Week 6: The Holy Eucharist

THE HOLY EUCHARIST

• Opening Prayer

  • Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created.  And you shall renew the face of the earth. O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy your consolations.  Through Christ our Lord.  Amen.

• One Videos

  • Bishop Barron on Spiritual Food

  • (Read Catechism Of the Catholic Church: Part 2, Article 3 The Sacrament of the Eucharist. Number 1322-1332)

• Questions For Discussion

  • Describe any ‘Hit the Wall Experiences’ that you may have experienced. 

  • Our bodies are often hungry for the diet of Worldly food. What is our soul hungry for?

  • In what 2-3 ways do we nourish our souls?

  •  We believe the Christ is truly present in the Eucharist, what is this mean for you?

  • Why do we say that the Eucharist is the Source and Summit of the Christian life?  (Read Catechism Of the Catholic Church: Part 2, Article 3 The Sacrament of the Eucharist. Number 1322-1332)

• Sacred Scripture On the Eucharist: John 6: 1-15

• Closing Prayer: Hail to Thee, True Body

Hail to thee, true body born
From Virgin Mary's womb! The same that on the cross was nailed
And bore for man the bitter doom. Thou, whose side was pierced and flowed
Both with water and with blood; Suffer us to taste of thee,
In our life's last agony. O kind, O loving one! O sweet Jesus, Mary's Son!
(A Prayer to our Eucharistic Lord.)