...say, ' God forgives thee,' but ' / forgive thee thy sins." In consecrating the host he does not say, ' This is the body of Jesus Christ,' but ' This is my body.' Without a priest the Redeemer's death and passion are of no avail. Consider the plenary power of a...

...Hence the Priest, when he consecrates the Body and Blood of Christ in the holy Mass, does not say, " This is the Body of Jesus Christ," but " This is my body," because he speaks not as man, but as the representative of Jesus Christ, who by his hand offers to...

...rather, it is Jesus Christ Himself who pronounces them by his mouth ; for the priest does not say, ' This is the Body of Jesus Christ,' but, ' This is My Body.' Hardly has he said the word before he bends his knee to adore the Host, which he holds in his hands...

...show still better that it is only in the name of Jesus Christ that the Priest acts, he does not say This is the body of Jesus Christ, but This is my body. The Secondary Priest disappears to let the Principal Priest change the substance of the bread and wine...

...being His minister and acting in His name. This is why at the consecration the priest does not say : This is the body of Jesus Christ, but, This is My body — This is the blood of Jesus Chrif!. but, This is J\fy blood. The victim is the same as upon Calvary;...