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the Eucharist being the re-presentation of Jesus' Sacrifice, and a sign of hope for his return (1 Corinthians 11:26) [64] respect due to the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist (1 Corinthians 11:27) [65] deeper meaning and purpose represented by the bread (Colossians 1:18-20, 26-28; 3:11,15; Ephesians 4:4, 12, 16).
According to the Catholic Church Jesus Christ is present in the Eucharist in a true, real and substantial way, with his body, blood, soul and divinity. [91] By the consecration , the substances of the bread and wine actually become the substances of the body and blood of Christ ( transubstantiation ) while the appearances or "species" of the ...
For not as common bread nor common drink do we receive these; but since Jesus Christ our Savior was made incarnate by the word of God and had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so too, as we have been taught, the food which has been made into the Eucharist by the Eucharistic prayer set down by him, and by the change of which our blood and ...
The whole portion of the Antiphon recalling Christ's passion, death, and resurrection, is called the Anamnesis. Intercessions for both the living and the souls in Purgatory follow. When there are priests concelebrating the Mass they join the main celebrant in the central prayers, up to the intercessions, which they may divide among themselves.
The acclamation references the memorial aspect of the Eucharist, taught by Jesus at the Last Supper: "Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me" (1 Corinthians 11:25). [2] It is additionally linked with the pattern of the anamnesis, which is "that of the Lord's death, resurrection and ascension", along with the Second Coming. [2] [3]
Jesus Christ, who "is the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being" (Hebrews 1:3), is truly present in Holy Communion. Through Jesus Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit, God meets us at the Table. God, who has given the sacraments to the church, acts in and through Holy Communion.
In the celebration of the Eucharist, Jesus Christ shows us how the truth of love can transform even the dark mystery of death into the radiant light of the resurrection. Through the Eucharist, He becomes all in all, present in his totality within the members of the Church (par #36). The individual members make up the spiritual stones of the Church.
The Holy Eucharist is the sacrament commanded by Christ for the continual remembrance of his life, death, and resurrection, until his coming again. The Eucharist, the Church's sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, is the way by which the sacrifice of Christ is made present, and in which he unites us to his one offering of himself.