1. THE EUCHARIST The Last Sacrament of Initiation

2. The Institution of the Eucharist and Christ as the Bread from Heaven pp. 74-79

3. KEY IDEAS The Eucharist as the fulfillment of the Old Testament Christ as the Bread of Life Christ gave a new meaning to the Passover meal

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. Blood of the Covenant Cup of the New Covenant Covenant between God and Israel Victim: lamb … poured out for many for the forgiveness of sin Victim: Jesus Sacrifice

7. Seder table set (arrangement)

8. The Institution of the Eucharist p 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

9. The Institution of the Eucharist p77 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?

10. 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?

11. The Promise of the Eucharist: The Bread from Heaven Discourse p78-79 16. 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?

12. Summary pp. 75-79 Institution of the Eucharist Two things Jesus did different during the Passover meal

13. Summary pp. 75-79 Institution of the Eucharist Two things Jesus did different during the Passover meal 1- Took bread; blessed; broke it; gave it to his disciples Jesus said: “Take and eat – this is my body. Drink of it – this is my blood of the covenant”

14. Summary pp. 75-79 Institution of the Eucharist Two things Jesus did different during the Passover meal 1- Took bread; blessed; broke it; gave it to his disciples Jesus said: “Take and eat – this is my body. Drink of it – this is my blood of the covenant”

15. Summary pp. 75-79 Institution of the Eucharist Two things Jesus did different during the Passover meal 1- Took bread; blessed; broke it; gave it to his disciples Jesus 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.”

16. Summary pp. 75-79 Institution of the Eucharist The cup of consummation will be His own Death on the Cross THE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW COVENANT I thirstIt is finished Sponge sour wine on a branch of hyssop NT OT Same used for sprinkling the blood of the Passover lamb

17. 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 the Passover lambs were sacrificed

18. 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 the Passover lambs were sacrificed Jesus chooses to institute the Eucharist In the context of the Passover meal

19. 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 the Passover lambs were sacrificed Jesus chooses to institute the Eucharist In the context of the Passover meal He links the Passover meal His Death on the Cross OT NT Jesus Christ is the Lamb that Takes away the sins of the world

20. Bread from Heaven (John)

21. Bread from Heaven (John) OT: Ancestors had been sustained in the desert by the manna from Heaven NT: Jesus offers his Body and Blood for the nourishment of the soul

22. Bread from Heaven (John) OT: Ancestors had been sustained in the desert by the manna from Heaven NT: Jesus offers his Body and Blood for the nourishment of the soul They died Food for everlasting life

23. Bread from Heaven (John) OT: Ancestors had been sustained in the desert by the manna from Heaven NT: Jesus offers his Body and Blood for the nourishment of the soul They died Food for everlasting life Two essential and interrelated teachings of the Eucharist

24. Bread from Heaven (John) OT: Ancestors had been sustained in the desert by the manna from Heaven NT: Jesus offers his Body and Blood for 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

25. Bread from Heaven (John) OT: Ancestors had been sustained in the desert by the manna from Heaven NT: Jesus offers his Body and Blood for 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 Body And Blood of Our Lord, Jesus Christ