The document discusses the Catholic Church's teachings on the Eucharist from the Catechism. It states that the Eucharist is the mystery of faith, the paschal mystery of God's love made manifest, and the source and summit of Christian life. It provides the bread and wine which through consecration become the body and blood of Christ, continuing his sacrifice and nourishing believers. The Eucharist unites Christians, builds up the Church, and anticipates eternal life with God.

1. The Eucharist
According to the
Catechism of the Catholic
Church
by
Rev. Cornelius T. McQuillan, C.S.Sp., Psy.D.
Edited by Sharon Piper

2. The Eucharist
Is the Mystery of our Faith
(Jn 6)

3. The Eucharist
Is the Paschal Mystery.
(Exodus)

4. The Eucharist is
Communion & Community
God Triune
Ágape or Banquet
Food & Manna
Activity of the Holy Spirit
Presence Of Jesus Christ
Love of God

5. The Eucharist is
Thanksgiving
Encounter between Christ and the Church
Alliance or Marriage
Death & Resurrection
Life & Grace
Sacrifice
Church – the Body
of Christ
Celebration

6. The Eucharist is
The Continuation of the mystery of the
Incarnation.
Presided by the Bishop, (or in his absense, a
presbytere), the Vicar of Christ.
Christ interceding on behalf of
humanity.
The way God transforms the world
the source and summit of all
Christian life.

7. The Eucharist is God’s Initiative
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God’s design over us is His Love

8. The Divine Initiative
God sent His Son
to be the propiation
for our sins.

9. Offering
#606
All of the Christ’s life is offered
to the Father.

10. Gift
#608
John the Baptist presents Him
as “the Lamb who takes away
the sin of the world.”

11. Offering
Jesus anticipated the offering of
His life during the Last Supper.

12. Memorial
611
The Eucharist offered in the Last
Supper was to be the Memorial
of (1 Co. 11, 23) his sacrifice.

13. Priesthood
Jesus instituted his apostoles as
the priests of the New Covenant
at the First Eucharist.

14. Priest
“For them, I consecrate myself, so that they too may be
consecrated in Truth.”
(Jn 17,19)

15. Sacrifice
613
Christ’s sacrifice alone is the
definitive offering that returns
men to communion with God.

16. He Saves Us
615
Jesus replaces our
disobedience with His
obedience.

17. Sacrifice
Christ’s sacrifice was consumed on
the Cross.

18. The Sacrifice
618
Christ’s sacrifice on the cross
saves us and redeems us.
It offers to all the possibility of
associating ourseleves with His
Pascual Mystery.

19. The Sacrifice
766
The Church is born from His total
sacrifice on the cross, formed
from the rib of the New Adam,
when blood and water flowed
from His Heart.

20. Anticipation
671
In the Eucharist the Church
encounters the Risen Christ.

21. Communion with God
737
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It is the Holy Spirit who draws
us to Christ.

22. Action of the Holy Spirit
737
The Holy Spirit draws us into the
Paschal Mystery, above every
other way, through the Eucharist,
in order to reconcile us, and bring
us into communion with God, so
that we can produce much fruit.
(Jn 15)

23. The Holy Spirit prepares us to Recieve
Communion.
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For example, we see types or figures in
the Old Testament that represent or are
signs of the Mystery of Christ in the
Eucharist.
The manna represents Christ the true
“Bread from Heaven.”

24. The Holy Spirit
1106
The Epiclesis (invocation over) &
la Anamnesis are the Center of
every Sacrament and in
particular the Eucharist.

25. Mission of the Church
738
The Church is sent to announce
and give witness; to celebrate
& prolong the mystery of the
communion of the Holy Trinity.

