CHRIST, THE LIVING BREAD OF LIFE:

THE EUCHARIST
the perfect time is now

J u a n o . L a d o . M a l l a r i . M a r i n o
 I AM THE LIVING BREAD...ANYONE WHO
EATS THIS BREAD SHALL LIVE FOREVER;
THE BREAD I SHALL GIVE IS MY FLESH,
FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD. . . . HE
WHO FEEDS ON MY FLESH AND DRINKS
MY BLOOD HAS ETERNAL LIFE, AND I
WILL RAISE HIM UP ON THE LAST DAY . .
. [FOR] HE REMAINS IN ME AND I IN HIM.

JN 6:51, 54, 56
 2 TYPES
HUNGER
PHYSICAL SPIRITUAL
 EUCHARIST
Means the source and summit of the whole Christian
life.

•the unique Christ given means for gradually

transforming our everyday activities and works into
meaningful service of God and our neighbor by
uniting us with Christ.

•the Christian ceremony commemorating the Last Supper,

in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed.
 WORDS TO
REMEMBER

Holy Mass Transformation

Community-sharing Worship

Celebration Personal Motivation

 FOUR PURPOSES OF
EUCHARISTIC SACRIFICE
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.

 HOLY MASS

I. Introductory II. Liturgy of the

Rites Word
•Entrance Hymn •Scripture Readings
•Greeting •Homily
•Penitential Rite •Creed
• the Gloria •and Prayers of the
• and Opening Faithful
Prayer (Intercessions)
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III. Liturgy of the Eucharist: Preparation of
gifts, Eucharistic prayer including:
•Preface, Invocation (Epiclesis) of the Holy
Spirit;
•Last Supper’s Narrative of Institution,
Acclamation;
•Commemoration (Anamnesis), 2nd Invocation
of Spirit;
•Intercessions, great Doxology with Amen
 HOLY MASS

IV. Communion Rite: V. Concluding Rites

•the Lord's Prayer Final Blessing
•Prayer for Deliverance Dismissal
•Prayer for Peace
•Breaking of the Bread
•Communion
•Prayer after Communion
EUCHARIST IS SACRIFICE
THE SACRAMENT
FUNDAMENTAL
ACT OF
THANKSGIVING COMMUNION
WORSHIP OF SACRAMENT

GOD,
CONSTITUTING
AT ONCE A PRESENCE
SACRAMENT
 •Christ instituted the Eucharist at his Last
Supper with his apostles, so that his bloody

HOW IS
sacrifice on the Cross could be perpetuated
through all ages (cf. SC 47; CCC 1356-72).
“through the mystery of the Eucharist, the

THE sacrifice of the Cross which was once offered

on Calvary, is remarkably reenacted and

EUCHARIST
constantly recalled, and its saving power
exerted for the forgiveness of sins”

A •The Mass and the Sacrifice of the Cross are

one and the same sacrifice. Christ’s bloody

SACRIFICE -
sacrificial death on the Cross is made present in
an unbloody manner in the ritual sacrificial
meal instituted by Christ himself at the Last

SACRAMEN Supper.

T? •Christ’s Resurrection makes his sacrifice

unique, since through his Resurrection Christ
becomes a Living Sacrifice, really present in the
Eucharist, and interceding for us at the right
hand of God
•the Eucharist is a memorial of Christ’s
Death and Resurrection. At the Last Supper,
Christ commanded the apostles: “Do this in
memory of me” HOW IS
•“Remembrance” is not primarily a looking
backward to recall a past event, but rather a
THE
making present the great acts of the past
which God had worked. EUCHARIS
•This followed the tradition of the Paschal
meal which, by celebrating the “memory” of
TA
Yahweh’s great saving deed in the Exodus,
made it present today, through God’s
action.
MEMORIAL?
•Likewise Eucharist brings us into the saving
presence of the Risen Christ, precisely in his
act of perfect sacrificial Love.
 •The Eucharist is also essentially the
“sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a
HOW IS bond of charity, a Paschal Banquet”

THE •Christ instituted the Eucharist at the

Last Supper so that all who shared in his

EUCHARIST Body and Blood might become one

body with him. The Eucharist, then,

A becomes a meal of “communion” —a

sign of unity and bond of charity.

