279. What are the essential and necessary elements for celebrating the Eucharist?

The essential elements are wheat bread and grape wine.


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1412. The essential signs of the Eucharistic sacrament are wheat bread and grape wine, on which the blessing of the Holy Spirit is invoked and the priest pronounces the words of consecration spoken by Jesus during the Last Supper: "This is my body which will be given up for you.... This is the cup of my blood...."


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