recognize God's presence.

Multiple Choice

The outward visible sign of the Eucharist is the Bread and Wine; the invisible grace of the Eucharist is the Real-Presence of Jesus.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• UNCERTAIN

Multiple Choice

The following are reasons for Jesus’s Real-Presence EXCEPT

• To get rid of what’s broken

• To pour His love on us

• To save us from death

• To set people free

Multiple Choice

What do we really mean when we say, “Amen”?

• “I do believe it and I will make it real in my life.”

• “I trust in the goodness of the Lord.”

• “Yes, I will do it later.”

• “Yes, I do believe it.”

Multiple Choice

“Eucharist” is a Greek word which means ________________.

• “Thanksgiving.”

• "Greetings!"

• "How are you?"

• "Sorry."

Multiple Choice

The following are other names of the Mass EXCEPT

• Breaking of the Bread

• The Lord’s Supper

• Holy Eucharist

• Holy Rosary

The different names indicate the unfathomable richness of the sacred mysteries. (YOUCAT 212)

"In the Eucharist we become one with God like food with the body." -St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Multiple Choice

The celebration of the Eucharist is the heart of the Christian communion because we _____________.

• get along with each other well.

• were offered to God during our Baptism.

• happen to end up in the same parish community.

• are transformed into the Body of Christ as we receive it.

The celebration of the Eucharist is the heart of the Christian communion. In it the Church becomes Church.

(YOUCAT #211)

In the Eucharist we receive the Body of Christ and are increasingly being transformed into the Body of Christ.

Prayer to Jesus in the Eucharist

“Sweetest Jesus, Body and Blood most Holy, be the delight and pleasure of my soul, my strength and salvation in all temptations, my joy and peace in every trial, my light and guide in every word and deed, and my final protection in death. Amen.”

St. Thomas Aquinas

OR

ANIMA CHRISTI

Soul of Christ, sanctify me.

Body of Christ, save me.

Water from the side of Christ, 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 malignant enemy, defend me.

In the hour of my death, call me.

And bid me come to Thee.

That with Thy saints I may praise Thee.

Forever and ever. Amen.

St. Ignatius of Loyola