oly Eucharist we receive the living body of Our Lord,
and a living body cannot exist without blood, nor can living blood exist
without a body.

Q. 883. Is Jesus Christ present whole and entire in the smallest portion
of the Holy Eucharist, under the form of either bread or wine?
A. Jesus Christ is present whole and entire in the smallest portion of
the Holy Eucharist under the form of either bread or wine; for His body
in the Eucharist is in a glorified state, and as it partakes of the
character of a spiritual substance, it requires no definite size or
shape.

Q. 884. {244} Did anything remain of the bread and wine after their
substance had been changed into the substance of the body and blood of
our Lord?
A. After the substance of the bread and wine had been changed into the
substance of the body and blood of Our Lord, there remained only the
appearances of bread and wine.

Q. 885. {245} What do you mean by the appearances of bread and wine?
A. By the appearances of bread and wine I mean the figure, the color,
the taste, and whatever appears to the senses.

Q. 886. {246} What is this change of the bread and wine into the body
and blood of our Lord called?
A. This change of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Our Lord
is called Transubstantiation.

Q. 887. What is the second great miracle in the Holy Eucharist?
A. The second great miracle in the Holy Eucharist is the multiplication
of the presence of Our Lord's body in so many places at the same time,
while the body itself is not multiplied--for there is but one body of
Christ.

Q. 888. Are there not, then, as many bodies of Christ as there are
tabernacles in the world, or as there are Masses being said at the same
time?
A. There are not as many bodies of Christ as there are tabernacles in
the world, or as there are Masses being said at the same time; but only
one body of Christ, which is everywhere present whole and entire in the
Holy Eucharist, as God is everywhere present, while He is but one God.

Q. 889. {247} How was the substance of the bread and wine changed into
the substance of the body and blood of Christ?
A. The substance of the bread and wine was changed into the substance of
the body and blood of Christ by His almighty power.

Q. 890. {248} Does this change of bread and wine into the body and blood
of Christ continue to be made in the Church?
A. This change of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ
continues to be made in t