Can you tell me in your own words what the Eucharist is?

Question

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Answer 1

It is a piece of unleaven bread.

I could care less about being "picked" the correct answer, I stated what the item is...........

Answer 2

At Mass we celebrate the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, given to us by Christ Himself. Jesus tells us in John 6:51 "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world." When the people began to walk away in disbelief Jesus did not call them back and say, "Hey wait, you misunderstood." He let them go because He knew they could not except what He was saying. Instead He repeated Himself beginning with the words "Amen, Amen...", which indicates that He was speaking literally. Jesus, working through the ministry of the prist, changes bread and wine into His precious Body and Blood. When we celebrate the Eucharist at Mass, it is the Church's great prayer of thanksgiving.

God bless,
Stanbo

Answer 3

Eucharist is the Body of Christ which nourishes us.

The Last Supper Jesus broke bread and gave it to his disciples and said, "Take this all of you and eat it, this is my body which will be shed 4 u".

Priests & Bishops "Transform" the wafer and wine into the body and blood of Jesus during Mass. Catholics who are without "Mortal" sin are welcome to eat the Eucharist; while those in "Mortal" sin are asked to abstain until they have had the Sacrement of Reconcilliation (confession). Eating the Eucharist will nurish our souls and transfigure us into becoming part of the body of Christ.

Many Churches will have "Adoration Chappels" where the Eucharist is present (transfigured into Jesus). People will volunteer to spend time with Jesus (in the form of the Eucharist) typically for an hour a week (sometimes more for those who desire to). During this time adorors will meditate or read scriputure (Palms & Proverbs) to get closer to God.

Answer 4

For me the most powerful part of the Eucharist is at the beginning when the priest holds up the bread, and breaks it. This represents the Christ, being broken by us - the world. This broken Christ is then shared, eaten, by each who feels called to come to the table - and in this way is made whole again, as we are, collectively, the body of Christ. Called to do the work of Christ in this world. For me this means the feeding of the hungry, and the housing of the poor, and the unconditional loving of each and every living thing that I encounter.

Answer 5

Eucharist from the Greek, Thanksgiving.
The Table of the Lord. Short answer. too many question to answer.
I Cr 13;8a

Answer 6

The Eucharist is the sacrament of holy communion where people supposedly become one with God. It is accomplished through symbolic cannibalism where folks eat bread which they pretend is the flesh of the Christ. It is sometimes a symbolic vampire ritual where believers drinks wine which they pretend is Christ's blood.

Answer 7

Eucharist is one of the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. It symbolizes the comsumption of the body and blood of christ represented by bread and wine during the Catholic mass. This symbolizes also the last rites Jesus Christ shared with his apostoles during the last supper. Thru this sacrament Christ makes the aliance with mankind. In order to have this, you must have had the two previous sacraments of the Catholic Church, which are Baptism and confirmation.

Answer 8

The Eucharist is the body of Christ in the form of a wafer at communion Sound crazy? It sorta is I can't imagine anyone actually believes it unless one is over 80

Answer 9

It depends on what religion you are talking about. Catholics believe the Eucharist is the actual body and blood of Christ. Most other religions believe it represents the body and blood of Christ.

Answer 10

the Eucharist is a religious "ceremony" also known as Communion, The Lord's Supper, Passover Meal, and the Last Supper. ........ and it's NOT only a Catholic thing. Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, etc do it too..

It actually originated when the Israelites were about to flee from Egypt. When God sent the plague of the deaths of all the firstborn sons (Passover), all the Israelites were told to sacrifice a lamb, and put the blood on their doorposts, (this would keep their children safe) and then go in and eat a meal of unleavened (without yeast) bread and wine... after this, this meal was celebrated every year as a thanks to God.

When Jesus was about to be taken to be crucified, it was time for the Jews to celebrate the Passover meal. He celebrated it with his 12 followers. But as he was passing around the wine, he said "Drink of it all of you, this is my blood, shed for you for the forgiveness of your sins. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way after the supper he took the bread, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them saying "Take, eat, this is my body, given for you. Do this in remembrance of me." This was symbolic, because when he was crucified, his blood was shed, and his body killed for our salvation.

Today, churches celebrate communion. The first post said that Catholics believe the wine and wafers are the literal body and blood, but I was under the impression that they thought it just Represented it. I'm Lutheran, and we believe that it is the actual body and blood of Christ, transformed from the bread and wine... I don't understand how it works, but that's what I believe.

I hope this made sense.

Answer 11

the Eucharist is the holy communion. it is bread or crackers and wine or grape juice. my church practices communion on the last sunday of every month. other churches practice it once a moth or more. but the object is to remember what Christ did for all humanity. he gave his body to be broken and cut open, and he shed his blood all for our sins to be whiped clean from us. all this is to be remembered for the rest of time in the whole universe by practicing communion. it is mainly symbolic, but it is based on what Christ actually had to accomplish.