Transubstantiation is the moment when during Mass, the bread and wine used for C…

Transubstantiation is the moment when during Mass, the bread and wine used for Communion become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, the Eucharist.

This is a core tenet of our Catholic faith which the Catechism explains:

“𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝” (𝐂𝐂𝐂 𝟏𝟑𝟕𝟔).

This means that while the appearance of bread and wine remain, the substance is changed (through the power of God) completely to the body and blood of Christ.

However, some mistakenly hold that the Eucharist is only a “symbol” of Jesus’ presence.

Let us also be firmly reminded that Jesus is not merely a historical figure who we aspire to become like, but rather He is with us still to this day, present in the Eucharist, in every Mass said throughout the world.

𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭.