Catechism of the Catholic Church

788 Index structure of the Eucharistic celebration preserved throughout the centuries, 1346 identity of the Eucharist act of thanksgiving and praise to the Father, 1358‑61 communion of the Lord’s body and blood, 1097, 1382 memorial of Christ’s sacrifice, 611, 1337, 1357‑58, 1362‑72, 1382 memorial of the New Covenant, 1621 mystery of Christ’s action, 2718 presence of Christ, 1357‑58 presence of the coming Kingdom, 1405, 2861 sacrament of Christian initiation, 1212, 1533 communion, 1382, 1395 Redemption, 1846 sacraments, 1169, 1211 source of charity, 864, 1395 source and summit of Christian life, 1324‑27 institution of the Eucharist “Do this in memory of me,” 1341‑44 Jesus and, 1337‑40 purposes of, 610, 1341 minister of the celebration of the Eucharist. See Bishop; Priest names of the Eucharist the Breaking of Bread, 1329 Daily bread, 2837 the Eucharist, 1328 the Eucharistic assembly, 1329 Holy Communion, 1331 the holy and Divine Liturgy, 1330 Holy Mass, 1332 the Holy Sacrifice, 1330 the Lord’s Supper, 1329 Memorial of the Lord’s Passion and Resurrection, 1330 the Most Blessed sacrament, 1330 the sacrament of sacraments, 1169, 1211 the sacrifice of the Mass, 1330 the sacrifice of praise, 2643 presence of Christ in the Eucharist enduring Eucharistic presence of Christ, 1377 in the Eucharistic assembly, 1348 in the Eucharistic species, 1373 faith in Christ, 1381 in the Liturgy of the Word, 1088, 1349 in the priest, 1348 significance of, 1380 transubstantiation of Christ declared by the Tridentine Council, 1376 true and mysterious, 1357, 1373‑77 true, real, and substantial, 1374 veiled presence of Christ in the Eucharist, 1404 worship of latria and the adoration of, 1378‑79 Euthanasia distinction between euthanasia and the rejection of overzealous treatment, 2278 gravity of voluntary, 2324 as morally unacceptable, 2277 significance of, 2277 See also Pain Evangelical counsels the Church and, 2103 Commandments and, 2053 consecrated life and, 914‑16, 918, 944 eremitic life and, 920 mission and, 931 New Law and, 1973‑74, 1986 religious life and, 925 secular institutes and, 929 society of Apostolic Life and, 903 Evangelical instinct , 1676, 1679 Evangelization the Church and the missionary mandate, 849 as the Church’s right and duty, 848 collaborators in, 927‑933 and the liturgy, 1072 mission of the laity in, 905 missionary paths, 852‑56 motive of, 851 origin and purposes of, 850 parents and the evangelization of children, 2225 and the sacraments, 1122 source of the desire for, 429