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'''41. What is Holy Communion? '''

Holy Communion is truly the receiving of the real Body and Blood of Jesus Christ for the nourishment of our souls.

'''42. Was it God, or is it the Church only, that has commanded us to receive Holy Communion? '''

God has commanded it, and the Church also; for Christ our Lord says expressly: ' Amen, amen I say unto you: Except you eat the Flesh of the Son of man, and drink His Blood, you shall not have life in you ' (John vi. 54).

'''43. Must we also drink the Chalice, in order to receive the Blood of Christ? '''

No; for under the appearance of bread we receive also His Blood, since we receive Him whole and entire. His Humanity and His Divinity.

'''44. But why, then, did Christ institute the Holy Eucharist in both kinds? '''

Because He instituted it, not only as a Sacrament, but also as a Sacrifice, for which both kinds are required.