10.3 The Mass and the Eucharist

Question 1

What is the basic order of mass?

Answer 1

• introduction and the penitential rite
• liturgy of the word
• liturgy of the Eucharist
• concluding rite

Question 2

Why is Holy Communion important?

Answer 2

• transubstation-real presence, trancends time and space, renacting Last Supper, rememeber everything Jesus has done for us
• salvation
• spiritual food, receive divinity of Christ, more like Jesus
• share God’s love in communion, agape, become closer to God

Question 3

What are some reasons for going to mass?

Answer 3

• having the Eucharist gives us spiritual food and makes us more like Jesus, closer to him
• homily allows people to apply the teaching of Mass
• salvation-confess their sins, mass every week, receive Eucharist
• creed unities the Catholic community by stating what we all believe, spine of the Catholic church and strengths our faith

Question 4

What is the Eucharist like in most Protestant churches?

Answer 4

• believe in commemoration
• they do not believe in transubstantiation, real presence, or that the Eucharist is a reenactment of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross
• they celebrate to keep Jesus’ memory alive

Question 5

What does denomination mean?

Answer 5

-a branch of the Christian Church

Question 6

What does Ecumenical mean?

Answer 6

-all christian churches/a number of christian churches together

Question 7

Why is the Eucharist important in other Christian denominations?

Answer 7

• Some Protestants believe the Eucharist was instituted by Jesus at the last supper
• Orthodox Christians believe that Jesus is really present in the Eucharist
• Baptists believe the Eucharist helps them remember Jesus and what he did
• some Protestants believe Jesus is symbolically present in the bread and wine