[Salvation]

To me, as the priest invokes the Holy Spirit and makes the Sign of the Cross over the bread and wine, the epiclesis is one of the most solemn moments of the Mass. I am always awed.

[Salvation]

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Salvific Will	Holy Spirit	Transplantation of Organs
Spiritual Espousals	Addiction	Coenobium
Irascible Appetite	Development of Doctrine	Equiprobabilism
Advocate	Latency Period	Seven Sacraments
Rosary	Epiklesis/Epiclesis

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[annalex]

Very useful Wiki article is Epiclesis

This is one of the areas where the reforms of the Second Vatican Council were salutary.