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Lesson 9

The Mass and the Real Presence

Transubstantiation is the word used to describe the substantial transformation of the bread and wine into the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ.

Catechism Connections

Lesson Topics
Eucharist Parts of the Mass
Essential Lessons

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Lesson Vocabulary

  • Mystical
    :
    (adj.): Having a spiritual quality or significance because of a connection with God that goes beyond our understanding.
  • Last Supper
    :
    (n.): The last meal, a Passover, Jesus ate with His Apostles, on the night before He died during which He instituted the Eucharist.
  • Eternal
    :
    (adj.): Without beginning or end; not constrained by time.
  • Real Presence
    :
    (n.): Christ’s true Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity contained in the Eucharist under the appearances of bread and wine.
  • Transubstantiation
    :
    (n.): The word used to describe the changing of the bread and wine during Mass into the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ.
  • Substance
    :
    (n.): The essential nature of something. From the Latin sub, which means “under” and stare which means “to stand.” The Greek word for this is ousia.
  • Transcendent
    :
    (adj.): Apart from and beyond the limits of created things.
  • Liturgy of the Word
    :
    (n.): The first part of the Mass in which we receive the written Word of God. Here, the Scriptures are proclaimed and the priest teaches in a homily. We also join together in prayer for others and profess our faith.
  • Liturgy of the Eucharist
    :
    (n.): The second part of the Mass in which Christ's sacrifice on the Cross is made present again. It includes the preparation of the gifts, the Eucharistic prayer, the Communion rite, and prayer after Communion.
  • Apostolic Succession
    :
    (n.): The handing on of apostolic preaching and authority from the Apostles to their successors, the bishops, through the laying on of hands, as a permanent office in the Church
  • Ministerial Priesthood
    :
    (n.): The ordained priesthood who share in the priesthood of Christ by acting in persona Christi capitis, that is, “in the person of Christ, the head.” These men do not preach, sanctify, and govern by their own authority but rather by the authority given them by Christ, the head of the Church, to act in His Person.

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    Vocabulary Review
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    Vocabulary Review Answer Key
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    Chapter Powerpoint
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    The Order of the Mass PowerPoint
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    The Mass of St. Gregory (c.1480)
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