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What does it mean to consume the Body and Blood of Christ at Mass?
Is the Eucharist just a symbol?
Is Christ present in the same way he was to the disciples in the upper room?
If you are not sure how to answer these questions about this central mystery of our faith, you aren't alone—most Catholics don't. In Real Presence, University of Notre Dame theologian Timothy P. O'Malley clears up the confusion by explaining the biblical origins and long tradition of the Church's doctrines of real presence and transubstantiation. He also explores the spiritual practices necessary to form us to recognize Christ in the Eucharist and to see the Lord in others.