The Eucharist in the

DOCUMENTS OF VATICAN Il

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EUCHARIST AND CHRIST

• institution of the Eucharistic sacrifice SC 47, 1° par.
• means of incorporation into and assimilation to Christ LG, 7, 2° par.; AG 15, 2° par.; AG 36, 1° par.
• makes Christ present AG. 9, 2° par.; manifests his mystery SC 2, 2° par.; PO 5, 2° par.
• presence of Christ in the E. PO 5, 5° par.
• source of the seeking of Christ and of his teaching OT, 8, 1° par.
• oblation by which Christ confirmed the new covenant PO, 4, 3° par.
• meeting of priests with Christ PO, 13, 3° par.; PO, 18, 1° par..

EUCHARIST AND CHURCH

• the principal manifestation of the Church in the participation of the whole people of God in the Eucharist presided by the bishop SC, 41, 2° par.; the E. in the life of the Church SC, 6, 1° par.
• the Eucharistic celebration source of the life and of the building up of the Church LG, 17, 1° par.; LG. 26, 1° par.; UR, 15, 1° par.; PO. 5, 2° par.; PO 6, 5° par.
• the E. gives to the Church its perfection AG, 39, 1° par.
• means of insertion into the body of Christ LG 7, 2° par.; PO, 5, 2° par.
• sign and cause of the unity of the people of God SC, 47, 1° par.; LG , 11, 1° par.; LG, 13, 1° par.; UR. 2, 1° par.
• union, in the bond of the charity, with Christ LG 3, 1° par.; LG 7, 1° par.; LG, 26, 1° par.; AA, 8 , 3° par.
• condition for the constitution of a particular church e LG, 26, 1° par.; CD 11, 1° par.; PO, 6, 5° par..

EUCHARIST AND MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD

• proper office of the priest LG, 10, 2° par.; LG 17, 1° par.; LG 28, 1° par.; LG 41, 3° par.; PO, 5, 1° par.; PO. 6, 5° par.
• every Iegitimate celebration of the E. is regulated by the bishop LG 26, 2° par.; CD, 11, 1° par.
• Eucharistic instruction, competence of the bishop SC, 96, 1° par.; LG, 26, 3° par.
• conserved and distributed by the deacon LG, 29, 1° par..

EUCHARIST AND CHARITY

• banquet of fraternal communion LG 3, 1° par.; LG 11, 1° par.; GS 38, 2° par.
• bond of charity between priests PO, 8, 1° par.
• and between the members of the mystical body SC 47, 1° par.; LG, 26, 1° par. ; LG 42, 1° par.

EUCHARIST AND PASCHAL MYSTERY

• bishops make every effort that the faithful, by means of the E., might know and live the paschal mystery CD, 15, 2° par.
• The E. makes it present SC, 47, 1° par.; LG , 3, 1° par.; PO, 5, 2° par..

EUCHARIST AND APOSTOLATE

• source and summit of all evangelization PO, 5, 2° par.; PO, 6, 5° par.; source of obligation to cooperate in the apostolate AG , 36, 1° par.
• means of salvation OT, 4, 1° par.; AG, 9 2° par.; PO, 13, 3° par.
• communicates and nourishes charity, soul of the apostolate LG, 33, 2° par.; AA, 3, 1° par.; PO, 6, 5° par.; very close union between them PO, 5, 2° par.; PO, 13, 3° par..

EUCHARIST: EUCHARISTIC SACRIFICE, SACRIFICE OF THE FAITHFUL

• Eucharistic sacrifice source and summit of the Christian life LG, 11, 1° par.; center and root of the life of the priest PO, 14, 2° par.
• Eucharistic sacrifice, one and only sacrifice of the NT LG 28, 1° par.
• in the celebration of the Mass, offering of the sacrifice of Christ LG 28, 1° par.; PO, 5, 1° par.; PO, 13 3° par.; in the celebration, offering of the spiritualsacrifice of the faithful SC, 48, 1° par.; LG, 11, 1° cap.; LG, 26, 3° par.; LG, 34, 2° par.; PO, 2, 4° par.; PO, 5, 2° par.
• parish priests to take care that the Mass become the center of the Christian community CD, 30, 6° par. partecipation of the faithful in the Eucharistic oblation LG, 10, 2° par.; PO, 4, 2° par.
• renewal of God's covenant with humankind in the E. SC, 10, 2° par.
• laity who assist their brothers and sisters to live the sacramental life AA, 17, 1° par.
• in the E. we pray the Lord to make of us «an eternal offering » SC 12, 1° par.
• approaching the sacrifice of the E. through communion SC, 48, 1° par.; SC, 55, 1° par.; SC, 55, 2° par.

EUCHARIST AND ESCHATOLOGY

• pledge of future glory SC, 47, 1° par.; LG, 48, 2° par.; UR, 15, 1° par.; pledge of future hope GS, 38, 2° par.
• in the E. the sacrifice of the Lord is offered, until he comes PO, 2, 4° par.
• associates us with the worship of the heavenly liturgy LG, 50, 4° par.

EUCHARIST AND SACRAMENTS

• in the E., Sacrament of faith, natural elements are transmuted into the body and blood of Christ GS, 38, 2° par.
• pride of place among them LG, 42, 1° par.; the sacraments are ordered to the E. PO, 5, 2° par.; Baptism tends to full insertion into the Eucharistic communion UR, 22, 2° par.
• link of the E. with the other sacraments PO, 5, 2° par.; Mass and Baptism SC, 66, 1° par.; Mass and Confirmation SC 71, 2° par.; Mass and Matrimony SC 78, 1° par..

EUCHARIST AND EASTERN CHURCHES

• bond of union with Eastern Churches UR, 15, 3° par.
• pledge of the upbuilding and growth of the Church of God UR, 15, 1° par.
• access to the E. OE, 18, 1° par.

EUCHARIST AND LITURGICAL ACTION

• regulation of the ritual forms of the Mass SC, 50-54 (86-93)
• liturgical action of Mass proper to the celebration of some of the sacraments: Baptism SC 66, 1° par.; Confirmation SC 71, 2° par.; Matrimony SC, 78, 1° par.;
• proper Mass in relation to burial SC 82, 1° par.
• communion under two species SC 55, 2° par.
• Eucharistic liturgy and liturgy of the Word SC 56, 1° par.
• concelebration and its faculties SC 57-58 (97-106);
• individual Mass SC 57, §2, 2°; PO, 13, 3° par..

EUCHARIST AND WORD OF GOD

• the Church has always venerated the Scriptures as it has the body of Christ and is nourished by them DV 21, 1° par.
• just as frequenting the Eucharistic mystery makes the life of the Church grow, so is it licit to hope for a new dynamism in the spiritual life through the veneration of the Word of God DV, 26, 1° par.; the Church receives nourishment and life from the Word of God and from the Eucharistic bread AG, 6, 3° par.; AG , 15, 2° par.
• the faithful are nourished by the Word from the twofold table of the Scriptures and of the E. PO, 18, 1° par..

EUCHARIST AND RELIGIOUS

• the E. in the life of religious PC, 6, 2° par.; PC, 15, 1° par.
• religious profession in the liturgical celebration of the Mass SC 80, 2° par.;
• the E. and religious profession a LG, 45, 3° par.

EUCHARIST AND WORSHIP OF EUCHARIST

• worship of the Eucharist foremost source of sanctification for all priests PO, 18, 3° par.

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS

Compiled by the editors of the
Enchiridion Vaticanum. Documenti Of the Concilio Vaticano II
Bologna: Edizioni Dehoniane, 1979, 11° edition.