These are the correct answers to the quiz in an easy-to-print format for additional study. The ***wrong answer*** is clearly marked.
1. What is not true about the Eucharist:
It was instituted by Christ at the Last Supper
The bread and wine are completely changed to Christ's real body and blood (transubstantiation)
The substance changes but the appearance of the bread and wine remain the same
***It is a sacrament, but not an actual sacrifice***
2. What is not true about the consecration of the bread and wine?
Only a priest (who has received Holy Orders) may consecrate the elements
Christ is fully present in the consecrated bread and wine, making it unnecessary to take both
Whether in the Tabernacle, on the altar or displayed in a Monstrance, the host is a sacrament
***The priest repeating Christ's words causes the bread to become His blood and the wine His body***
3. Which statement is incorrect about the Mass?
Missa (Latin for dismiss), reflecting the early church's dismissal of new catechumens before the consecration
A sacrifice is a gift involving destruction of a victim to honor God as Creator
Christ is both the victim (the gift offered) and the principle priest (the one who offers) in the unbloody sacrifice
***The word comes from missal (Latin for message), reflecting the early church's use of the service to 'proclaim' Christ***
4. The Mass repeats the sacrifice of the Cross...
A new sacrifice is not offered
Even if a priest does the consecration alone in the church
Even though Christ is alive today and can die no more
***And thus is not a 'ceremony' or memorial***
5. In addition to being an act of adoration towards God, the Mass...
Thanks (eucharistia) God for His blessing
Asks God to bestow his blessings on all mankin
Satisfies God's need for justice for man's sin against Him
***Removes venial and mortal sin***
6. In regards to our participation in the Mass...
All participants in the Mass receive special blessings of grace
We are united in the sacrifice, and can assist at Mass with reverence, attention and devotion to what is going on
On the cross, Christ gained merits and satisafaction; in the Mass, He applies them to us
***If someone doesn't have money for the Mass stipend, they cannot have a Mass offered for a soul in purgratory***
7. Which statement is false about communion...
One can offer the sacrifice of the Mass without partaking of communion
We must not be in mortal sin, fast for an hour and have the right intentions to take communion
Communion taken in mortal sin results in the mortal sin of sacrilege
***The sacrifice of Mass and communion are the same thing, done at the same time***
8. Holy Communion, the partaking of the body and blood of Christ...
May normally be taken only once in the course of a day
Be be taken twice in the same day if the initial time was a midnight mass at Christmas or Easter Vigil
Grace is more effective if we are more fervent in receiving it and try to free ourselves of venial sin
***Adults must fast 3 hours* before communion; children and seniors must fast 1 hour***
*The 3 hours for adults is still in effect for the Tridentine Rite
9. Holy Communion increases sanctifying grace,...
Gives us a closer union with and love for God
Preserves us from mortal sin and obtains forgiveness of venial sins
Lessens our desire to sin and prompts good works
***Gives us all the grace on Sunday that we need for the new week***
10. The consecrated host/Blessed Sacrament...
Gains a plenary indulgence if reverently adored for 30 minutes
Gains a partial indulgence if 'spiritually received' (spiritual communion)
Should be visited in the Church often, and honored by genuflection when in the Tabernacle or Monstrance
***Is only 'mysteriously' the body of Christ after consecration, when two or more are 'gathered' ***
A great resource of catechism...
