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To: sinkspur
Because "the people" are the Church. Christ is present in His Body, the Eucharist, AND His Body, the community.

Misleading in that the modes of presence are "substantially" different. There is a transubstantiation of the Eucharistic elements into the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ our Lord. The "assembly" or the Body of the faithful, on the other hand, share in his presence not by virtue of transubstantiation of people but by the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the sacraments, the means of grace etc., et.al.

In writing this I realize how rusty my English is.

29 posted on 04/05/2002 8:53:05 PM PST by father_elijah
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To: father_elijah
Misleading in that the modes of presence are "substantially" different.

Yes. The modes are different. But one who attends Mass with the community of the faithful is part of a gathering that is more than just a group of individuals, each doing his own thing. There is a "body" of Christ present.

33 posted on 04/05/2002 8:59:17 PM PST by sinkspur
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