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Lord’s Supper. Eucharist. Communion. Sacrament. Ordinance. Regardless of the many titles used to refer to the Christian meal, it is a central focus in Christian worship. While it’s the meal that should unite us as followers of Christ, it sometimes appears we can't even agree on what to call it, let alone how we might share a common theological view of its significance. Even if we cannot reach...

again, and so to entrust to his beloved Spouse, the Church, a memorial of his death and resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a paschal banquet in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us. (SC in Vatican II)11 Thus in the Catholic view the Eucharistic sacrifice is not another sacrifice but is the memorial perpetuation of Christ’s once-and-for-all sacrifice on the cross. Hence, when some Protestants conclude
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