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THE EUCHARIST
The Last Sacrament of Initiation
The Institution of the Eucharist and Christ as the Bread from
Heavenpp. 74-79
KEY IDEAS
The Eucharist as thefulfillment of theOld Testament
Christ as the Bread of Life
Christ gave a new meaning to the Passover meal
Focus Questions pp.74
1. What did the early Church mean by the term, the “Breaking of the Bread”?
2. What is the last of the Sacraments of Christian Initiation?
3. How is the Eucharist different from the other sacraments?
The Institution of the Eucharist p75-77
3a. What is the Passover?
4. How did Jesus break with custom during his last Passover meal?
5. What is the “Blood of the Covenant”, and what did Jesus’ words imply?
Blood of the Covenant Cup of the New Covenant
Covenant between God and Israel
Victim: lamb
… poured out for many forthe forgiveness of sin
Victim: Jesus
Sacrifice
Seder table set (arrangement)
The Institution of the Eucharistp 76
6. What part of the Passover meal did Jesus omit at the Last Supper? Mk 14:25
7. How did Jesus refer to the cup of consummation as he prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane? Lk 22:42
8. How did Jesus refer to the cup of consummation when St. Peter fought against Jesus’ arrest by cutting off the ear of the high priest’s slave? Jn 18;11
The Institution of the Eucharistp77
9. How did Jesus request the “cup of consummation” on the Cross? Jn 19:28
10. How did the soldiers’ action relate back to the Passover? Ex 12:22
11. What time of day did Pilate order Jesus crucified, and what is significant about that time?
The Promise of the Eucharist:The Bread from Heaven Discourse
p78-79• 12. How did God feed the Israelites when
they wandered in the desert for forty years?
13. How did Jesus feed the vast crowds which came to hear him?
14. How did Jesus compare himself to the manna?
15. What further claims about himself did Jesus make as recorded in John 6:51?
The Promise of the Eucharist:The Bread from Heaven Discourse
p78-7916. How did the crowds react to this? 17. How did Jesus’ listeners understand
Jesus’ words in John 6: 53-58, and how did the word “eat” reinforce this understanding?
18. What did Jesus “Bread from Heaven” discourse do to his popularity?
19. Why did the Apostles not leave Jesus over this teachings?
Summary pp. 75-79Institution of the Eucharist
Two things Jesus did different during the Passover meal
Summary pp. 75-79Institution of the Eucharist
Two things Jesus did different during the Passover meal
1- Took bread; blessed; broke it; gave it to his disciplesJesus said: “Take and eat – this is my body.
Drink of it – this is my blood of the covenant”
Summary pp. 75-79Institution of the Eucharist
Two things Jesus did different during the Passover meal
1- Took bread; blessed; broke it; gave it to his disciplesJesus said: “Take and eat – this is my body.
Drink of it – this is my blood of the covenant”
Summary pp. 75-79Institution of the Eucharist
Two things Jesus did different during the Passover meal
1- Took bread; blessed; broke it; gave it to his disciplesJesus said: “Take and eat – this is my body.
Drink of it – this is my blood of the covenant”
2- Jesus dismissed the most important part of the meal, the “cup of consummation.”
Summary pp. 75-79Institution of the Eucharist
The cup of consummation will be His own Death on the CrossTHE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW COVENANT
I thirst It is finished
Sponge sour wine on abranch of hyssop
NT OTSame used for sprinklingthe blood of the Passoverlamb
Institution of the Eucharist
NT: Pilate ordered the Crucifixion on the Day of
Preparation at the sixth hour
OT: The sixth hour is the very hour that thePassover lambs were sacrificed
Institution of the Eucharist
NT: Pilate ordered the Crucifixion on the Day of
Preparation at the sixth hour
OT: The sixth hour is the very hour that thePassover lambs were sacrificed
Jesus chooses to institute the EucharistIn the context of the Passover meal
Institution of the Eucharist
NT: Pilate ordered the Crucifixion on the Day of
Preparation at the sixth hour
OT: The sixth hour is the very hour that thePassover lambs were sacrificed
Jesus chooses to institute the EucharistIn the context of the Passover meal
He links the
Passover meal His Death on the Cross
OT NT
Jesus Christ is the Lamb thatTakes away the sins of the world
Bread from Heaven(John)
Bread from Heaven(John)
OT: Ancestors had been sustained in the desert by the manna from
Heaven
NT: Jesus offers his Body and Bloodfor the nourishment of the soul
Bread from Heaven(John)
OT: Ancestors had been sustained in the desert by the manna from
Heaven
NT: Jesus offers his Body and Bloodfor the nourishment of the soul
They died Food for everlasting life
Bread from Heaven(John)
OT: Ancestors had been sustained in the desert by the manna from
Heaven
NT: Jesus offers his Body and Bloodfor the nourishment of the soul
They died Food for everlasting life
Two essential and interrelated teachings of the Eucharist
Bread from Heaven(John)
OT: Ancestors had been sustained in the desert by the manna from
Heaven
NT: Jesus offers his Body and Bloodfor the nourishment of the soul
They died Food for everlasting life
Two essential and interrelated teachings of the Eucharist
1- The Eucharist is a Spiritual food
Bread from Heaven(John)
OT: Ancestors had been sustained in the desert by the manna from
Heaven
NT: Jesus offers his Body and Bloodfor the nourishment of the soul
They died Food for everlasting life
Two essential and interrelated teachings of the Eucharist
1- The Eucharist is a Spiritual food
2- The Eucharist is truly the BodyAnd Blood of Our Lord, Jesus Christ