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What is prayer?
Christian Spirituality
1. dimension of our everyday life that
consists in following Christ
2. an expression of our experience of
God in our way of life, our prayer,
and our service to others
3. It is something that we develop.
Christian Spirituality
4. According to Saint John Paul II,
spirituality entails a "sacramental
way of life."
5. The greatest of the sacraments is
the Eucharist in which the Risen
Christ is personally present.
Christian Spirituality
6. All authentic Catholic
spiritualties must be a
“Eucharistic spirituality.”
Christian Spirituality
7. All authentic Catholic spiritualties
must be a “Eucharistic spirituality.”
8. Eucharistic spirituality is grounded
in our faith in the real presence of
the Risen Lord in the Eucharist.
How true the saying is: We are what
we eat?
How about feeding on the body
and blood of Jesus?
How do we know Jesus is really present
in the Eucharist?
We will go the Gospels for our
answer. The faith of the Church in
the real presence of Jesus in the
Eucharist goes back to the words of
Jesus himself.
What was the reaction of the people when
they heard Jesus talk about "eating his flesh
and drinking his blood?"
The people were shocked and stopped
following him. But nevertheless, Jesus
did not take back what he said and
insisted all the more and continues to
say the same words.
What did Jesus mean by identifying the
bread and wine with His own body and
blood?
body and blood means the whole
person
What did Jesus mean by identifying the
bread and wine with His own body and
blood?
Through the consecrated host and
wine, the Risen Christ is personally
present to us as He promised (Jn
6:5).
What do we confess and affirm in faith each
time we receive communion?