CL REVIEWER

Holy Eucharist

The Eucharist is the mysterious center of all the sacraments. Thus, the celebration of
the Holy Eucharist is “the source and the summit of the Christian life.”

Eucharist comes from the latin word, Eucharistia which means thanksgiving.

The transformation of the brad and wine into Christ’s body and blood is what we call
TRANSUBSTANTIATION.

When did Jesus instituted the Eucharist?

Jesus instituted the Eucharist on the evening before his death, on the night when he
was betrayed (1 Cor. 11:23), when he gathered the apostles around him in the
Upper room in Jerusalem and celebrated the LAST SUPPER.

“Do this in memory of me.”

-1 Cor. 11:24

The Eucharist – source and summit of ecclesial life

1324 The Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life.”

1325 “The Eucharist is the efficacious sign and sublime cause of that communion in
the divine life and that unity of the People of God by which the Church is kept in
being. It is the culmination both of God’s action sanctifying the world in Christ and of
the worship men offer to Christ and through him to the Father and the Holy Spirit.”

1326 Finally,by the Eucharistic celebration we already unite ourselves with the
heavenly liturgy and anticipate eternal life, when God will be all in all.

1327 In brief, the Eucharist is the sum and summary of our faith: “Our way of thinking
is attuned to the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in turn confirms our way of thinking.”

The order of the mass

ENTRANCE

GREETINGS

PENITENTIAL ACT

KYRIE

GLORIA

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
ALLELUIA

HOMILY

CREED

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

SANCTUS

TRANSUBSTANTIATION

DOXOLOGY

LORD’S PRAYER

AGNUS DEI

CONCLUDING PRAYER

Types of Prayer

1.Adoration

We praise the greatness of God

2.Expiation/Contrition

We acknowledge our sinfulness and ask God for His forgiveness and mercy.

3.Offering of Love

Prayers of love or charity are just that-expressions of our love for God.

4.Petition

We ask God for things we need- primarily spiritual needs.

5.Thanksgiving

Thanking God throughout the day for good things that happen to us and to others.

Styles of prayer

Formal

-is reciting or reading an already composed prayer

Conversational
-is the style many people are most familiar with- you are speaking to God almost as
if He were just another person.

Devotional or Scriptural

-many people choose to begin a prayer session by reading a Bible verse of passage.
Others will use a verse or passage as a point to launch their waiting upon the Lord,
as in meditative prayer for example.

Prayer walking

-a style the particularly suits those who are more kinesthetic by nature, those who
like to be doing something rather than just sitting down. This style is often used by
intercessors, who may be praying for a particular neighbourhood as they actually
walk through it.

Advocacy On Behalf of Marginalized and Disempowered

What is Advocacy?

-to take action for another

What is lobbying?

-similar to advocacy, involves speaking on behalf of another person or cause, but it

entails taking a position for or against a specific piece of legislation or policy.

Definition of Disempower

-to deprive of power, authority, or influence: make weak, ineffectual, or unimportant

Definition of MARGINALIZE

-to relegate to the fringes, out of the mainstream or to a lower or outer edge, as of
specific groups of people; make seem unimportant as of social standing.