The Real Presence of Christ in the Mass

Christ is present in the Mass:

• In the person of his minister
  
• Especially under the Eucharistic species
  
• He is present in his word, since it is himself who speaks when the Holy Scriptures are read in the Church.
  

The Mass because it is an action of Christ the priest and his Body the Church, is a sacred action surpassing all others. No other action of the Church can match its claim to efficacy, nor equal the degree of it.

The Liturgy is the summit towards which the activity of the Church is directed; at the same time, it is the fountain from which all her power flows. The renewal in the Eucharist of the Covenant between the Lord and man draws the faithful into the compelling love of Christ and sets them afire. From the Eucharist as from a fountain, grace is channeled to us.

DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH (Vatican Council II)

CONSTITUTION ON THE LITURGY (Vatican Council II)