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Lesson 24: The Mass and Holy Days of Obligation
The Mass is the celebration of Divine Worship and the highest celebration of our Faith.
The Mass is the celebration of Divine Worship and the highest celebration of our Faith.
God speaks to His people through the Sacred Scriptures proclaimed at Mass.
Transubstantiation is the teaching that the bread and wine at Mass cease to be in substance bread and wine and transform into the true Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, while retaining the accidental forms of bread and wine.
In a Sacrament, God uses something physical and from this world to do something supernatural from Heaven.
The Paschal Mystery is Christ’s work of redemption, through His Passion, death, and Resurrection, which saved us from sin and death for new life as sons and daughters of God.
Ancient people offered animal sacrifices to praise God, to thank God, to mark new beginnings, and to show sorrow for their sins.
Jesus Death and Resurrection are a new Passover, which brought about salvation from sin and death.
The Bible is the story of Gods people from Creation through the beginning of the Church.
Jesus gave His life on the Cross and rose from the dead on the third day so that we could be forgiven of our sins.
Because Jesus rose from the dead, we have been saved from sin and death, and it is now possible for us to be forgiven of our sin and to enter into Heaven one day.
At every Mass, the events of our salvation are made present to us on the altar in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, and we are invited take part in this memorial of our salvation.
Jesus taught us that He is the Bread of Life and that we must eat His Body and drink His Blood in order to have eternal life.
The members of the Church are the Body of Christ.
In a Sacrament, God uses something physical and from this world to do something supernatural from Heaven.
God speaks to His people through the Sacred Scriptures proclaimed at Mass.