HOLY EUCHARIST

THE SACRAMENT OF THE HOLY

EUCHARIST
COMPLETES CHRISTIAN
INITIATION.
IT IS THE PARTICIPATION OF
THE FAITHFUL
IN THE LORDS OWN
SACRIFICE

BASIC DESCRIPTION OF VATICAN II

MEMORIAL OF CHRISTS DEATH AND RESURRECTION
SACRAMENT OF LOVE
PASCHAL BANQUET
PLEDGE OF FUTURE GLORY

EUCHARIST:
THE SOURCE AND
SUMMIT OF ECCLESIAL LIFE
THE OTHER SACRAMENTS,
ALL MINISTRIES AND WORKS
OF THE APOSTOLATE
ARE BOUND UP WITH
THE EUCHARIST
AND ARE ORIENTED TO IT.
THE EUCHARIST IS THE SUM
AND SUMMARY OF OUR FAITH

CHRISTS PRESENCE
IN THE EUCHARIST
ASSEMBLY
MINISTER
HOLY SCRIPTURES
EUCHARISTIC SPECIES

DIFFERENT NAMES OF THIS

SACRAMENT
EUCHARIST
AN ACTION OF THANKSGIVING
TO GOD
EUCHARISTEIN, EULOGEIN (GK)
RECALL THE JEWISH BLESSINGS
THAT PROCLAIM GODS WORKS:
CREATION, REDEMPTION AND,
SANCTIFICATION

I- BREAKING OF THE
BREAD
JESUS USED THIS RITE,
AS PART
OF JEWISH MEAL,
WHEN HE BLESSED AND
DISTRIBUTED THE
BREAD AT THE LAST
SUPPER
SIGNIFIES THAT ALL WHO EAT THE ONE BROKEN BREAD
ENTER INTO COMMUNION WITH CHRIST
AND FORM ONE BODY WITH HIM.

II- HOLY SACRIFICE

BECAUSE
IT MAKES PRESENT
THE SACRIFICE OF
CHRIST THE SAVIOR
THE MASS CANNOT BE
SEPARATED FROM THE
CROSS

III- HOLY AND DIVINE

LITURGY
BECAUSE THE CHURCHS
WHOLE LITURGY
FINDS ITS CENTER
AND MOST INTENSE
EXPRESSION
IN THE CELEBRATION OF
THIS SACRAMENT

IV- HOLY COMMUNION

BECAUSE BY THIS
SACRAMENT,
WE UNITE OURSELVES
TO CHRIST
WHO MAKES US
SHARERS IN HIS BODY
AND BLOOD
TO FORM A SINGLE
BODY.

V- HOLY MASS
BECAUSE IN THE LITURGY,
IN WHICH THE MYSTERY
OF SALVATION
IS ACCOMPLISHED
CONCLUDES WITH THE
SENDING FORTH
(MISSION) OF THE
FAITHFUL
SO THAT THEY MAY
FULFILL GODS WILL IN
THEIR DAILY LIVES

EFFECTS OF THE SACRAMENT

UNITY/COMMUNION WITH CHRIST
FREEDOM FROM SIN
RECONCILIATION

PARTS OF THE MASS

ALL GATHER TOGETHER

CHRISTIANS COME
TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE
FOR THE EUCHARISTIC
ASSEMBLY

I- INTRODUCTORY RITES
Sign of the Cross
Greetings
Penitential rite
Gloria
Opening prayer

II- LITURGY OF THE WORD

1ST READING
FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
2ND READING
FROM A NON-GOSPEL
NEW TESTAMENT
ALLELUIA
GOSPEL
HOMILY
PROFESSION OF FAITH
PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL

III- PRESENTATION OF
GIFTS
THE BREAD AND THE
WINE ARE BROUGHT
INTO THE ALTAR
THEY WILL BE OFFERED
BY THE PRIEST
IN THE NAME OF CHRIST
IN THE EUCHARISTIC
SACRIFICE

COLLECTION
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
CHRISTIANS HAVE BROUGHT
ALONG WITH THEM
BREAD AND WINE AND
GIFTS TO SHARE
WITH THOSE IN NEED

IV- LITURGY OF THE

EUCHARIST
INTRODUCTORY EXCHANGE
PREFACE
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
LORDS PRAYER
SIGN OF PEACE
BREAKING OF BREAD
POURING OF WINE
COMMUNION

CORE OF LITURGY OF THE

EUCHARIST:
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
(ANAPHORA)
THE PRAYER OF
THANKSGIVING AND
CONSECRATION
IN THE (1) PREFACE,
THE CHURCH GIVES
THANKS TO THE FATHER
THROUGH CHRIST IN THE
HOLY SPIRIT FOR ALL HIS
WORKS.

(2) EPICLESIS
THE CHURCH ASKS THE FATHER TO SEND HIS HOLY SPIRIT
ON THE BREAD AND WINE
SO THAT THEY MAY BECOME BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST

(3) INSTITUTION NARRATIVE

THE POWER OF THE WORDS
THE ACTION OF CHRIST
THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
MAKE SACRAMENTALLY PRESENT
UNDER THE SPECIES
OF BREAD AND WINE
CHRISTS BODY AND BLOOD
HIS SACRIFICE OFFERED ON THE
CROSS ONCE AND FOR ALL.

(4) ANAMNESIS
THE CHURCH
CALLS TO MIND
THE PASSION,
RESURRECTION AND
GLORIOUS RETURN OF
CHRIST JESUS

(5) INTERCESSIONS
THE CHURCH
INDICATES THAT THE
EUCHARIST IS CELEBRATED
IN COMMUNION WITH THE
WHOLE CHURCH

V- CONCLUDING RITES
GO IN PEACE TO LOVE AND
SERVE THE LORD.
THANKS BE TO GOD.
-CELEBRATION IS CONTINUED
OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF THE
CHURCH.