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Arthur McGowan
Novella Nurney:
Read St. Thomas Aquinas on the Eucharist. Easy to find in the Summa Theologiae.
It is heretical to hold that, at the consecration of the Mass, there is some PHYSICAL change in the bread and wine. Transubstantiation is NOT a physical event. It is a metaphysical event. The substance of the bread and wine are changed into the substance of the Body and Blood of the Lord.
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Novella Nurney:

Read St. Thomas Aquinas on the Eucharist. Easy to find in the Summa Theologiae.

It is heretical to hold that, at the consecration of the Mass, there is some PHYSICAL change in the bread and wine. Transubstantiation is NOT a physical event. It is a metaphysical event. The substance of the bread and wine are changed into the substance of the Body and Blood of the Lord.

There is absolutely no physical change to the (former) bread and wine, which is why there is absolutely no change in how they appear to our senses. They also do NOT suddenly have germ-killing properties.

Saint Thomas deals with the question: "Is a Eucharistic Miracle the Sacrament of the Eucharist?" His answer is NO, because the moment the accidents of bread and wine cease to exist, the Sacrament ceases to exist.