Eucharist God is with us

A sacrament is a sign.

The Eucharist is the main sacrament.

Transubstantiation.

God wants to be united with us. He accomplishes this through the Eucharist

Hug Jesus.

Reconciliation Where are you

Guilt isn’t a bad thing—something we should ignore or justify—but rather a wake-up call and a step toward reconciliation with God.

The many ways we deal with guilt, including distraction and changing our thought process to justify it, can keep us from acknowledging our sins and recognizing our need for God’s forgiveness.

Learn to say I am sorry to God.

And above all else, God is a loving and merciful Father who seeks us out when we have sinned to call us back into relationship with him.

To sin is not just “not obey rules” but to reject God.

Each sin is a brick on the wall.

Eucharist The story of the Eucharist

Prefigured: Melchiezedek, the Passover and manna.

Jesus prepares disciples for Eucharist by changing water into wine and the multiplication of the bread.

Jesus teaches about Eucharist in John 6 and many leave him.

The Death & Resurrection of Jesus begins a new Creation.

The Cross is the new Tree of Life, the Eucharist is the fruit.

The fruit opens our eyes to God and gives us eternal life.

It the memorial of Jesus’s Passion, Death, Resurrection & Ascension.

Reconciliation Encounter with mercy

Confession is more than just a place to get absolution for our sins-it is an encounter with God’s mercy.

In this sacrament God not only forgives us, but he also heals our wounds and the root causes of our sins.

It is Christ himself whom we encounter in the Sacrament of Reconciliation-the priest is acting in the Person of Christ the Head and forgiveness comes from the power and authority of Jesus.