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- DictionaryEu·cha·rist/ˈyo͞ok(ə)rəst/
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- 1. the Christian service, ceremony, or sacrament commemorating the Last Supper, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed: "we went to an early morning Eucharist"
1. : communion sense 2a. 2. Christian Science : spiritual communion with God. eucharistic. ˌyü-kə-ˈri-stik. adjective often capitalized. Examples of Eucharist in a Sentence.
The Holy Eucharist is the “source and summit of the Christian life,” according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 1324). The Eucharist Is Not a Symbol: Beyond Symbolism. Jesus is substantially present—body, blood, soul, and divinity—in Holy Communion.
Eucharist (Gr. eucharistia, thanksgiving), the name given to the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar under its twofold aspect of sacrament and Sacrifice of the Mass, and in which, whether as sacrament or sacrifice, Jesus Christ is truly present under the appearances of bread and wine.
Jun 19, 2023 · Updated Jun 19, 2023. The Eucharist, Last Supper & Communion. Eucharist, also known as Holy Communion or Lord’s Supper is a sanctioned ceremony of Jesus’ Last Supper with his apostles when he presented them bread saying, “This is my body,” and wine saying, “This is my blood.”
Eucharist ( Koinē Greek: εὐχαριστία, romanized: eucharistía, lit. 'thanksgiving') [1] is the name that Catholic Christians give to the sacrament by which, according to their belief, the body and blood of Christ are present in the bread and wine consecrated during the Catholic eucharistic liturgy, generally known as the Mass. [2] The definition o...
343. What is the Holy Eucharist? The Holy Eucharist is a sacrament and a sacrifice. In the Holy Eucharist, under the appearances of bread and wine, the Lord Christ is contained, offered, and received. (a) The whole Christ is really, truly, and substantially present in the Holy Eucharist.
Home Philosophy & Religion Spirituality. Significance of the Eucharist. The Eucharist has formed a central rite of Christian worship. All Christians would agree that it is a memorial action in which, by eating bread and drinking wine (or, for some Protestants, grape juice or water), the church recalls what Jesus Christ was, said, and did.
