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Eucharist names
Other names for the Eucharist
Term | Definition |
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Eucharist | thanksgiving |
Lord’s Supper | recalls the Last Supper where Jesus chose Passover meal to launch events of our Salvation |
Breaking of the Bread | Apostles recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread (Lk. 24:35) |
Eucharistic Assembly | emphasizes how we celebrate Eucharist in midst of assembled Church |
Holy and Divine Liturgy | Eucharist is the very heart of Church’s liturgical life; holy and divine liturgy of the Eucharist is the supreme worship we can give God, “the source and summit of the Christian life.” |
Most Blessed Sacrament | Eucharist is Most Blessed Sacrament (consecrated Eucharistic species reserved in the tabernacle also goes by this name.) |
Holy Sacrifice | sacrifice = to make holy. Eucharist is memorial of our Lord’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection. It makes present Christ’s sacrifice & includes the offering of the Church. |
Holy Communion | Eucharist unites us w/Christ & forms us into his Body, the Ch. |
Holy Mass | the term derives from the sending forth in the dismissal rite (in Latin, Ite missa est.) We are to become for others the Christ we received in the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist. |