"With the
entire tradition of the Church, we believe that Jesus is truly
present
under the Eucharistic species. This presence…is called “real”
not in an exclusive way, as
if to suggest that other forms of Christ’s presence are not
real, but par excellence,
because Christ thereby becomes substantially present, whole and
entire, in the reality of
his body and blood. Faith demands that we approach the Eucharist
fully aware that we
are approaching Christ himself."
- John Paul II, Mane Nobsicum Domine, 16
