eucharist catholic church

I have been brought up and am a member of a Church of Christ church. I attended a Catholic church with the in-laws and was told I could not partake in the Eucharist except for getting a blessing from the priest.

At the Last Supper, Jesus said, “Take this bread. It is my body.” The he said, “Take this and drink. This is my blood. Do this in memory of me.”

Catholics believe this was the First Eucharist, that through some miracle the bread and wine actually became the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

Catholics reenact the Last Supper during every Mass, where the priest, acting in place of Christ, changes the bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

This is a great sacrament of thanksgiving and unity of Catholics.

Anyone who does not believe in the actual presence of Christ and is not united with the Catholic faith is asked, out of respect, not to receive the Eucharist.

Catholics, out of respect for other Christian faiths, do not receive Communion in non-Catholic churches.

We pray that one day Christian unity will succeed and we will all be called to the same table.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 1322 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2s ect2chpt1art3.htm

With love in Christ.

2008-08-13 00:57:51 by bazza

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My professor wants us to write a 12 page essay on the topic and any help with symbols would be greatly appreciated. I need this for a ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH as I am at a Roman Catholic University.
What rituals are special to this celebration of first communion?

I can give you a little help, but if this is for a twelve page paper, you're really going to want to do a lot of additional research. Are there a lot of symbols unique to FIRST communion? Some of the symbols for communion in the Roman Catholic Church:

White clothes: purity, innocence
Blessing with holy water: Baptism, rebirth
Priest's stole: patience
Priest's chasuble: charity
Images of bread/wheat and wine/grapes: the Eucharist
Washing of hands: interior purification
Breaking of the bread: unity (one bread is shared among many)
Mixing water with the wine: How blood and water flowed from Christ's side

2009-05-04 19:13:05 by Muscle_master_06

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My friend says that he went to a church that served a host that was a ball shaped black-brown color with white spots. Anyone??

Yeah, the kind you're talking about is common at Roman Catholic churches, but I once went to a Byzantine Catholic church and they give you this soup-like bread out of a bowl. They use a ladel to put it in your mouth.

2009-07-27 21:00:04 by Velveetacheez

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under either denominations law....does it make me condemned?

Jesus created the new covenant of communion and no church should try to deny you of that right that is God given to you and no church should be trying to tell you that anyone doesn't have a right to participate in that covenant.

2009-05-23 21:06:06 by Thinker

My friend wants to receive communion when she attends church with me sometiems. I told her I didnt think she could, you have to be a baptized catholic. SHe says she beleives in christ so why cant she? What should I tell her?

To receive the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, you do not have to be baptized in the Catholic Church. However, you must be a member of the Church. So, if you were baptized in any Christian Church and give a profession of faith to the Catholic Church (like you see people do at Easter Vigil), then you become a member of the Church and are allowed to receive the Eucharist. The reason for this is you need to understand that you are ACTUALLY receiving the Body and Blood of Christ and its not just a symbol like other Christian churches think. Your friend can go up for communion with her arms crossed over her chest in an X and receive a blessing from the priest but she cannot receive communion.

See http://www.catholic.org/prayers/sacramen t.php?id=2 for more information.

2006-07-11 08:40:42 by suztq