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Praise and Celebrate
the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ, and (4) the receiving of Christ’s Body and Blood.
Just as water is needed for Baptism and Sacred Chrism is needed for Confirmation, two things are needed for Eucharist. They are bread made from wheat and wine made
Only a priest or bishop can consecrate the bread and wine for the Eucharist. But it is not actually the bishop or priest who changes the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ. It is the Holy Spirit who comes upon the gifts of bread and wine that are offered to God. It
from grapes. Just as Baptism and Confirmation Rites include special words, so does Eucharist. The words used by the priest to consecrate the bread and wine are the same words Jesus spoke the night before he died: “This is my Body, which will be given up for you. ... This is the chalice of my Blood.”
to be with you!
That’s how it is with Christ, too.
Receiving the Eucharist can help you grow closer to him. Receiving this sacrament also brings you closer to everyone in his family, the Church. Think about it. What greater experience can you share with other human beings than together hearing
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is the action of the Holy Spirit that changes bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ.
When you realize that this great sacrament makes you one with Christ, body and soul, you can
see why the Eucharist is meant only for those who are free of serious sin. No one in a state of mortal sin should receive Eucharist without first seeking God’s forgiveness through the Sacrament of Penance. Less serious sins, however, are forgiven by the very act of receiving the Eucharist, a fact which just goes to show how much God wants
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