FIRST HOLY COMMUNION INFORMATION
The Catechism of the Catholic Church #1322.
The Holy Eucharist completes Christian initiation. Those who have been raised to the dignity of the royal priesthood by Baptism and configured more deeply to Christ by Confirmation participate with the whole community in the Lord's own sacrifice by means of the Eucharist.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church #1323.
"At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Saviour instituted the Eucharist sacrifice of his Body and Blood. This he did in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the ages until he should come again, and so to entrust to his beloved Spouse, the Church, a memorial of his death and resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bound of charity, a Paschal banquet "in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us".
THE EUCHARIST - SOURCE AND SUMMIT OF ECCLESIAL LIFE
The Catechism of the Catholic Church # 1324.
The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life. "The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Paschal.
CCC #1325.
"The Eucharist is the efficacious sign and sublime cause of that communion in the divine life and that unity of the People of God by which the Church is kept in being. It is the culmination both of God's action sanctifying the world in Christ of the worship men offer to Christ and through him to the Father in the Holy Spirit".
CCC #1326.
Finally, by the Eucharistic celebration we already unite ourselves with the heavenly liturgy and anticipate eternal life, when God will be all in all.
CCC #1327.
In brief, the Eucharist is the sum and summary of our faith: "Our way of thinking is attuned to the Eucharist, and Eucahrist in turn confirms our way of thinking".
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EL SACRAMENTO DE LA EUCARISTIA
El Catecismo de la Iglesia Catolica #1322.
La Sagrada Eucaristia culmina la iniciacion cristiana. Los que han sido elevados a la dignidad del sacerdocio real por el Bautismo y configurados mas profundamente con Cristo por la Confirmacion, participan por medio de la Eucaristia con toda la comunidad en el sacrificio mismo del Senor.
El Catecismo de la Iglesia Catolica # 1323.
"Nuestro Salvador, en la ultima Cena, la noche en que fue entregado, instituyo el Sacrificio Eucaristico de su cuerpo y su Sangre para perpetuar por los siglos, hasta su vuelta, el sacrificio de la cruz y confiar asi a su Esposa amada, la Iglesia, el memorial de su muerte y resurreccion, sacramento de piedad, signo de unidad, vinculo de amor, banquete pascual en el que se recibe a Cristo, el alma se llena de gracia y se nos da una prenda de la gloria futura".
LA EUCARISTIA - FUENTE Y CULMEN DE LA VIDA ECLESIAL
El Catecismo de la Iglesia Catolica #1324.
La Eucaristia es "fuente y culmen de toda la vida cristiana".
"Los demas sacramentos, como tambien todos los ministerios eclesiales y las obras de apostolado, estan unidos a la Eucaristia y a ella se ordenan. La sagrada Eucaristia, en efecto, contiene todo el bien espiritual de la Iglesia, es decir, Cristo mismo, nuestra Pascua".