COMMUNION ELEMENTS OF MEAL

SACRAMENT Coming Together

? Conversing

Sharing of Food and Drink

together
 In the Eucharistic celebration,

HOW IS
Christ is present in:

THE Assembly

EUCHARIST person of the Priest celebrant

A Holy Scriptures

PRESENCE the Eucharistic species of

SACRAMENT
bread and wine

Christ presence is not:

? In bodily form

visibly and audibly

perceivable, but only in faith
 THE PASCHAL BANQUET
The Mass is at the same time, and inseparably, the sacrificial memorial in
which the sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated and the sacred banquet of
communion with the Lord's body and blood. But the celebration of the
Eucharistic sacrifice is wholly directed toward the intimate union of the
faithful with Christ through communion. To receive communion is to receive
Christ himself who has offered himself for us.

The altar, around which the Church is gathered in the

celebration of the Eucharist, represents the two aspects of the
same mystery: the altar of the sacrifice and the table of the
Lord. This is all the more so since the Christian altar is the
symbol of Christ himself
 HOLY COMMUNION
Holy Communion augments our union with Christ. The principal
fruit of receiving the Eucharist in Holy Communion is an intimate
union with Christ Jesus. Indeed, the Lord said: "He who eats my
flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him." Life in
Christ has its foundation in the Eucharistic banquet: "As the
living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who
eats me will live because of me."

On the feasts of the Lord, when the faithful receive the Body of the Son,
they proclaim to one another the Good News that the first fruits of life
have been given, as when the angel said to Mary Magdalene, "Christ is
risen!" Now too are life and resurrection conferred on whoever receives
Christ
 THE EUCHARIST - PLEDGE
OF THE GLORY TO COME
The Church knows that the Lord comes even now in his Eucharist and
that he is there in our midst. However, his presence is veiled.
Therefore we celebrate the Eucharist "awaiting the blessed hope and
the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ," asking "to share in your glory
when every tear will be wiped away. On that day we shall see you,
our God, as you are. We shall become like you and praise you for ever
through Christ our Lord."

There is no surer pledge or dearer sign of this great hope in the new heavens
and new earth "in which righteousness dwells," than the Eucharist. Every time
this mystery is celebrated, "the work of our redemption is carried on" and we
"break the one bread that provides the medicine of immortality, the antidote
for death, and the food that makes us live for ever in Jesus Christ."
IN BRIEF
•The Eucharist is the heart and the summit of the Church's life, for in
it Christ associates his Church and all her members with his sacrifice
of praise and thanksgiving offered once for all on the cross to his
Father; by this sacrifice he pours out the graces of salvation on his
Body which is the Church.

•The Eucharistic celebration always includes: the proclamation of the

Word of God; thanksgiving to God the Father for all his benefits,
above all the gift of his Son; the consecration of bread and wine; and
participation in the liturgical banquet by receiving the Lord's body
and blood. These elements constitute one single act of worship.

•1409 The Eucharist is the memorial of Christ's Passover, that is, of

the work of salvation accomplished by the life, death, and
resurrection of Christ, a work made present by the liturgical action.
It is Christ himself, the eternal high priest of the New Covenant
who, acting through the ministry of the priests, offers the
Eucharistic sacrifice. And it is the same Christ, really present under
the species of bread and wine, who is the offering of the
Eucharistic sacrifice.
Only validly ordained priests can preside at the Eucharist and
consecrate the bread and the wine so that they become the Body
and Blood of the Lord.
The essential signs of the Eucharistic sacrament are wheat bread
and grape wine, on which the blessing of the Holy Spirit is invoked
and the priest pronounces the words of consecration spoken by
Jesus during the Last Supper: "This is my body which will be given
up for you. . . . This is the cup of my blood. . . ."
By the consecration the transubstantiation of the bread and wine
into the Body and Blood of Christ is brought about. Under the
consecrated species of bread and wine Christ himself, living and
glorious, is present in a true, real, and substantial manner: his Body
and his Blood, with his soul and his divinity
As sacrifice, the Eucharist is also offered in reparation for the sins of
the living and the dead and to obtain spiritual or temporal benefits
from God.
Communion with the Body and Blood of Christ increases the
communicant's union with the Lord, forgives his venial sins, and
preserves him from grave sins. Since receiving this sacrament
strengthens the bonds of charity between the communicant and
Christ, it also reinforces the unity of the Church as the Mystical Body
of Christ.
Because Christ himself is present in the sacrament of the altar, he is
to be honored with the worship of adoration. "To visit the Blessed
Sacrament is . . . a proof of gratitude, an expression of love, and a
duty of adoration toward Christ our Lord"
Christ gives us in the Eucharist the pledge of glory with him.
Participation in the Holy Sacrifice identifies us with his Heart, sustains
our strength along the pilgrimage of this life, makes us long for
eternal life, and unites us even now to the Church in heaven, the
Blessed Virgin Mary, and all the saints.
THANK
YOU