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Eucharist

The holy Eucharist completes Christian initiation.   The Eucharist (from the Greek eucharistia, “thanksgiving”) is the sacrament of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, in which He is present under the forms of bread and wine offering Himself in the Sacrifice of the Mass and giving Himself as spiritual food to the faithful. The two principal parts of the Mass are the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. In the Liturgy of the Word, Sacred Scripture is proclaimed from the texts assigned in the Lectionary for Mass. These are responded to by the assembly through the responsorial psalm, gospel acclamation and the short spoken responses to each text (“Thanks be to God.”) At the beginning of the Liturgy of the Eucharist, bread (unleavened is prescribed in the West; leavened bread is generally used in the East) and grape wine are placed on the altar to be transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ in the Eucharistic prayer. The Roman Catholic doctrine on the Eucharist calls this transformation “transubstantiation.”

The Eucharist is celebrated at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass on all Sundays and Holy Days.

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