Starting September 12, 2013: Lesson One - A Biblical Introduction to the Mass Presented by Father Antonio O. Moreno at 6:30 p.m. at Knights of Columbus Hall - Hwy 90 East
The Knight of Columbus Council 2687 Bible
Study: The Catholic Mass: through a “Biblical” Lens
Presenter: Fr.
Antonio O. Moreno
Theme: God
reveals – The Catholic teaching on the Mass and Bible
Location: Knights of Columbus Hall – Hwy 90 (East)
Start
Date: September 12, 2013
Presentation: 630 p.m.
Fellowship: 7:30
p.m. (potluck snack)
All Catholic adults18 years and older are welcome -
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Knight of Columbus Bible Study
Thursday Evening: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Knight
of Columbus Hall Hwy 90 East
The
Catholic Mass through a Biblical Lens
Course
Description
We will explore the relationship between the Bible and
the Mass. We will do an overview of the
Eucharist in the New Testament. Look at the deep roots of the Mass in the
biblical history of sacrifice and the institution of the Eucharist.
Our first question should be: What does the Bible have to
do with the Mass? The Church takes the position
that without the Bible there would be no Mass, and without the Mass there would
be no Bible.
The Bible was made for the Liturgy and the Liturgy is
where the Bible was meant to be proclaimed, expounded, interpreted and
heard. The Mass is one long biblical
prayer – a tapestry woven from a fabric of biblical passages, phrases and
allusions. In the Mass, the story of
salvation told in the Bible continues – is made real and present – in our
lives.
In this course we will look at how in the Mass we renew
our covenant with God – the New Covenant made in the blood of Jesus the Christ,
which makes us children of God and heirs of he divine promises found in the
Bible.
Course
objectives
1.
To understand the biblical roots of the Mass.
2.
To understand the meaning and purpose of the
Bible and the Mass in God’s plan of salvation.
3.
To see the Mass and the Bible with new eyes,
and be able to enter into the Mass more fully, enthusiastically than before.
Lesson
One: A Biblical introduction to the Mass
Lesson goals:
1.
To understand basic Catholic beliefs about
the relationship between the Bible and the Liturgy.
2.
To understand the biblical basis for the
Mass.
3.
To understand how in the Mass the written
text of the Bible becomes the “Living Word”
Finding
the Bible in the Mass
1.
The Biblical way Catholics worship
2.
Words of Spirit and Life
Finding
the Mass in the Bible
1.
Tradition received from Jesus Christ our Lord
2.
In the Upper Room
3.
Bread of
Life, True Vine
4.
The Eucharist according to the Bible
Every Mass begins the same way. We make the sign of the cross and say, “In
the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit”
1.
The sign of the Cross started with Jesus
(Matthew 28:19)
2.
The Apostles who “sealed” the newly baptized
by tracing this sign on the foreheads of the believers who were baptized
(Ephesians 1:13; Revelation 7:3)