Objectives

At the end of the class, the learners should be able to…

Doctrine:
develop an informed faith and understand a Filipino way of
developing their identity in their popular religious practices.
Morals:
strengthen our belief and hope for the new heavens and the new
earth.
Worship:
devote their lives to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through prayer and
the Eucharist.
 Review

What is prayer?
 Christian Spirituality
1. dimension of our everyday life that
consists in following Christ
2. an expression of our experience of
God in our way of life, our prayer,
and our service to others
3. It is something that we develop.
 Christian Spirituality
4. According to Saint John Paul II,
spirituality entails a "sacramental
way of life."
5. The greatest of the sacraments is
the Eucharist in which the Risen
Christ is personally present.
 Christian Spirituality
6. All authentic Catholic
spiritualties must be a
“Eucharistic spirituality.”
 Christian Spirituality
7. All authentic Catholic spiritualties
must be a “Eucharistic spirituality.”
8. Eucharistic spirituality is grounded
in our faith in the real presence of
the Risen Lord in the Eucharist.
How true the saying is: We are what
we eat?
How about feeding on the body
and blood of Jesus?
How do we know Jesus is really present
in the Eucharist?
We will go the Gospels for our
answer. The faith of the Church in
the real presence of Jesus in the
Eucharist goes back to the words of
Jesus himself.
What was the reaction of the people when
they heard Jesus talk about "eating his flesh
and drinking his blood?"
The people were shocked and stopped
following him. But nevertheless, Jesus
did not take back what he said and
insisted all the more and continues to
say the same words.
 What did Jesus mean by identifying the
bread and wine with His own body and
blood?
body and blood means the whole
person
 What did Jesus mean by identifying the
bread and wine with His own body and
blood?
Through the consecrated host and
wine, the Risen Christ is personally
present to us as He promised (Jn
6:5).
What do we confess and affirm in faith each
time we receive communion?

1. We bow before the mystery of

the Risen Christ coming to us in
the sacramental form of
consecrated bread and wine.
2. Jesus is our Lord and God.
What do we confess and affirm in faith each
time we receive communion?

3. We acknowledge our complete

dependence on Him
4. We believe that Christ becomes
really present in the consecrated
host and wine.
Why is belief in the real presence of
Christ in the Eucharist central to
developing a Eucharistic
Spirituality?
 Activity
Do the journal activity, I am a
Eucharistic Person, on page 265.