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Lesson 20

What Is the Eucharist?

The Eucharist is the “source and summit of the Christian life.”

Catechism Connections

Lesson Topics
Eucharist
Essential Lessons

Day 1 & 2 & 3

Lesson Vocabulary

  • Last Supper
    :
    The final meal Jesus shared with His Apostles. It was a Passover meal. Jesus, the Lamb of God, transformed the sacred meal into the Passover of the New Covenant by giving us His Body and Blood to eat in the Eucharist. (1412)
  • Eucharist
    :
    The Eucharist is the Sacrament in which we receive the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ under the appearances of bread and wine. The Eucharist is the source and summit of our Christian life. It is spiritual food for the soul. It is not just a symbol but is Jesus' true flesh and blood.
  • In Persona Christi Capitis
    :
    Latin for “in the Person of Christ the Head.” This phrase refers to the priest, through whom Jesus works to change the bread and wine into His Body and Blood.
  • Lamb of God
    :
    Jesus is the Lamb of God whose sacrifice on the Cross freed us from sin and spiritual death. Just as the Israelites had to eat flesh of the Paschal Lamb for the sacrifice to be complete, Jesus gave us His Body and Blood in the Eucharist at the Last Supper for us to receive the blessings of the Passover of the New Covenant.
  • Passover
    :
    The central event of the Exodus. The final plague God sent upon Egypt was the plague of the death of the first born of every family in Egypt. By sacrificing a lamb, spreading its blood on their doorposts, and eating its roasted flesh in a sacred meal of bread and wine, the Israelite homes would be passed over by the plague of death. God also commanded that the Israelites remember this original Passover event every year with a memorial meal. The original Passover foreshadows Christ’s own sacrifice on the Cross.

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