Think of 5 words related to this picture

The Eucharist

Sacrifice

Sacrament

Real Presence

Transubstant-iation

Communion

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.A. An occasion for worship/ prayer B. An opportunity to learn about God C. Sharing of a mealD. A sacrifice E. A memorial / remembranceF. A thanksgivingG. A celebration of shared faithH. A ChallengeI. 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.

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“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. REAL PRESENCE= 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/ homeworkDescribe 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

Monstrancedisplays the Eucharist.

The faithful adore the Real Presence.