The Mass is divided into the Liturgy of the Word, and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The ambo is known as an “Altar of the Word”.103 For this reason, the Church has always venerated the Scriptures as she venerates the Lord’s Body. She never ceases to present to the faithful the bread of life, taken from the one table of God’s Word and Christ’s Body.
Just to clarify, the difference in the number of Sacraments held by Lutherans and Catholics is essentially a semantic difference on what the word Sacrament means. Luther held a more specific definition of the word “sacrament”, and hence held that we have at most 3 sacraments. That being said, he didn’t get rid of any of the rites that Romans Catholics consider as sacraments. So for example, we consider Baptism and the Eucharist as Sacraments, as well as Confession and Absolution (RCC Reconciliation or Penance). However, we still observe the rites of Marriage, Confirmation, Anointing of the Sick, and Ordination. We just don’t believe that these fulfill the role of a Sacrament as we define it. These never went away.Lutheran friends often characterize the way in which God extends His grace (or His real presence if you prefer) to the world as Word and Sacrament, ie through Scripture and, well, the sacraments (they only hold 2 or 3). I understand we would have all 7 Sacraments and a different understanding of the use of the Word, but would this be a good formulation for Catholics to use?