to be sold, there is a special ceremony that marks its transfer from sacred to secular use. The chalice, paten, ciborium, and other liturgical items are treated with care and reserved only for use in the liturgy. Linens used at Mass are handled carefully and washed separately. The human body in life held the soul—the breath of God—within it. In Baptism the Holy Spirit took up residence in that physical being. Every time that person received Holy Communion, Christ entered him or her in a tangible
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