What are the symbols of the Eucharist? their meaning?

What are the symbols of'Eucharist? their meaning? the Eucharist is the source of the Christian life. What does this symbol represent? let's find out together what are the symbols hidden behind the Eucharist. During the celebration of the Santa Mass we are invited to participate in the Lord's table.

The priest he offers us the host in the moment of the Eucharist but have we ever wondered why? The wheat it is a cereal, its seeds are ground into flour and used as the main ingredient for bread, according to the holy scriptures: Jesus it is the Bread of Life. Sometimes wheat is represented by a single ear of corn, other times by a shock or sheaf of wheat, a bunch of cut stems tied together in a bundle.

The bread it is the staple food of physical life and the bread of the Eucharist is the staple food of spiritual life. At the Last Supper, Jesus took a loaf of unleavened bread and said: "Take and eat, this is my body" (Mt 26:26; Mk 14:22; Lk 22:19). The consecrated bread is Jesus himself, the real presence of Christ. A basket of loaves. When Jesus fed the five thousand, he began with a basket of five loaves (Mt 14:17; Mk 6:38; Lk 9:13; Joh 6: 9), and when he fed the four thousand he began with a basket of seven (Mt 15:34; Mk 8: 6). Loaves and fish both were part of Jesus' Eucharistic miracles (Mt. 14:17; 15:34; Mk 6:38; 8: 6,7; Lk 9:13; Jn 6: 9), and they were part of those of Jesus Eucharistic Lunch with his disciples after the resurrection (Jn 21,9: XNUMX).

What are the symbols of the Eucharist and the host?

What are the symbols of the Eucharist? and of the host? A host it is a symbol of Communion, a round piece of unleavened bread used for consecration and distribution at Mass. The term derives from the Latin word visitors , a sacrificial lamb. Jesus is "the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world "(Jn 1, 29,36), and his body, offered on the altar of the Cross, is given to us by the altar of the Mass. Grapes and Wine: the grapes are pressed into juice, the liquid fermented into wine and the wine was used by Jesus at the Last Supper to represent his Blood, the blood of the covenant, poured out in favor of many for the forgiveness of sins (Mt 26:28; Mk 14:24; Lk 22:20).

A chalice: Jesus used a cup or chalice as a vessel for his blood at the Last Supper. The pelican and its chicks: the chicks of a pelican mother are dying from lack of food, she pierces her breast to feed her young with her own blood. Likewise, the heart of Jesus was pierced on the Cross (Jn 19, 34), the blood that flowed was true drink, and whoever drinks his Blood gains eternal life (Jn 6: 54,55).The Altar is the place where the Eucharistic Sacrifice and symbol of the Eucharist itself.