Holy Eucharist

The Eucharist is act of thanksgiving to God. The Greek word eucharistein—“to give thanks”—recalls the Jewish mealtime blessings that proclaim God's works: creation, redemption, and sanctification.

We must therefore consider the Eucharist as:

• a sacrifice of thanksgiving and praise to God the Father;

• the memorial of Christ’s Passover, that is, the salvation accomplished by his death and resurrection

• the real presence of Christ—body, blood, soul, and divinity—by the power of his word and of his Spirit.

• the sacrament of unity, by which we, the church, more perfectly become the Body of Christ for the world

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