(RNS) — The Eucharistic prayer is the most important and least understood prayer in the Catholic Mass. Most Catholics see it as the priest’s prayer that is centered on the consecration of the ...

When we say the Sacrament which contains the Body and Blood, we mean the Sacrament which is the Body and Blood, for after the Consecration there is no other substance present in the Eucharist.

The eucharistic prayer is the most important and least understood prayer in the Catholic Mass. Most Catholics see it as the priest's prayer that is centered on the consecration of the bread and ...

I suggest the following act of consecration to Jesus in the Eucharist: Merciful Father, you love us so much that you sent your only Son Jesus, so that whoever believes in him will not perish but ...

The Catholic Church has always taught that Jesus becomes truly present in the bread and wine during the consecration of the Eucharist at Mass. For confirmation, doubters need only investigate some ...

The Catholic church teaches that in the consecration of the Eucharist, the bread and wine really become the body and blood of Jesus Christ. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says ...

The Eucharistic prayer is directed to the Father through Christ, with Christ and in Christ. The emphasis on the consecration in old sacramental theology overshadowed what the Eucharist is about.

the idea of pealing the bells during the Consecration, is really a call to vigilance and focus to see the most essential part of the Mass going on, the Institution narrative and the Eucharistic ...

We discover with him that the concepts of creation, incarnation, redemption, consecration, the centrality of the Eucharist, providence, the communion of saints, the presence of God in the world or ...

The Eucharist has long been the center of Catholic ... required him to confess that the bread and wine placed on the altar after consecration are “the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus ...

Can the formula for supplementary consecration of bread and/or wine lawfully (or validly) be used outside a celebration of the eucharist? If a priest uses this formula in isolation, to “top up” the ...

For the third year, Father Joseph Kelly had a Eucharistic Procession into the ... as Father Kelly recited the prayers of consecration and then had Benediction. At the end, Father Kelly, carrying ...