Monday, December 19, 2016
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 217 - Part II.
(Youcat answer - repeated) Every time
the Church celebrates the Eucharist, she stands before the source from which she
herself constantly springs anew. By “eating” the Body of Christ, the Church
becomes the Body of Christ, which is just another name for the Church. In the
sacrifice of Christ, who gives himself to us, body and soul, there is room for
our whole life. We can unite everything—our work and our sufferings, our
joys—with Christ’s sacrifice. If we offer ourselves in this way, we are
transformed: We become pleasing to God and like good, nourishing bread for our fellowmen.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 1369
a) The whole Church is united with the
offering and intercession of Christ. Since he has the ministry of Peter in
the Church, the Pope is associated
with every celebration of the Eucharist, wherein he is named as the sign and
servant of the unity of the universal Church. The bishop of the place is always responsible for the Eucharist, even
when a priest presides; the bishop's
name is mentioned to signify his presidency over the particular Church, in the
midst of his presbyterium and with the assistance of deacons.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Again and again we grumble
about the Church, as though she were just an association of more or less good
people. In reality the Church is what happens daily in a mysterious way at the
altar. God gives himself to each one of us individually, and he wants to
transform us through communion with him. Once we are transformed, we are supposed
to transform the world. Everything else that the Church is besides that is
secondary.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 1369
b) The community intercedes also for all ministers who, for it and with it,
offer the Eucharistic sacrifice: Let only that Eucharist be regarded as
legitimate, which is celebrated under [the presidency of] the bishop or him to
whom he has entrusted it (St. Ignatius of Antioch, Ad Smyrn. 8:1; SCh 10, 138). Through the ministry of priests the
spiritual sacrifice of the faithful is completed in union with the sacrifice of
Christ the only Mediator, which in the Eucharist is offered through the
priests' hands in the name of the whole Church in an unbloody and sacramental
manner until the Lord himself comes (PO 2 § 4).
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