The Sacrament

of the Eucharist

What does the Eucharist

Celebrate?

The Eucharist serves

as a reminder that God
nourishes us and loves
us unconditionally.
It also signifies the
love poured out to us
giving us new life.
The Eucharist got its
origin from a sacred
Jewish meal called
Passover Seder
Passover Seder Meal

The Passover Seder was a ritual meal that Jews

celebrated when Moses was leading them out of
Egypt. It is a meal in which they give thanks to
God for freeing them from slavery.
Jesus used this meal and put new meaning into,
he identified the bread and wine. He made them
symbolic symbols of his own body and blood.
The bread symbolizes that Jesus body that is
given to us for nourishment and his blood that
gives us new life.
The word Eucharist is derived from the Greek
word of thanksgiving

The Eucharist symbolizes how human

relationship should be, which is that we
should all be reconcile, we need to make
peace, support one another, and if
needed give our life for another person.
Jesus Christ although now in heaven is
still present with us when we receive
the Eucharist this is known as Real
Presence.

Basic Description of the

EUCHARIST

Memorial of his death and

resurrection,
Sacrament of love, a sign of unity
and bond of charity,
Paschal Banquet in which Christ is
consumed, the mind is filled with
grace and
Pledge of future glory is given to us.

The Eucharist is the Catholic

Churchs fundamental act of
thanksgiving worship of God,
constituting at once a SACRIFICESACRAMENT, a COMMUNIONSACRAMENT, and a PRESENCESACRAMENT

SACRIFICE-SACRAMENT

Christ instituted the Eucharist so that his

once-and-for-all-saving Death on Cross
might be made present even to us- 2000
years later.
The Eucharist is sacrifice because Christ
is present precisely as offering himself for
us as a sacrifice to the Father
Thus the heart of Eucharistic celebration
is Christ, our Lords perfect saving
LOVE.

COMMUNIONSACRAMENT

The Eucharist is also essentially the

sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of
charity, a Paschal Banquet.
Commonly known as the breaking of the
Bread.
A shared meal involves three basic elements: a
coming together, a dialogue, and a sharing of
food and drink.
The Eucharist responds to the deepest hungers
of our lives, both personal and communal.

Basic Human Hungers

Love and Acceptance,

Understanding,
Purpose in Life, and
Justice and Peace

Liturgy of the Eucharist

The second major part of the Mass.
The Liturgy of the Word focuses on
Scripture, but the Liturgy of the
Eucharist focuses on the altar.

Preparation of the Altar

The gifts of bread and wine are placed at the
back of the church before the service.
Collection basket is passed around; sign of
support for the ministry of the church.
In procession, people bring the gifts (bread
and wine) forward to the priest. This is called
the offertory procession.
This act echoes offerings of early church,
when people would bring the bread and wine
(and other stuff) they made in preparation for
the Lords Supper.

1. TAKEN

Priest accepting the

gifts of the community
that are brought forth

2. BLESSED

The consecration of the

bread and wine during
the Eucharistic Prayer

3. BROKEN

The breaking of the

bread by the priest,
following the sign of
peace

4. GIVEN

The Communion
Procession

Bread and Wine

Bread and Wine are the two species of
Eucharist
Usually everyone takes the bread
The wine is optional
Wine was once reserved for those
celebrating and helping
Wine is sometimes not offered for
practical reasons
Some parishes allow you to dip host in
wine

Who should not receive Communion?

Non-Catholics
Catholics who have not fasted prior to
Communion
Catholics who havent made their First
Confession and First Communion.

PRESENCE-SACRAMENT

How is he present with us?

Catholics says that Jesus is present in four

ways:
The presiding priest who offers us Jesus
In the scriptures that are being read
The people surrounding us
The eucharistic species that is the bread
and wine that is consecrated to be Jesus
body and blood.

The consecration of the bread and wine is the

most sacred moment throughout mass.
In Catholic theology this is known as
transubstantiation.
For Jesus to be truly present in the Eucharist
so must be the participants they have to be
truly present otherwise it is a meaningless
ritual.
Not only do we have to receive the body and
blood of Christ we have to be like Christ in our
lives and its possible because Jesus is with us.

The Ritual of the

Eucharist: Symbolic
actions and words
Eucharist is a term
Catholics use in a variety
of ways

The whole Mass is also

called Eucharist
The second part of mass that
is known as liturgy of the
Eucharist
Communion which is the
consumption of the bread
and wine
The Blessed Sacrament(the
consecrated bread that is
kept in the Tabernacle) is
also called the Eucharist

Tabernacle in
church

In Mass or The Eucharist is composed of 4 parts

The gathering rite this is the beginning of
Mass
The liturgy of the word is next it is the
proclaiming of the word of God through
Scriptures
The liturgy of the Eucharist is after it
includes the consecration and communion of
the bread and wine
The dismissal rite is the conclusion of Mass
and is when the celebration ends

There are 4 essential actions in Mass

is
Liturgy of the Word: the scriptures
Thanksgiving: thanking God for
everything in creation
Concentration: changing the bread and
wine into Jesus body and blood
Communion: is receiving Jesus body
and blood

Only ordain priest can preside over

the Eucharist
Communion Services are similar to
mass because they have liturgy of
the word and the rite of communion
but it lacks a ordain priest so it lacks
the full participation of the Eucharist

Liturgy of the Word

In the Liturgy of the Word it is

an opportunity to encounter God
There the Lectionary the
book that is raised high in the
air during procession and
kissed by the priest
There is usually 3 reading
One from the Old
Testament
The second from a epistle
from St. Paul
The third is a reading from
the Gospel
The last part of the
liturgy is the prayer of
the faithful or
general intercessions

Lectionary used
in church

Symbolism of the Bread

The bread often represents

life so it is an appropriate
symbol for Eucharist
The bread is both a gift of
God and a work of human
hands
In the ritual of Eucharist the
bread is transformed.
It becomes Christ offered up,
broken, and given up to his
people
The gathered people are
reminded that they too are
Christ- meant to be bread
that is offered up, broken
and given to others.

Symbolism of the Wine

The wine is also a gift from

God and the works of human
hands
It is also considered a symbol
life because humans cant live
long without water to drink it
is a staff of life
It is a symbol that Christ
willingly shed his blood to free
humanity from sin and death
For many centuries before the
II Vatican Council, the priest
was the only one who could
drink from the cup
The cup like the bread is
meant to be shared by all
believers.