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COPYRIGHT 2010 © Holy Cross Parish at St. Patrick's Church, Olyphant, PA
The Eucharist is the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
Holy Communion is a sharing in the Eucharist in which Christ is truly
present. The priest, recalling the words and actions of Jesus at the Last
Supper, consecrates the bread and wine, which are changed, by the
power of the Holy Spirit, into the Body and Blood of Christ. This is why
the Church has traditionally employed the word “transubstantiation” to
describe the change that takes place. The substance (what something is)
of bread and wine is totally changed into the substance of Christ’s Body
and Blood. While the appearances of bread and wine remain, the Risen
Lord Jesus is actually present, and so it is he who is actually received in
Holy Communion—Body and Blood, soul and divinity.
Holy Communion is a sharing in the Eucharist in which Christ is truly
present. The priest, recalling the words and actions of Jesus at the Last
Supper, consecrates the bread and wine, which are changed, by the
power of the Holy Spirit, into the Body and Blood of Christ. This is why
the Church has traditionally employed the word “transubstantiation” to
describe the change that takes place. The substance (what something is)
of bread and wine is totally changed into the substance of Christ’s Body
and Blood. While the appearances of bread and wine remain, the Risen
Lord Jesus is actually present, and so it is he who is actually received in
Holy Communion—Body and Blood, soul and divinity.
