Spirit of Truth, School Edition > Grade 2 > Unit 6
Lesson 38: Holy Communion
Just as the food we eat becomes a part of us to nourish us and give us life and health, so too does the Eucharist make us a part of Christ and give us spiritual life.
Just as the food we eat becomes a part of us to nourish us and give us life and health, so too does the Eucharist make us a part of Christ and give us spiritual life.
Ancient people offered animal sacrifices to praise God, to thank God, to mark new beginnings, and to show sorrow for their sins.
We must be prepared to receive Holy Communion at Mass and to better understand the mystery of Christ’s presence to us in the Eucharist.
We must be prepared to receive Holy Communion at Mass and to better understand the mystery of Christ’s presence to us in the Eucharist.
Jesus’ Death and Resurrection are a new Passover, which brought about salvation from sin and death.
The Mass is a representation of Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross.
We recieve the gift of the Eucharist at Mass.
The Bible is the story of God’s people from Creation through the beginning of the Church.
The Mass is the celebration of Divine Worship and the highest celebration of our Faith.
We recieve the gift of the Eucharist at Mass.
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.
Jesus fulfills the ancient rites and sacrifices of the Old Testament.
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.
The Eucharist is the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ.