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5 days ago · WHAT IS THIS SACRAMENT CALLED? 1328 The inexhaustible richness of this sacrament is expressed in the different names we give it. Each name evokes certain aspects of it. It is called: Eucharist,...
Learn more about the Sacrament of the Eucharist. The sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church.
Learn about the sacrament of the Eucharist, which completes Christian initiation and perpetuates the sacrifice of the cross. The Catechism explains the institution, the meaning, and the effects of this sacrament of love, unity, and charity.
The Holy Eucharist is a sacrament and a sacrifice in which Our Saviour Jesus Christ, body and blood, soul and divinity, is contained, offered, and received under the appearances of bread and wine. 1. Christ instituted the Holy Eucharist at the Last Supper, the night before He died.
In Catholic Tradition, the Eucharist is a sacrament—and sacrifice—of thanksgiving and communion. We gather at Mass and Holy Communion to express gratitude to Jesus for his sacrifice on the Cross, and to offer anew that one sacrifice under the forms of bread and wine.
The Sacrament of the Eucharist, also called the Mass, is “the source and summit of the Christian Life.” All of the other sacraments point to it. When the priest prays the words of consecration over the bread and wine at Mass, we believe, in accordance with the teaching of Jesus, that they become his Body and Blood.
Somewhere in the recesses of my memory, I remembered being taught about Jesus being present in this sacrament, but I’d never recognized it. That night, as I looked at the Eucharist, displayed on the altar I experienced it. In the midst of the crowded room, I felt as if it were only Jesus and me.
