The Eucharist
The Eucharist is the sacrament which is most frequently received. Test your knowledge below by finding the WRONG answer. If you miss an answer, an alarm will sound (be sure to select 'open from the source rather than saving the .wav file).

All links are yellow to hide the answers. Reference is Baltimore Catechism Lesssons 26-28.

1. What is not true about the Eucharist:
A. It was instituted by Christ at the Last Supper
B. The bread and wine are completely changed to Christ's real body and blood (transubstantiation).
C. The substance changes but the appearance of the bread and wine remain the same.
D. It is a sacrament, but not an actual sacrifice.


2. What is not true about the consecration of the bread and wine?
A.
Only a priest (who has received Holy Orders) may consecrate the elements.
B. Christ is fully present in the consecrated bread and wine, making it unnecessary to take both.
C. The priest repeating Christ's words causes the bread to become His blood and the wine His body.
D. Whether in the Tabernacle, on the altar or displayed in a Monstrance, the host is a sacrament.


3. Which statement is incorrect about the Mass?
A.
The word is derived from missa (Latin for dismiss), reflecting the early church's dismissal of new catechumens before the consecration.
B. The word is derived from missal (Latin for message), reflecting the early church's use of the service to 'proclaim' the sacrifice of Christ.
C. A sacrifice is a gift involving destruction of a victim to honor God as Creator.
D. Christ is both the victim (the gift offered) and the principle priest (the one who offers) in the unbloody sacrifice of the Mass.


4. The Mass repeats the sacrifice of the Cross...
A.
and thus is not a 'ceremony' or memorial.
B. a new sacrifice is not offered.
C. even if a priest does the consecration alone in the church.
D. even though Christ is alive today and can die no more.

5. In addition to being an act of adoration towards God, the Mass...
A.
thanks (eucharistia) God for His blessing.
B. removes venial and mortal sin.
C. asks God to bestow his blessings on all mankind.
D. satisfies God's need for justice for man's sin against Him.

6. In regards to our participation in the Mass...
A.
all participants in the Mass receive special blessings of grace.
B. we are united in the sacrifice, and can assist at Mass with reverence, attention and devotion to what is going on.
C. if someone doesn't have money for the Mass stipend, they cannot have a memorial mass said for a soul in purgatory.
D. on the cross, Christ gained merits and satisafaction; in the Mass, He applies them to us.

7. Which statement is false about communion...
A.
One can offer the sacrifice of the Mass without partaking of communion.
B. The sacrifice of Mass and communion are the same thing, done at the same time.
C. We must not be in mortal sin, fast for an hour and have the right intentions to take communion.
D. Communion taken in mortal sin results in the mortal sin of sacrilege.

8. Holy Communion, the partaking of the body and blood of Christ...
A.
may normally be taken only once in the course of a day.
B. be be taken twice in the same day if the initial time was a midnight mass at Christmas or Easter Vigil.
C. adults must fast 3 hours before communion; children and seniors must fast 1 hour.
D. grace is more effective if we are more fervent in receiving it and try to free ourselves of venial sin.

9. Holy Communion increases sanctifying grace,...
A.
gives us all the grace on Sunday that we need for the new week.
B. gives us a closer union with and love for God.
C. preserves us from mortal sin and obtains forgiveness of venial sins.
D. lessens our desire to sin and prompts good works.

10. The consecrated host/Blessed Sacrament...
A.
gains a plenary indulgence if reverently adored for 30 minutes.
B. gains a partial indulgence if 'spiritually received' (spiritual communion).
C. is only 'mysteriously' the body of Christ after consecration and when two or more are gathered in the sanctuary.
D. should be visited in the Church often, and honored by genuflection when resting in the Tabernacle or Monstrance.