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 '''45. Why does the Catholic Church give Holy Communion to the faithful in one kind only — namely, under the form of bread? '''

1. To prevent the Sacred Blood from being profaned, since, under the appearance of wine, it might easily be spilled, and could not well be reserved;

2. To make it easy for all to receive the Blessed Sacrament, as many feel a disgust at drinking out of a common chalice; and

3. To declare thereby against the heretics that Christ is present whole and entire under each kind.

'''46. Why does our Lord communicate Himself to all the faithful as food? '''

1. To give us a proof of His tender superabundant love, and to unite Himself most intimately with us: 'He that eateth my Flesh, and drinketh my Blood, abideth in me, and I in him ' (John vi. 57); and

2. To unite us also most closely together with one another by a bond of love and concord: 'For we, being many, are one bread, one body, all that partake of one bread' (1 Cor. x. 17).

'''47. What graces does Holy Communion impart to our souls? '''