Page 9 - Together in Jesus - First Eucharist

elpoeP nwO s’doG emoceB sevalSConfirmationeht fo seirc eht draeh doG oga gnoL :1 relletyrotS Confirmation completes Baptism.A bishop seals us with the gift ofthe Holy Spirit. God pours out the Holy Spirit on us. The Holy Spiriturges us to love people the wayJesus showed us. The Holy Spirit makes Christians one.We remember and give thanks thatGod raised Jesus up to new life. Weremember how Jesus blessed bread andwine on the night before he died. He made bread and wine signs of his lovefor us that he lived out on the Cross.Jesus comes to us in every Eucharist. We receive the Body and Blood of Christin Holy Communion..kcab mih yaphtiw od ot gniog I ma tahW :sesoM ?elpoep esehta dellac doG .tpygE ni sevals erew ohw ,swerbeHtpygE fo tuo sevals eht dael ot sesoM deman nam.modeerf ot aes eht hguorht htap a edam doG :2 relletyrotSeht nooS .tresed eht otni epacse ot sevals eht rofEucharist.elbmurg ot nageb elpoep.tresed siht naht retteb tpygE dekil I :nebueR?knird ot retaw dnif t’nac ew fi tahW :lehcaRpeek lliw doG .sevals gnieb ekil t’ndid uoY :sesoM .su gnipleh.sdrib tub tae ot gnihton evah eW :nimajneB Jesus made himself an everlasting giftfor us when he loved us untoe Dh et antho f of nuts yenoh ykcits siht dna ,seY :accebeRthe Cross. God raised him up to new .sehsublife. Before he died, Jesus asked hisfollowers to gather and share a mealto remember him..su rof .kcab taog ym em evig naD ekam ,sesoM :accebeRerac lliw doG .sevals regnol on era uoy tuB :sesoMAt every Eucharist we gather as Jesus asked. A priest leads us in a prayereh dias eH .renbA pots ot evah uoy ,sesoM :nebueR of remembering and giving than. kt sn .et sih tsap klaw I emit txen eht em llik lliwEucharist means thanks.We remember and give thanks for:lehcaRJesus’ gift of himself on the Cross.si accebeRehs os gniyl eno teg nacs’naD foreH .staog.deid taogll’uoy dna ,staog ym raen emoC :naD.yrros eb ot gniog m’I ?nebueR s’erehW :renbATogether in Jesus © 2018 by Pflaum Publishing Group, a division of Bayard, Inc., All rights reserved. No portion of this text may be reproduced in any form without permission in writingfromthepublisher.Art/photocredits:p.1:EDAPhoto;p.2:MarcelC?rozoet/dCIRICdl/Bauyaord,hIncs.,p.s3:e(tosp)oCoriMnnekSimnionh/CtIRIC/uBaoyayrd,Inoc.,d(mitddale)hBillWWittman/CIRIC/ Bayard, Inc., (bottom) EDA Photo; p. 4: Jim Burrows/Bayard, Inc. Excerpts from the English translation of Rite of Baptism for Children © 1969, ICEL.Nihil Obstat: J. Michael Byron. Imprimatur: ✞Harry J. Flynn, Archbishop of St. Paul-Minneapolis. The Subcommittee on the Catechism, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, hasfound this text, copyright 2018, to be in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church. .devreser sthgir llA .cnI ,drayaB fo noisivid a ,puorG gnihsilbuP mualfP ,8102 © suseJ ni rehtegoTMP401 10:52 Eu7c1h/ _2 S2/E4 _ENG_L1_PRESS.indd 3 2 ddni.SSERP_2L_GNE 4_ /E27S /_1c7eR 71:01 904AMAsk what step a Catholic takes next in becoming a full memberof the community of Jesus’ followers. What is the next celebration after Baptism? Accept either Eucharist (Holy Communion) or Con rmation.Note: Practice today varies according to diocesan policy on when children receive the Sacrament of Con rmation. Some receiveit before First Eucharist in keeping with the order in which the early Church celebrated the three Sacraments of Initiation. Other children receive Eucharist as second graders and Con rmation in their teen years. Do steps 4 and 5 in the order your group mentions the next sacrament.Confirmation andEucharistWrite the word Eucharist on the chalkboard or newsprint. Makesure the children realize that First Eucharist or First Communion is the name for the rst time they will share the Body and Blood of Christ at Mass.Have the children look closely at the photo. Pantomime what the priest or Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion does in giving people the Body of Christ. Pantomimewith the children and show them how to hold their hands. This is an opportunity for children to see, touch, and taste the unconsecrated hosts or bread your parish community uses in the Eucharist.Read aloud the text next to the Eucharist photos.Ask the children who they know has received Con rmation. Have them look closely at the photos.Explain in Con rmation the bishopor a priest he designates prays forthe Holy Spirit to come upon us and then marks our foreheads with a special oil in the shape of a cross as he says, “____, be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Have a saucer of vegetable oil and anoint the children’s foreheads with it to demonstrate the bishop’s action in Con rmation. Point out that this is just regular cookingoil and not the special oil used by priests and bishops in Baptism and Con rmation.Write the words Christ and Christians on the chalkboard or newsprint. Explain that Christ means anointed. To say that Christ is anointed means that he has come with a special mission to save and redeem us.Read aloud the text next to the Con rmation photo.Lesson 1: I Belong to a Loving Community l 15