1329. The Lord’s Supper, because of its connection with the supper which the Lord took with his disciples on the eve of his Passion and because it anticipates the wedding feast of the Lamb in the heavenly Jerusalem.141
The Breaking of Bread, because Jesus used this rite, part of a Jewish meat when as master of the table he blessed and distributed the bread,142 above all at the Last Supper.143 It is by this action that his disciples will recognize him after his Resurrection,144 and it is this expression that the first Christians will use to designate their Eucharistic assemblies;145 by doing so they signified that all who eat the one broken bread, Christ, enter into communion with him and form but one body in him.146
The Eucharistic assembly (synaxis), because the Eucharist is celebrated amid the assembly of the faithful, the visible expression of the Church.147
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
574. What are the difficulties in prayer?
121. What happened in the Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane?
584. Why do we say “our” Father?
190. How does the laity participate in the prophetic office?
172. Why must the Church proclaim the Gospel to the whole world?
540. What is the importance of the Psalms in prayer?
15. To whom is the deposit of faith entrusted?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What is the story of Abimelech and forgiveness in Judges 9:22-57?
How important is courage and boldness according to Proverbs 28:1?
What is the message of Nahum 1:7-8 about God’s faithfulness in the midst of chaos?
