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  2. Eucharist - Wikipedia

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    The Eucharist (/ ˈ juː k ər ɪ s t / YOO-kər-ist; from Koinē Greek: εὐχαριστία, romanized: evcharistía, lit. ' thanksgiving '), also called Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament or the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite, considered a sacrament in most churches and an ordinance in others.

  3. Eucharist in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The rites involving exposition of the Blessed Sacrament are the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and Eucharistic adoration. Adoration of the Eucharist is a sign of devotion to and worship of Christ, who is believed to be truly present. [122] The host is generally reserved in the tabernacle after Mass and displayed in a monstrance during ...

  4. Mass in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    As mentioned, the Eucharistic liturgy is celebrated in the Catholic Church also in other Latin liturgical rites and in those of the Eastern Catholic Churches. The Catechism of the Catholic Church discusses the importance of the Mass in the Catholic tradition under the headings: I. The Eucharist - Source and Summit of Ecclesial Life II.

  5. Catholic liturgy - Wikipedia

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    Catholic liturgy means the whole complex of official liturgical worship, including all the rites, ceremonies, prayers, and sacraments of the Church, as opposed to private devotions. In this sense the arrangement of all these services in certain set forms (including the canonical hours , administration of sacraments, etc.) is meant.

  6. Mass (liturgy) - Wikipedia

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    Mass is the main Eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity.The term Mass is commonly used in the Catholic Church, [1] Western Rite Orthodoxy, Old Catholicism, and Independent Catholicism.

  7. Divine Liturgy - Wikipedia

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    As mentioned, the Eucharistic liturgy is celebrated in the Catholic Church also in other Latin liturgical rites and in those of the Eastern Catholic Churches. The Catechism of the Catholic Church discusses the importance of the Mass in the Catholic tradition under the headings: I. The Eucharist - Source and Summit of Ecclesial Life II.

  8. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament - Wikipedia

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    Cardinal Godfried Danneels vested in a humeral veil, holding a monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament Benediction at a Carmelite friary in Ghent, Belgium. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, also called Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament or the Rite of Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction, is a devotional ceremony, celebrated especially in the Roman Catholic Church, but also in ...

  9. Anaphora (liturgy) - Wikipedia

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    The Anaphora, [a] Eucharistic Prayer, [b] or Great Thanksgiving, [1] [c] is a portion of the Christian liturgy of the Eucharist in which, through a prayer of thanksgiving, the elements of bread and wine are consecrated. The prevalent historical Roman Rite form is called the "Canon of the Mass".