[1 Cor 11:24-25 .]" 1359. "The Eucharist, the sacrament of our salvation accomplished by Christ on the cross, is also a sacrifice of praise in thanksgiving for the work of creation. In the ...

A recording of a debate about Jesus’ presence in the elements of the Lord’s Supper has inspired a new round of discussion ...

Now, The Year of the Eucharist , guided and introduced by ... so that they make this wonderful Sacrifice and Sacrament the center of their lives. The Holy Father has left the execution of this ...

The Christian answer begins with the central belief of Christianity, the mystery of the Trinity, and with the central act of Christianity, the Eucharist. Christian sacrifice has three ...

Joseph Ratzinger wrote in his 1967 essay “Is the Eucharist a Sacrifice?” that “a life of faith…and love for one’s brethren is depicted as the true worship, without which external worship ...

Through eating the sacrifice, the Jews were united with God, entered into communion with God and renewed their covenant commitment. So too with Christians. The Eucharist, more than a ...

The Eucharist and Ecumenism is organized around the four nodes of controversy—presence, sacrifice, priesthood and social significance. In his discussion of each of these issues he deftly identifies ...

but the Eucharist is where the Christian community remembers the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, gives praise and thanks to the Father, unites itself with the sacrifice of Christ and asks ...

And many do not even recognize the Eucharist as the perfect sacrifice — Jesus. So in this age of catechetical amnesia, Mike Aquilina gives us a refresher course in The Eucharist Foretold ...

For quite legitimate reasons, the bishops at the 16th-century Council of Trent framed their treatment of the Eucharist as "real presence" and "sacrifice." These are the two pillars of this document.

The Eucharist, as sacrifice, asks us to become the bread of brokenness and the chalice of vulnerability." Further, Eucharistic Prayer 4 petitions God "to make of us an eternal offering to you ...