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On the Sacrifice of the Mass - Lesson Twentieth

Baltimore Catechism No. 1 (First Communion Catechism)

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Lesson Twentieth of the Baltimore Catechism No. 1 continues the discussion of the Holy Eucharist by looking at the context in which the Eucharist takes place: the sacrifice of the Mass. This lesson from the First Communion Catechism contains 4 questions and answers drawn from Baltimore Catechism No. 2 (Confirmation Catechism). The numbering from Catechism No. 2 is used to make it easy to cross-reference the two catechisms.

For a detailed explanation of Lesson Twentieth, see the introduction to Lesson Twenty-Fourth of Catechism No. 2.

For more information and links to other resources, click on each question below.

262. Q. When are the bread and wine changed into the body and blood of Christ?

A. The bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ at the Consecration in the Mass.

263. Q. What is the Mass?

A. The Mass is the unbloody sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ.

265. Q. Is the Mass the same sacrifice as that of the Cross?

A. The Mass is the same sacrifice as that of the Cross.

269. Q. How should we assist at Mass?

A. We should assist at Mass with great interior recollection and piety and with every outward mark of respect and devotion.

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