Mass Vocabulary

What is the term for the Latin origin meaning 'change of substance', referring to the complete change of the substance of bread and wine into the substance of Christ's body and blood by a validly ordained priest during the consecration at Mass?

• Transubstantiation

• Sanctuary

• State of Grace

• (Great) Amen

What is the term for the words said by the priest over the bread and wine during the Eucharistic Prayer at the moment of consecration, which are the words Jesus said at the Last Supper and have the power to effect transubstantiation?

• Words of Institution

• (Great) Amen

• In Persona Christi

• Epiclesis

What is the Latin term referring to the priest acting in the person of Christ when administering a sacrament?

• In persona Christi

• Sanctuary

• Anamnesis

• Words of Institution

What is the part of the Mass that is the vital center of all that the Church is and does, because at its heart is the real presence of the crucified, risen and glorified Lord, continuing and making available his saving work among us?

• Liturgy of the Eucharist

• State of Grace

• In Persona Christi

• Anamnesis

What is the Greek word meaning 'to call down', referring to the powerful invocation or calling down of the Holy Spirit during the Eucharistic Prayer?

• Epiclesis

• Transubstantiation

• Eucharist

• Anamnesis

What is the Greek word meaning 'to remember', referring to the prayer that recalls the Paschal Mystery, which is Jesus Christ's saving actions through His Passion, death, resurrection and Ascension?

• Anamnesis

• Transubstantiation

• In Persona Christi

• Epiclesis

What is the congregation's response at the end of the Eucharistic Prayer, signifying their assent to the prayer and acceptance of the bread and wine as the Body and Blood of Christ, typically sung by the entire congregation?

• (Great) Amen

• State of Grace

• Eucharist

• Liturgy of the Eucharist

What is the source and summit of the Christian life because it is the 'True Presence' of Jesus Christ (body, blood, soul and divinity) after transubstantiation, originating from the Greek word meaning thanksgiving?

• Eucharist

• Sanctuary

• (Great) Amen

• Epiclesis

What is the area of a church containing the altar, where the Eucharist is celebrated and the Word of God is proclaimed, often marked off from the rest of the church by elevation or other architectural features?

• Sanctuary

• Eucharist

• Liturgy of the Eucharist

• Words of Institution

What is the condition of a person who is free from mortal sin and pleasing to God, being in friendship with God and the necessary condition of the soul to receive Holy Communion and attain heaven at the time of death?

• State of Grace

• Words of Institution

• In Persona Christi

• Transubstantiation