The Blessed Sacrament, is a devotional name used in the Catholic Church , as well as in Anglicanism, Lutheranism, Methodism, and the Old Catholic Church , to refer to the body and blood of Christ in the form of consecrated sacramental bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist.
The Blessed Sacrament exposed on the main altar of Sta. Cruz Church, Manila
Christians in these traditions believe in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharistic elements of the bread and wine and some of them, therefore, practice Eucharistic reservation and adoration of grace" (i.e not be in a state of mortal sin ) at the time of reception; to receive the Eucharist in a state of mortal sin is to commit sacrilege .
The Blessed Sacrament can also be exposed (displayed) on an altar in a monstrance. Rites involving the exposure of the Blessed Sacrament include Benediction and eucharistic adoration .
According to Catholic theology , the host, after the Rite of Consecration, is no longer bread, but Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Christ, who is transubstantiated in it.
Catholics believe that Jesus is the sacrificial Lamb of God prefigured in the Old Testament Passover . Unless the flesh of that Passover sacrificial lamb was consumed, the members of the household would not be saved from death.
As the Passover was the Old Covenant , so the Eucharist became the New Covenant . (Matt 26:26-28), (Mark 14:22-24), (Luke 22: 19-20), and (John 6:48-58)
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Click below to watch the Eucharistic adoration of Immaculate Heart of Mary Orji_Uratta, Owerri.
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