The Eucharist

6. a book in the New Testament which describes the beginning of the early Church, similar in style to a Gospel.
7. the belief that Jesus is really present in the celebration of the Eucharist, in which the bread and wine truly become his body and blood.
10. the sacrament in which Catholics receive the body and blood of Christ; also called Holy communion, the lord's supper, the Breaking of the Bread and Mass.
12. blessed and made holy.
16. a sacred act or ceremony
17. a ceremony to welcome or accept someone into an organisation.
18. a Jewish festival that celebrates God saving the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt.
19. The Christian belief that after his crucifixion and death, Jesus rose back to life.

1. a title of Jesus linking his sacrifice of the Passover lamb.
2. the process by which the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus at the moment of consecration.
3. the belief that jesus' death and resurrection bring salvation to every human being.
4. one of the names of the Church, emphasising the community of all those who are members of Christ's body through baptism, with Jesus as their head, working together like one body.
5. a gift of love freely given to God by humankind.
8. the belief that Jesus' sacrifice is really made present to Catholics during the Eucharist.
9. another name for the Sacrament of Eucharist.
11. solemn promises which cannot be broken.
13. visible signs of God's grace that make real of what they symbolise; also the name given to the ceremonies that contain these signs.
14. Latin phrase for 'in the person of Christ'; the priest stands in the place of Jesus in the Eucharist.
15. another name for the Sacrament of Eucharist.