26. Life of the Church
893
Eucharist is the Center of the
life of a particular Church.

27. Communion of the Sacraments
1113
All the liturgical life of the
Church orbits around the
Eucharist

28. The life of the Church
1074
The Eucharist is the summit of
the liturgical action of the
Church toward which she aims
and her well-spring from
which flows her strength. (SC 10)

29. Communion of the Sacraments
950
The Church is the Sacrament of
Christ & all her Sacraments can
be called “comunión.”
But the Eucharist is the
culminacion of this Communion.

30. Sacraments
1118
The Sacraments are of and for
the Church.

31. Misión de la Iglesia
864
Charity, received most
effectively through the
Eucharist, is the soul of all
Apostolic endeavors.

32. Mission of the Church
1097
Every Sacrament and especially
the Eucharist, is an encounter
between Christ and the
Church.

33. “One Body”
790
Through the two Sacraments of
Baptism and the Eucharist we are
united to the Death and
Resurreccion of Christ.
The Eucharist forms us into one
single Body.

34. Unity
838
The Eucharist is the celebration of Christians
united in the one Catholic faith.

35. Transfiguration
1000
By our participation in the
Eucharist we anticipate the
transfiguration of our body in
Christ.

36. Christian Initiation
1322
The Eucharist is the culmination
of our initiation into the same
Sacrifice of Christ crucified.

37. The Eucharist
1323
was instituted by Christ at the
Last Supper in order to
continue His Sacrifice on the
cross until the end of time.

38. The Eucharist
1325
Signifies and brings into reality our
communion with God
as well as the unity of His people.

39. In the Eucharist
1326
We anticipate eternal life

40. The Eucharist
1327
is the compendium and summit
of our faith that is expressed in
the names it is given

41. The Eucharist has been called
1329
Act of Thanksgiving
The Lord’s Banquet
Breaking of the Bread
Wedding Banquet
of the Lamb of God
Eucharistic Assembly

42. Names given to the Eucharist
1330
Memorial of the Passion & Resurrection of the
Lord
Holy Sacrifice
Spiritual Sacrifice
Pure Sacrifice
Sacrifice of Praise
Holy and Divine Liturgy

43. Names given to the Eucharist
1331
Holy Mass
Communion
Bread of Angels
Bread of Heaven
Spiritual Medicine
Holy Things

44. Under the sign of bread and wine
1333
The heart of the Eucharistic
celebracion is found in the bread
and wine, which by the words of
Jesus and the invocation of the
Holy Spirit, are changed into the
Body and Blood of Christ.

45. Bread & Wine
In the Old Testament Bread and
Wine were offered for
reconciliation

46. Bread & Wine
1334
In the book of Exodus bread without
leven was used to recall their hasty
escape from Egypt.
&
They evoke the memory of the manna
in the desert.

47. Bread and Wine
In the New Testament Jesus multiplied the loaves
and fishes.
Jesus served Bread and Fish on the beach to Simon
Peter and the other Apostles and sent them three
times to feed His sheep.
Jesus celebrated the first Mass during the Last
Supper.

48. Bread and Wine
According to the Synoptic
Gospels Jesus said:
“Do this in memory of me.”

49. The Eucharist
St. Paul wrote in 1 Cor 13:
“Anyone who eats the body or drinks the blood
unworthily sins against the Body of the Lord.”
“Anyone who eats and drinks unworthily, eats
and drinks their own condemnation for not
recognizing the Body.”

50. The Eucarist
St John wrote: (Jn 6)
“My body is real food and my blood is real
drink.”
“He who does not eat my flesh and does not
drink my blood, has no life.”
“He who eats my body and drinks my blood, will
live forever.”

51. Benefits of Communin
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Intensifies our union with Christ.
Feeds our Christian Life,
Separates us from sin,
Erases venial sins.
Protects us from further sin,
Builds the Church.

52. Benefits of Communion
is a commitment to the poor.
Unites all who participate
Santifies us.
Joins us to God Himself,
Motivates Evangelization,
Heals us.
Unites us to the crucified & resurrected Christ.

53. The Beginning
Holy Communion renews us