LUltima Cena Jacopo Bassano 1546 THE EUCHARIST Memorial

L’Ultima Cena Jacopo Bassano (1546)

THE EUCHARIST • Memorial of Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross • The real presence of Jesus • Holy Communion with Our Lord

MASS AS SACRIFICE • In what sense a sacrifice? • Christ sacramentally present • “Do this in memory of me” • Jewish notion of “memorial” (CCC 1366)

THE REAL PRESENCE • Christ uniquely present in the Eucharist (CCC 1374) • Transubstantiation (CCC 1376) • Partaking of His body & blood (Jn 6: 5356) • Emmanuel – God with us

HOLY COMMUNION • Eating an essential part of Passover • Sacrifice & communion • 1 Corinthians 10 -11 • Climax of Eucharistic worship (CCC 1382)

THE MASS • Introductory Rites • The Liturgy of the Word • The Liturgy of the Eucharist • Concluding Rites

INTRODUCTORY RITES • Entrance hymn or Antiphon • The kiss of the altar • The Sign of the Cross o Ezekiel 8 -9; Rev 7: 3; 9: 4 o The power of God’s Name • The Greeting o “The Lord be with you” o “And with your spirit”

INTRODUCTORY RITES • Penitential Rite • “I Confess…” o OT response to God’s manifestation o NT e. g. John the Baptist (Mt 3: 6; Mk 1: 5) o Confess to “Almighty God & you, my brothers & sisters” o “greatly sinned” (cf 1 Chron 21: 8) o 3 x “Through my fault…. ” • “Lord, Have mercy…”