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UNIT 3: JESUS GIVES HIMSELF IN THE EUCHARIST
Chapter 16: We Gather to Celebrate the Eucharist
1. Celebrating the Mass is the greatest way to worship God.
2. Jesus rose to new life on a Sunday. For that reason, that day of the week is called the Lord's Day.
3. The beginning of the Mass, unites us as members of the Church. It prepares us to hear God's word and to celebrate the Eucharist.
4. In the celebration of the Mass, the priest leads the assembly, offers our prayers to God, and does what Jesus did at the Last Supper.
5. In the celebration of the Mass, a deacon often reads the Gospel, prays special prayers, and helps the priest at the altar.
6. The community of people who join together to celebrate the Mass is called the assembly.
7. Be able to name ways that people take part in the Mass. You may mention the roles and duties of the people, priest, deacon, reader, altar server, special ministers of the Eucharist, etc.
8. Be able to draw a picture of people gathered for Mass. It should be neat, detailed, and colored in!!!Chapter 15: God Gives Us the Eucharist
1. Children should be able to show their own perspective on receiving Holy Communion.
2. Be able to retell the story of the Last Supper.
3. In the Eucharist, bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
4. The meal Jesus shared with His disciples on the night before He died is called the Last Supper.
5. On the night before He died, Jesus was with His disciples to celebrate the Passover meal with them.
6. The Mass is both a meal and a sacrifice.
7. The Eucharist is the sacrament of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
8. Jesus wanted His followers to remember the Last Supper again and again.
9. Mass is another name for the celebration of the Eucharist.
10. Holy Communion is receiving the Body and Blood of Christ.