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?

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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)

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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

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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.”

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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