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In The Celebration of the Eucharist, Charles Edward Miller deals with the Mass as a celebration of the Christian community. He speaks of the four ways in which Christ is present during the liturgy, outlines the eight elements in the Eucharistic Prayer and their corresponding eight steps to holiness, and follows with a complete study of the Mass—from the Introductory Rites to the Dismissal. ...

bring about the reality and the effect of the Eucharist among us. The Epiclesis is expressed twice. First the priest asks the Father: “Let your Spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy so that they may become for us the body and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.” That is the reality of the Eucharist. Later in the prayer the priest says, “May all of us who share in the body and blood of Christ be brought together in unity by the Holy Spirit.” That is the effect of the Eucharist.
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