[THEO103] Jesus’ Table Fellowship and the Eucharist

“Kumain ka na ba?”

A typical greeting among most Filipinos which is often regarded also as a way of sharing one’s blessings.

“Tara mangan”

A form of salutation in Kapampangan that is uttered even to a stranger.

Sharing Meals

One of the main features of Filipino cuisine culture. Eating together is regarded as a means of demonstrating hospitality and kindness as well as building ties between family and friends.

Boodle Fights

A custom in which food is spread out on banana leaves, and everyone eats with their hands to symbolize equality and community.

Food in Filipino Ceremonies and Festivities

An essential component of Filipino ceremonies and festivities. No celebration, be it a fiesta, wedding, or birthday, is complete without a feast of traditional foods like lumpia, lechon, adobo, and sinigang.

Food and Cultural Connection

In addition to sating hunger, traditional foods help people form lifelong memories and connect with their cultural background.

Filipino Cuisine and the Land

Closely connected with the agricultural methods and territory of the nation. Numerous customary dishes utilize locally grown ingredients like rice, coconut, fish, and tropical fruits.

Food in Filipino Culture

Taken not only for nourishment but also for socializing, heritage, and past events. It brings pride to the Filipino people and embodies their identity.

Communal Dining Experiences

Allow Filipinos to honor their history, foster connections, and preserve their cultural legacy for the next generations.

Social Lubricant

Food acts as a ____________ by uniting people from diverse backgrounds.

Kagandahang Loob

Filipinos exemplify “____________” by sharing meals together.

Jesus’ Table Fellowship

Refers to the way Jesus interacted particularly in the context of sharing meals with various individuals, including those who are customarily discriminated like sinners, tax collectors, and outcasts. This aspect of Jesus’ ministry reflects his inclusive love, compassion, and desire to bring salvation to all.

Table Fellowship in the Gospel of Luke

Provides numerous accounts of Jesus sharing meals with people from diverse backgrounds. These meals were often seen as a symbol of acceptance, reconciliation, and the establishment of a new community centered around Jesus.

Luke 5:27-32

In _________, Jesus eats with tax collectors and sinners. When criticized by the Pharisees, Jesus responds, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance” (Luke 5:31-32).

Jesus’ Inclusion at the Table

Jesus was either a guest or the host at these meals. He did not discriminate against who they shared the table with. He ate and drank not just with the pious and religious people, like the Pharisees, but especially with the poor, the outcasts, tax collectors, and those considered sinners.

a friend of sinners

Jesus’ Reputation - His actions scandalized the Pharisees, and he earned the reputation of being a glutton and a drunkard, ____________.

Symbol of Communion

Jesus’ table fellowship was the symbol of _________—unity, sharing, and friendship—that characterizes the kingdom of God that Jesus came to proclaim and establish.

belong

Culture of Inclusion and Accommodation - Jesus’ way of making people _______ and not sidelined.

love, forgiveness, and reconciliation

Message of Jesus’ Table Fellowship - His actions convey a message of (3), inviting people to turn away from sin and embrace the Kingdom of God.

sacrament of his presence and sacrifice

Jesus’ Table Fellowship and the Eucharist - Foreshadows the Eucharistic meal, which is central to the Catholic faith. In the Last Supper, Jesus shares a meal with his disciples, instituting the Eucharist as a ________________________.

“Do this in remembrance of me”

At the Last Supper with his friends Jesus said this

re-lived in thanksgiving

When we gather around the altar, Jesus’ table-fellowship with people is ________________. The bond of friendship we share with one another is made stronger such that we become even more zealous in our discipleship (pamamakas).

Bakas ni Hesus

Habang nababakas natin ang walang humpay na pagmamagandang-loob ng Diyos sa paghahati-hati ng tinapay at bahaginan ng alak ay inaanyayahan din tayong maging _____ ni Hesus sa ating panahon.

Eucharistic Living

Fundamentally reconciling, inclusive, missionary and sacramental, as revealed by Jesus’ remarkably ubiquitous table ministry.

Eucharist

The summit of Christian worship. It is not merely a symbol or memorial, but the real presence of Jesus Christ Himself. It is essential to our identity as a church (one, holy, catholic, and apostolic) and as a sacrament since it is a celebration of Jesus’ life, passion, death, and resurrection.

Eucharist

“The ________ is ‘the source and summit of the Christian life.’ The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it.”

Whole Spiritual Good of the Church

In the blessed Eucharist is contained the _____________, namely Christ himself, our Pasch (CCC 1324).

Holy Eucharist / Ang Pasasalamat

The focal point of our worship and is seen as the beginning and pinnacle of the church’s life and endeavors.

Source and Summit

The Eucharist is the ______ from which all other sacraments draw their power and grace, and it is the _____ towards which all other aspects of Christian life and worship are directed.

Mode of Christ’s Presence in the Eucharist

Unique. It raises the Eucharist above all the sacraments as “the perfection of the spiritual life and the end to which all the sacraments tend.”

Real Presence of Christ

In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist, “the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really, and substantially contained”(CCC 1374).

Holy Mass

The liturgical context in which the Catholic Church celebrates the Eucharist, where the faithful gather to offer worship, praise, and thanksgiving to God.

Consecration

Through the _________ of bread and wine by a validly ordained priest, the elements become the body and blood of Christ.

Receiving the Eucharist

Catholics believe that by ________________, they are united with Christ in a profound and intimate way, nourishing their souls and receiving His grace.

Eucharist

A sacramental thanksgiving (Pasasalamat) of the community of disciples to God’s graciousness in Jesus through the Spirit.

Eucharistia

The Greek word for Eucharist which denotes thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving

The gathering is a celebration of our gratitude to God’s graciousness which is Jesus personified.

Kagandahang-Loob

God’s pure graciousness that is acknowledged with humility and proclaimed in public when people gather on days appointed to commemorate God’s solidarity with them.

Pagtanaw ng Utang na Loob

Recognition of someone’s graciousness that springs from the person’s kindness.

Self-Giving Love

Jesus’ __________ which brought us salvation (ginhawa).

Breaking of the Bread and Sharing of the Cup

Another name for this celebration. Every time we gather at the Eucharistic celebration, we relive the selflessness of Jesus by our genuine sharing with others (cf. Mt. 26:26-30).

Pagsasaloob ng Pasasalamat

Sa pagtatampok ng ating Pasasalamat muli nating nadarama ang kagandahang-loob ng Diyos at pinagtitibay ang ating pagsasaloob nito.