1374. The mode of Christ’s presence under the Eucharistic species is unique. It raises the Eucharist above all the sacraments as “the perfection of the spiritual life and the end to which all the sacraments tend.”199 In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist “the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really, and substantially contained.”200 “This presence is called ‘real’ – by which is not intended to exclude the other types of presence as if they could not be ‘real’ too, but because it is presence in the fullest sense: that is to say, it is a substantial presence by which Christ, God and man, makes himself wholly and entirely present.”201
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453. How does one keep Sunday holy?
496. What is the meaning of the conjugal act?
68. Why does the human race form a unity?
373. What does the dignity of the human person imply for the moral conscience?
448. Why is a false oath forbidden?
571. What is contemplative prayer?
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What is the importance of Christian discipline according to 1 Corinthians 9:24-27?
The power of community: the unity of the Jewish people in Esther (Esther 9:1-5)
What is the role of faith in the midst of suffering, according to Job 13:15-16?
How did King Asa restore true worship and win the war against Ethiopia in 1 Kings 15:9-24?
How did a woman’s faith heal her of a hemorrhage, according to Matthew 9:20-22?
