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At what point during the Eucharistic prayers does Transsubstantiation actually occur? thx
This is what I have always thoughtI believe it is when the priest says the words “this is my body…” and “this is my blood…”.
If I’m wrong, someone please correct my ignorance![]()
In the Mass of the ordinary form of the Roman Rite, at the words “ACCÍPITE ET MANDUCÁTE EX HOC OMNES: HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM, QUOD PRO VOBIS TRADÉTUR.” the bread is changed into the Body of Christ, and at the words “ACCÍPITE ET BÍBITE EX EO OMNES: HIC EST ENIM CALIX SÁNGUINIS MEI NOVI ET AETÉRNI TESTAMÉNTI, QUI PRO VOBIS ET PRO MULTIS EFFUNDÉTUR IN REMISSIÓNEM PECCATÓRUM. HOC FÁCITE IN MEAM COMMEMORATIÓNEM.” the wine is changed into His Blood.
In the Mass of the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, at the words “HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM.” the bread is changed into Christ’s Body, and at the words “HIC EST ENIM CALIX SÁNGUINIS MEI, NOVI ET ÆTÉRNI TESTAMÉNTI: MYSTÉRIUM FIDEI: QUI PRO VOBIS ET PRO MULTIS EFFUNDÉTUR IN REMISSIÓNEM PECCATÓRUM.” the wine is changed into His Blood.
This doctrine was taught by the Council of Trent (D 876): "mmediately after the consecration the true body of our Lord and His true blood together with His soul and divinity exist under the species of bread and wine…"
Exactly. That teaching wasn’t, to my knowledge, abrogated by the Church and remains. That is what I was taught back in 1976 when I was preparing to receive first Holy Communion. Furthermore, a few years later, that question came up again in Cofirmation. This was when the bishop used to ask the confirmandi questions prior to the reception of the Sacrament. He picked what he thought was a hard one: define Transubstantiation. I gave him the version that was quoted in Dixit Dominus’ post and he said I was correct. So, if this was still true in the 1980s, then, it’s true today. The Church doesn’t change her teachings on things. She doesn’t flip flop on matters of doctrine.
I was told it is completed when the whole congregation together with the priest intones "Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again."At what point during the Eucharistic prayers does Transsubstantiation actually occur? thx
No. That is not true. What Dixit Dominus wrote is correct.That would make the consecratoin contingent on the congregation and that is not correct.I was told it is completed when the whole congregation together with the priest intones “Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.”
Sorry, that made me laugh. That particular prayer isn’t even in the Mass universal. It was added to the English translation and is supposed to be dropped when the new translation is published and promulgated. If that’s where the Eucharist is completed, people all over the world wouldn’t ever have the Real Presence.I was told it is completed when the whole congregation together with the priest intones “Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.”
OK. I’ll concede that it is completed officially at the GREAT AMEN. Agreed?Sorry, that made me laugh. That particular prayer isn’t even in the Mass universal. It was added to the English translation and is supposed to be dropped when the new translation is published and promulgated. If that’s where the Eucharist is completed, people all over the world wouldn’t ever have the Real Presence.
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No. You need to re-read Dixit’s post. Furthermore, at the Great Amen, the priest is lifting up the Sacred Species and offering Our Lord to the Father. The transubstantiation has already taken place at the moment the priest utters the words: “This is my Body…This is my Blood.” He also genuflects after the consecration of each species. If transubstantiation hadn’t occured at that point, why, pray tell, would he be genuflecting? Think about it.OK. I’ll concede that it is completed officially at the GREAT AMEN. Agreed?
No. The rubrics of the 2002 Missal state that, after saying the Words, “ACCÍPITE ET MANDUCÁTE EX HOC OMNES: HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM, QUOD PRO VOBIS TRADÉTUR.” that is “TAKE AND EAT OF THIS, ALL, FOR THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL FOR YOU WILL BE HANDED OVER.” (yes, I know, a hyperliteral translation) the priest “Hostiam consecratam ostendit populo, reponit super patenam, et genuflexus adorat.” that is “Shows the consecrated Host to the people, replaces It upon the paten, genulfecting adores It.”OK. I’ll concede that it is completed officially at the GREAT AMEN. Agreed?
It would be quite helpful to many of us if Dixit would be kind enough to translate the Latin into English.No. You need to re-read Dixit’s post. Furthermore, at the Great Amen, the priest is lifting up the Sacred Species and offering Our Lord to the Father. The transubstantiation has already taken place at the moment the priest utters the words: “This is my Body…This is my Blood.” He also genuflects after the consecration of each species. If transubstantiation hadn’t occured at that point, why, pray tell, would he be genuflecting? Think about it.
If you were to have carefully read Dixit’s post, you would have found that Dixit did, in fact, translate it:It would be quite helpful to many of us if Dixit would be kind enough to translate the Latin into English.
Incidentally, the same also applies to the Precious Blood. The priest shows the chalice to the people, replaces it on the altar, and then, genuflecting, adores it. At this point, Jesus is present, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. If he weren’t, peary, why would the priest adore the bread and wine, if we held to your line of thinking?No. The rubrics of the 2002 Missal state that, after saying the Words, “ACCÍPITE ET MANDUCÁTE EX HOC OMNES: HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM, QUOD PRO VOBIS TRADÉTUR.” that is “TAKE AND EAT OF THIS, ALL, FOR THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL FOR YOU WILL BE HANDED OVER.” (yes, I know, a hyperliteral translation) the priest “Hostiam consecratam ostendit populo, reponit super patenam, et genuflexus adorat.” that is “Shows the consecrated Host to the people, replaces It upon the paten, genulfecting adores It.”
**Would you please tell me why you are on my case all of a sudden? What gives with THAT?If you were to have carefully read Dixit’s post, you would have found that Dixit did, in fact, translate it:
Incidentally, the same also applies to the Precious Blood. The priest shows the chalice to the people, replaces it on the altar, and then, genuflecting, adores it. At this point, Jesus is present, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. If he weren’t, peary, why would the priest adore the bread and wine, if we held to your line of thinking?
He’s not adoring bread and wine. He is adoring the living God.
No one is getting on your case. You were the one who came up with incorrect notions. I was trying to correct you in fraternal charity. That is not getting on someone’s case.**Would you please tell me why you are on my case all of a sudden? What gives with THAT?**
Well, your idea of fraternal charity is not the same as my idea of fraternal charity, although I can be somewhat harsh too. Granted.No one is getting on your case. You were the one who came up with incorrect notions. I was trying to correct you in fraternal charity. That is not getting on someone’s case.![]()