Bro Con's update to our previous "why do we go for Mass"

Came to my mind that in the session that Ben gave on the Mass, I am not sure if I downplayed the importance of the Eucharist. Vatican II states that it is the source and summit the life and the mission of the church. Such is the importance of the Eucharist.
I want to bring to your mind again that the celebration of the eucharist is the re-presentation of the life and more importantly the death and sacrifice of Christ, and also his resurrection.
The priest, in the preparation of the gifts, will put a drop of water in to the wine. This is to signify the mingling of our humanity with the divinity of Christ and that we are one with him.
When the priest places his hands over the gifts and invokes the Holy Spirit to come down and make them into the body and blood of Our Lord, it is the celebration of his incarnation when the Holy Spirit came upon Mary and she conceived the Lord.
The separate consecration of the bread, and then the wine signifies the celebration of his death as the body and blood is separated.
After the 'Lamb of God', when the priest breaks the bread, it represents the body of Christ broken for us and this is when he redeemed our sins as the sacrificial Lamb of God.
After that, the priest will break off a piece of the bread and drop it into the chalice. This represents the uniting of the body with the blood and we celebrate the resurrection of the Lord.
So you can see, the Eucharist is a celebration of the whole paschal mystery of the Lord Jesus.
Saying this, I also do not want to downplay the importance of the other sacraments as well. Baptism, Reconciliation, Confirmation, Holy Orders, Matrimony and the Anointing of the Sick are important as well. We should not 'grade' the sacraments but see these as signs that the Lord has left for us to signify that he is still here with us.
Please forward this mail to your members and whoever else you think can benefit from this and feel free to email me of you or they should have any more queries or need any more clarification.
I remain with you Always in Christ

Cornelius Vianney Ching