How to Use Eucharist in a Sentence

Eucharist

noun
  • Viaticum is a term given to the Eucharist when it is given to someone who is in severe danger of death.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Holy Eucharist, bread consecrated as the body of Christ, was taken from the tabernacle and thrown on the altar.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 31 May 2022
  • There was no Eucharist or passing of the peace, and the usual post-service coffee hour was held by video conference.
    David Crary, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2020
  • During the dinner, Jesus revealed that one of the apostles would betray him and introduced the practice of the Eucharist.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
  • From the National Eucharist Congress to the Olympic swimming trials.
    Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2024
  • But that doesn’t make politicizing the Eucharist any less disheartening to people like Evans who are trying to be the face of the church in the community.
    Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 June 2021
  • The pope also prayed at a chapel in his private hospital rooms and received Eucharist, according to the statement.
    Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Confirmation Catholic teens are confirmed in their faith as one of the three most important sacraments (along with baptism and the Eucharist).
    Jennifer O'Donnell, Parents, 8 July 2024
  • But, in Reynosa, there were migrants who saw the Eucharist—the consecrated bread and wine that the priests distribute at Mass—as a priority equal to any other food and drink.
    Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Each group of pilgrims is carrying the Eucharist with them on their journey to Indianapolis.
    Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 4 July 2024
  • Robert, who handed out the Eucharist and marked ash crosses on the foreheads of his fellow parishioners, once gifted O’Connell a toy train set for Christmas after the young priest said his family was never able to buy him one.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Traditionally, there is no Mass and no celebration of the Eucharist on Good Friday.
    Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Among a sea of bland, Eucharist-esque crisps, Milton’s GF crackers stand out as excellent alternatives.
    Sarah Madaus, SELF, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Is Father Paul infusing the Eucharist with some miracle compound?
    Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • But later in the day, a more significant decision came up, when the bishops voted on a 30-page teaching about the Eucharist, Catholicism’s central ritual of taking bread and wine to be in the presence of Jesus Christ.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Cattani added that the altar, ambo (an elevated pulpit), baptismal font and tabernacle plinth (where the Eucharist is kept) were crafted of Carrara marble in Carrara, Italy.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
  • In many churches, including the Church of England, bread and wine are central elements of the Eucharist, representing Jesus' body and blood in remembrance of his death and resurrection.
    Lydia Patrick, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Histories of eating disorders often begin with anorexia mirabilis (the holy loss of appetite), a medieval phenomenon of fasting saints who subsisted on little more than the Eucharist.
    Anna Shechtman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Histories of eating disorders often begin with anorexia mirabilis (the holy loss of appetite), a medieval phenomenon of fasting saints who subsisted on little more than the Eucharist.
    Anna Shechtman, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Faced with that opposition, the bishops ultimately adopted a document on the Eucharist that didn’t explicitly address the matter.
    Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Organizers expect potentially thousands of Catholics in southeast Wisconsin to take part in processions, Masses and other events as a national pilgrimage focused on renewing interest in the Eucharist weaves through the region.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2024

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