The Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist: Source and Summit

The Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist

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1. Do you have your YOUCAT with you?

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Prelection

Think of anything you consider connected to the word, “Communion.”

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2. Which comes immediately into your mind every time you hear the word, "Communion"?

• The Bread of Life

• Receiving the Bread

• Being united with one another

• In agreement with other people's thoughts and feeling

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3. How do you show being one with the Church in your everyday life?

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4. How is Christ present in this unity with the Church??

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5. What is the significance of the Eucharist in the life of a Christian?

Let's begin by knowing and understanding the biblical and historical foundation of this sacrament... the Eucharist.

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6. What affected Egypt before the Israelites went on a journey to the Promised Land?

• pandemic

• plagues

• famine

• war

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7. Which book of the Bible tells us the story of the Israelites going out of Egypt?

• Genesis

• Exodus

• Gospels

• Numbers

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8. What do you mean by the word "service" in the context of the Israelites and Jewish people?

• worshipping God

• helping other people

• interacting with people

• bringing people to places

In the Book of Exodus, service to Pharaoh would mean being a slave to him and using all his strength for his master.

Service to God, on the other hand, is worshipping Him - loving God with all our hearts, with all our soul, with all our mind, and with all our strength

(Remember the First Commandment and the First Beatitude?)

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9. In celebrating the Passover feast, the Jewish people perform the following acts EXCEPT

• Remembering God’s saving action.

• giving thanks for God’s saving action

• worshipping God

• renewing their sense of being a people formed by their covenant with God

• serving as many delicious food as possible

Liturgy is the official divine worship of the Church. (YOUCAT #167)

Liturgy is not a human invention. It is something living that grew over millennia of faith.

LITURGY becomes exciting when one senses that God Himself under its sacred signs and its precious, often ancient prayers.

(YOUCAT 167)

In celebrating the Liturgy, we run directly into God's arms... God becomes one with us in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. (YOUCAT #168)

Receiving the Sacraments especially the Eucharist is making ourselves closer to God's embrace.

If we become one with God and with one another in the celebration of the Mass, then, each one present needs to be fully aware of what they are doing, actively engaged in the rite, and enriched by its effects.

(Sacrosanctum Concilium, #11)

"The Mass is the most beautiful act of worship of Almighty God and a precious treasure of our Catholic Church."

Saunders, 2019

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10. Two of the following are the major parts of the Mass. (YOUCAT 213)

• Liturgy of the Word

• Liturgy of the Hour

• Liturgy of the Eucharist

• Liturgy of the Day

In the Liturgy of the Word, our attention is focused on the ambo where God's Word is proclaimed.

God always takes the first move; He spoke first to Abraham, Moses, and other characters in the Bible.

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11. Why are the people's attention directed to the altar in the Liturgy of the Eucharist?

• The altar is spacious; the priest can freely move around it.

• The cloth is white and clean; the priest will find it conducive for reciting the prayers.

• The Passover event at the Last Supper is made present in the Eucharist which we partake.

• The altar reminds us of Abraham offering his son Isaac to God.

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12. In the Offertory, we do the following actions EXCEPT

• Share our blessings to help those in need.

• bring to God all our hopes and dreams.

• lift to Him all our troubles and worries.

• Show how generous we are by offering a huge amount of money.

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13. "Communio" is a Latin term which means ________.

• acquaintance

• fellowship

• receiving

• sharing

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14. It is that part of the Mass where the faithful join the choirs of angels as they sing their unending hymn of praise.

• Alleluia

• Entrance Song

• Gloria

• Sanctus

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15. Transubstantiation is a theological term that __________.

• changes the chemical composition of the bread and wine during the Consecration.

• makes the bread and wine different but retains its taste and smell

• explains how powerful is the Holy Spirit that He can make things new.

• explains how Jesus can be present under the appearance of the bread and wine in the Eucharist.

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16. What does God want us to remember every time we reach the part of the "Agnus Dei"? (YOUCAT, #214)

• Jesus is the Good Shepherd who takes care of His flock.

• Jesus thanks the Shepherds who first visited Him when he was born.

• Jesus is both the priest and the sacrifice who offered his life for our salvation.

• Jesus is a Shepherd like King David from of old.

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17. The following are effects every time the Church celebrates the Eucharist EXCEPT

• The Church becomes the Body of Christ.

• The people becomes closer to God and they are constantly renewed.

• The people can unite their sufferings with the sufferings of Jesus.

• They become happier and free from any problems in the world.

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18. The following are the right ways to honor the Lord present in the bread and wine EXCEPT

• Preserve the greatest gift.

• show the greatest reverence to Jesus in the Eucharist.

• Stay away from the Tabernacle; it is holy ground.

• Worship the Lord and Redeemer in the most Blessed Sacrament.

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19. Which of the following is NOT a requirement to be able to receive Holy Eucharist?

• Must be a baptized Catholic.

• Must make a confession if he/she has serious sin in his/her conscience,

• Must wear his/her Sunday's best attire.

• Must have reconciled with his/her neighbor.

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20. Which of the following is NOT part of Jesus's promise of eternal life?

• We will sit at table with God.

• We will receive the fullness of grace.

• We will enjoy future glory.

• We will live forever here on earth.

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

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