refers to the act by which the Eucharist is received. Blessed Sacrament is a devotional term used in the Catholic Church to refer to the Eucharistic species...

present. The Catholic Church states that the Eucharist is the body and blood of Christ under the species of bread and wine. It maintains that by the consecration...

Eucharistic miracle is any miracle involving the Eucharist, regarding which the most prominent Christian denominations, especially the Catholic Church...

The Mass is the central liturgical service of the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, in which bread and wine are consecrated and become the body and blood...

then, as now – showed the Presence in the tabernacle. Since the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic church has made Eucharistic exposition and benediction...

of communion with the Catholic Church Eucharist in the Catholic Church, also called Holy Communion Koinonia Catholic (term) This disambiguation page...

ceremony in some Christian traditions during which a person of the church first receives the Eucharist. It is most common in many parts of the Latin tradition...

metaphysics. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that, in the Eucharistic offering, bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ. The affirmation...

Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, to foster devotion to the sacrament of the Eucharist. It was organized by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops...

initiation (into the Catholic Church and the mystical body of Christ), consisting of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist; the sacraments of healing...

However, groups authorized by the Catholic Church to review the Qurbana recognized the validity of this eucharistic celebration in its original form, without...

The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ is present in the Eucharist, not merely symbolically or metaphorically...

of the Church, to Pope Urban IV, in order to create a feast focused solely on the Holy Eucharist, emphasizing the joy of the Eucharist being the Body...

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide...

From the 1979 Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church in the United States: The Holy Eucharist is the sacrament commanded by Christ for the continual...

of the Black Mass, both in ostensibly historical works and in fiction. In the Catholic Church, the transubstantiation of the Eucharist means the "body...

communion, also known as paedocommunion, refers to the practice of giving the Eucharist, often in the form of consecrated wine mingled with consecrated...

with the rite of the dedication of a church", and "the eucharist, which sanctifies the hearts of those who receive it, in a sense consecrates the altar...

thereby be deprived of the Sacrament owing to a natural weakness. Canonical impediment Eucharist in the Catholic Church  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates...

from the reception of the Divine Eucharist". In general, Catholics who approach for Holy Communion have the right to receive the Eucharist, unless the law...

and the institutional word "church". Some Eastern Catholic jurisdictions admit members of churches not in communion with Rome to the Eucharist and the other...

the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony. The Catholic Church teaches that "The desire for God is written in the human...

locked box in which the Eucharist (consecrated communion hosts) is stored as part of the "reserved sacrament" rite. A container for the same purpose...

Holy Communion in the Catholic Church is, under the 1983 Code of Canon Law, "an acolyte, or another of Christ's faithful deputed", in certain extraordinary...

Intinction is the Eucharistic practice of partly dipping the consecrated bread, or host, into the consecrated wine before consumption by the communicant...

Eucharistia (The Church from the Eucharist) is an encyclical by Pope John Paul II published on April 17, 2003. Its title, as is customary, is taken from the opening...

excreted in the manner of typical food. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: "The Eucharistic presence of Christ begins at the moment of the consecration...

also known as the Eucharist and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches. The elements of the rite are sacramental...

The Year of the Eucharist is the name of the liturgical year from October 2004 to October 2005, as celebrated by Catholics worldwide. On 10 June 2004 Pope...

Mass is the main Eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity. The term Mass is commonly used in the Catholic Church, Western Rite...