Eucharist - Holy Communion

Thanksgiving - when Christians remember Jesus’ sacrificial death on Good Friday and celebrate his resurrection, with bread and wine/ juice

‘Do this in remembrance of me’ Jesus at the Last Supper

Transubstantiation — Catholic, Orthodox churches

• Holy Communion is one of the seven sacrements

• They believe that the bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ

• Jesus is fully present in the bread and wine

  ‘this is my body’ Matthew

• The bread and wine are consecrated by the Priest

• Catechism - it is the ‘source and summit of the Christian life’

Memorial - Protestant, Baptist churches

• Holy Communion is an order by Jesus

• Holy Communion is a reminder of the Last Supper

• The bread and wine is a symbol of Jesus’ sacrifice

• The bread and wine can be distributed and shared by all