Baltimore Catechism: Lesson 22

What is the Holy Eucharist? [blank_start]The Holy Eucharist[blank_end] [blank_start]is the Sacrament[blank_end] [blank_start]which contains[blank_end] [blank_start]the body and blood[blank_end], [blank_start]soul and divinity[blank_end] [blank_start]of Our Lord Jesus[blank_end] [blank_start]Christ under[blank_end] [blank_start]the appearances of[blank_end] [blank_start]bread and wine[blank_end].

When did Christ institute the Holy Eucharist? [blank_start]Christ instituted the[blank_end] [blank_start]Holy Eucharist at[blank_end] [blank_start]the Last Supper[blank_end], [blank_start]the night before[blank_end] [blank_start]He died[blank_end].

Who were present when Our Lord instituted the Holy Eucharist? [blank_start]When Our Lord[blank_end] [blank_start]instituted the Holy[blank_end] [blank_start]Eucharist the twelve[blank_end] [blank_start]Apostles were present[blank_end].

How did Our Lord institute the Holy Eucharist? [blank_start]Our Lord instituted the Holy Eucharist[blank_end] [blank_start]by taking bread, blessing, breaking,[blank_end] [blank_start]and giving to His Apostles,[blank_end] [blank_start]saying: "Take ye and eat.[blank_end] [blank_start]This is My body"; and then by taking[blank_end] [blank_start]the cup of wine[blank_end], [blank_start]blessing and giving it[blank_end], [blank_start]saying to them[blank_end]: "[blank_start]Drink ye all of this.[blank_end] [blank_start]This is My blood[blank_end] [blank_start]which shall be shed[blank_end] [blank_start]for the remission of sins[blank_end]. [blank_start]Do this for a[blank_end] [blank_start]commemoration of Me[blank_end]."

What happened when Our Lord said, "This is My body, this is My blood"? [blank_start]When Our Lord said[blank_end], "[blank_start]This is My body[blank_end]," [blank_start]the substance of the bread[blank_end] [blank_start]was changed into the[blank_end] [blank_start]substance of His body[blank_end]. [blank_start]When He said[blank_end], "[blank_start]This is My blood[blank_end]," [blank_start]the substance of the wine[blank_end] [blank_start]was changed into[blank_end] [blank_start]the substance of His blood[blank_end].

Is Jesus Christ whole and entire both under the form of bread and under the form of wine? [blank_start]Jesus Christ is whole[blank_end] [blank_start]and entire both[blank_end] [blank_start]under the form[blank_end] [blank_start]of bread and[blank_end] [blank_start]under the[blank_end] [blank_start]form of wine[blank_end].

Did anything remain of the bread and wine after their substance had been changed into the substance of the body and blood of Our Lord? [blank_start]After the substance[blank_end] [blank_start]of the bread and wine[blank_end] [blank_start]had been changed into[blank_end] [blank_start]the substance of the body[blank_end] [blank_start]and blood of Our Lord[blank_end] [blank_start]there remained only[blank_end] [blank_start]the appearances of[blank_end] [blank_start]bread and wine[blank_end].

What do you mean by the appearances of bread and wine? [blank_start]By the appearances of bread[blank_end] [blank_start]and wine I mean[blank_end] [blank_start]the figure[blank_end], [blank_start]the color[blank_end], [blank_start]the taste[blank_end], [blank_start]and whatever appears[blank_end] [blank_start]to the senses[blank_end].

What is this change of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Our Lord called? [blank_start]This change of the bread[blank_end] [blank_start]and wine into the[blank_end] [blank_start]body and blood of[blank_end] [blank_start]Our Lord is[blank_end] [blank_start]called Transubstantiation[blank_end].

How was the substance of the bread and wine changed into the substance of the body and blood of Christ? [blank_start]The substance of[blank_end] [blank_start]the bread and wine[blank_end] [blank_start]was changed into the[blank_end] [blank_start]substance of the[blank_end] [blank_start]body and blood[blank_end] [blank_start]of Christ by His almighty power[blank_end].

Does this change of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ continue to be made in the Church? [blank_start]This change of bread[blank_end] [blank_start]and wine into the body[blank_end] [blank_start]and blood of Christ[blank_end] [blank_start]continues to be made[blank_end] [blank_start]in the Church by[blank_end] [blank_start]Jesus Christ through[blank_end] [blank_start]the ministry of His priests[blank_end].

When did Christ give His priests the power to change bread and wine into His body and blood? [blank_start]Christ gave His priests[blank_end] [blank_start]the power to change[blank_end] [blank_start]bread and wine[blank_end] [blank_start]into His body and[blank_end] [blank_start]blood when He[blank_end] [blank_start]said to His Apostles[blank_end], "[blank_start]Do this in commemoration[blank_end] [blank_start]of Me[blank_end]."

How do the priests exercise this power of changing bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ? [blank_start]The priests exercise[blank_end] [blank_start]this power of changing[blank_end] [blank_start]bread and wine into[blank_end] [blank_start]the body and[blank_end] [blank_start]blood of Christ through[blank_end] [blank_start]the words of consecration[blank_end] [blank_start]in the Mass[blank_end], [blank_start]which are the words[blank_end] [blank_start]of Christ[blank_end]: "[blank_start]This is My body[blank_end]; [blank_start]this is My blood[blank_end]."