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| What act most clearly expresses how God enters our lives in Eucharist? |
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| by the act of eating and drinking |
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| Why is the Eucharist the sacrament which completes Christian initiation? |
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| When a person participates in the Eucharist and receives communion, he/she is entering the innermost life of the Church |
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How is the Eucharist a prayer of blessing?
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the Church: - praises and thanks the Father for all the wonders of creation
- proclaim all the things that God has done
- offer a blessing just as Christ did, through the gifts of his life, death, and resurrection
- recalls events of our salvation
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| How is memory an important part of the renewal of God's covenant in Eucharist? |
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- People who remember God's works of salvation experience God's blessing and respond by doing His will
- God imprints events of our salvation in our memory
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In Jewish understanding, what was a sacrifice intended to do?
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| people expressed their deepest feelings of gratitude for their unique relationship with God |
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| [True/False]: The Sacrifice of Eucharist is the same sacrifice as the one which Jesus made on the cross. |
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| True: Jesus continues to offer the sacrifice of himself in the bread and wine; his sacrifice is made present |
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What did St. Paul say to the Christians at Corinth about their behavior at Eucharist?
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| St. Paul chastised them for being willing to share the Eucharist with the poor, but not their own wealth. If they were unwilling to share everything else, it would seem that they had not really recognized the Eucharist for what it was. |
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| Who are we united with at the Eucharist? |
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- the entire Church community
- those who have already joined Christ in heaven
- the Trinity
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[True or False] The Eucharist is the foretaste of the heavenly banquet. |
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TRUE: - The Eucharist is a small taste, intended to whet our appetite for, and sustain us until, the feats of heaven.
- We must experience the banquet through the signs of bread and wine --> in heaven, we experience the banquet directly.
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| What are the two main parts of the Eucharist? |
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- gathering; Liturgy of the Word
- Liturgy of the Eucharist
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Which of these statements are true? - As the source of one's spiritual life, the Eucharist must be the first sacrament to be received.
- The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life.
- We unite ourselves with the heavenly liturgy and anticipate eternal life.
- All of the ministries and sacraments of the Church are bound up with the Eucharist.
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The Eucharist is also called the Lord's Supper because: - It anticipates the wedding feast of the Lamb in the heavenly Jerusalem.
- This was the Latin equivalent of the Jewish term, "Passover"
- of its connection with the supper which the Lord took with the disciples on the eve of the Passion
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[True or False] The Eucharist is also called Holy Mass because it concludes with the sending forth of the faithful to flfill God's will in their lives.
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[True or False] Since the Catholic Church teaches that Christ is really present in the bread and wine, the sacrifice of the Eucharist is then a re-sacrifice of Christ on the altar. |
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| FALSE: It does not re-sacrifice, it re-presents. |
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[True or False] In the celebration of the Eucharist with the apostles and his commandment to them to celebrate it until His return, Jesus constitutes the apostles as priests of the New Testament. |
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