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When we, as Catholic Christians, gather for Mass, we experience both the Temple and the Synagogue experience of our predecessors in faith—the Jewish people. We participate in the sacrifice of the Temple, albeit bloodless, and the reading of the Law and the Prophets. The Mass is composed of two major sections: the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

The Eucharist that Christ instituted at the Last Supper is a combination of the typical Synagogue service and the animal sacrifices that occurred only at the Temple in Jerusalem. The word “sacrifice” comes from two Latin words meaning “to make holy.”

When we are gathered together for public worship, the Church invites us to act as a body of unity. In public worship, we sing, stand, bow, kneel, and pray in unison. It is by this unison that we exemplify the unity of the Church itself.

We are invited to learn more about what we do at our weekend worship in this Year of Eucharist Revival. We need to be careful during this Eucharist revival not to place too much emphasis on processions and adoration instead of worshiping well. We are first and foremost a Eucharist community.