Eucharist Basics
What is the Eucharist?
The body and blood of Jesus Christ.
What part of Mass includes receiving Communion?
The Liturgy of the Eucharist.
The Church teaches the Eucharist is only a symbol. True or False?
False
Which chapter of John talks about Jesus as the “living bread”?
John 6.
The Eucharist shows the logic of divine what?
love
What is the name of the change when bread and wine become Jesus’ body and blood?
Transubstantiation.
Who acts in the person of Christ during the Eucharist?
The priest.
The Eucharist is called the “source and summit” of what?
The Christian life.
Jesus says, “I am the living ______ that came down from heaven.”
Bread
Instead of making us slaves, Jesus came to us as what?
Which event in Jesus’ life are the words “This is my body” and “This is my blood” taken from?
The Last Supper.
What is the name for the offering of Jesus remembered during Mass?
The sacrifice of the Mass.
What four things are present in the Eucharist according to Church teaching?
Body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus.
According to John 6, whoever eats this bread will live how long?
Forever
The Eucharist commits us to loving God, our neighbor, and who else?
the poor
During Mass, who speaks the words that consecrate the bread and wine?
The priest.
What must someone usually receive before First Communion to cleanse their soul from sin?
Reconciliation (Confession).
Receiving Communion renews our union with whom?
God
Jesus says whoever eats His flesh and drinks His blood remains in whom?
In Him (Jesus)
The Eucharist can be described as spiritual ______ for our faith journey.
Food
What two elements are transformed during the Eucharist?
Bread and wine.
Through whose power does the bread and wine become Jesus’ body and blood?
The Holy Spirit.
According to Church teaching, the Eucharist unites our body with whose body?
Jesus Christ
This teaching explains that receiving the Eucharist helps bring what kind of life?
Eternal life
The Eucharist is not only a meal but also remembered as what?
A sacrifice