O Espírito Santo faça de nós uma oferenda permanente

: estudo sobre a Oração Eucarística III

Abstract

The anamnetic action is a typical divine one, because God does not forget his people. The origin of the Christian Eucharist lies on the Last Supper, in which Jesus, through bread and wine, gestures and words, institutes the memorial of his Passion, saying at the end of the Supper: “do this in remembrance of me”. The celebrated memorial is shown throughout the Eucharistic Prayer III. This memorial, more than activating the psychological dimension of the person
celebrating, requires his configuration with Christ, through the action of the Holy Spirit, who makes from each member of the celebrating assembly a permanent offering to God, our Father.
Celebrating the Eucharist means updating the benefits of the Lord’s saving action. The dimensions of commensality and sacrifice, present in the Eucharistic Prayer III, have their remote origin in the Jewish liturgy of the festive supper and the sacrifice in the Temple in Jerusalem and, more closely, in the Antiochene liturgy.

Date of Award	6 Sept 2023
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	João José Marques Eleutério (Supervisor)