Eucharist Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====As a sacrifice==== {{Main|Eucharist in the Catholic Church#Eucharist in the Mass}} In the Eucharist the same sacrifice that Jesus made only once on the cross is made present at every Mass. According to [[Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church]], "The Eucharist is the very sacrifice of the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus which he instituted to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the ages until his return in glory."<ref>{{cite web |title=Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church #271|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/compendium_ccc/documents/archive_2005_compendium-ccc_en.html#The%20sacraments%20of%20Christian%20initiation |website=www.vatican.va |access-date=28 December 2018}}</ref> "When the Church celebrates the Eucharist, she commemorates Christ's Passover, and it is made present the sacrifice Christ offered once for all on the cross remains ever present. [...] The Eucharist is thus a sacrifice because it re-presents (makes present) the same and only sacrifice offered once for all on the cross"<ref>{{Cite CCC|2.1|1362β67}}</ref> The sacrifice of Christ and the sacrifice of the Eucharist are one single sacrifice: "The victim is one and the same: the same now offers through the ministry of priests, who then offered himself on the cross; only the manner of offering is different."<ref name="scborromeo.org">{{cite web| url = http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/1367.htm| title = Catechism of the Catholic Church #1367}}</ref> In the holy sacrifice of the Mass, "it is Christ himself, the eternal high priest of the New Covenant who, acting through the ministry of the priests, offers the Eucharistic sacrifice. And it is the same Christ, really present under the species of bread and wine, who is the offering of the Eucharistic sacrifice."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/1410.htm| title = Catechism of the Catholic Church #1410}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page