ABLUTIONS

BASIC R.C. BELIEF

The ceremonial purification after Holy Communion. The priest purifies his

chalice with wine, then with water and wine, then washes his fingers with

which he touched the Sacred Host. These actions are accompanied with

appropriate prayers and come just before the end of the Mass (CATHOLIC WORD

BOOK, Knights of Columbus).

POST VATICAN II

This is no longer an essential public rite; most priests cleanse the

chalice in the sacristy. Care is still taken not to profane the consecrated

wine.

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

This demonstrates the reality of the Roman Catholic belief in

transubstantiation. They really believe the Body and Blood of Christ are

substantially present in just a crumb of the wafer or a drop of the wine.

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