A. The bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ at
the consecration in the Mass.

263. Q. What is the Mass?
A. The Mass is the unbloody sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ.

265. Q. Is the Mass the same sacrifice as that of the cross?
A. The Mass is the same sacrifice as that of the cross.

269. Q. How should we assist at Mass?
A. We should assist at Mass with great interior recollection and piety,
and with every outward mark of respect and devotion.



LESSON TWENTY-FIRST
ON EXTREME UNCTION AND HOLY ORDERS


271. Q. What is the Sacrament of Extreme Unction?
A. Extreme Unction is the Sacrament which, through the anointing and
prayer of the priest, gives health and strength to the soul, and
sometimes to the body, when we are in danger of death from sickness.

274. Q. Which are the effects of the Sacrament of Extreme Unction?
A. The effects of Extreme Unction are: 1st, to comfort us in the pains
of sickness and to strengthen us against temptation; 2d, to remit venial
sins and to cleanse our soul from the remains of sin; 3d, to restore us
to health, when God sees fit.