TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS: Consecration and Elevation

This video shows the most important part of the Mass which is the Consecration. The bread and wine that was presented by the altar boys are now changed into the Body and Blood of Christ, who is really present in the altar. Through the priest, Christ offers Himself to God in commemoration of His death on the cross. Since Jesus is living now in Heaven, His Body cannot be separated from His Blood or the other way around. So in the Host alone, as in the Chalice alone, the Living Body of Jesus is really and completely present. A double Consecration is necessary because only where there is a separate Consecration of Christ's Body and Blood is the sacrifice complete. Since every Mass is the same sacrifice that Christ made on the cross, every Mass must show forth the death of Christ. After each consecration are the major elevations, in which the priest raises our Eucharistic Lord for us to adore, and we must fall on our knees because even in our sinfulness, we still have the privilege and opportunity to be with Him present at the hands of the priest. For Scriptural basis of the Holy Eucharist, see John 6:48-59, Matthew 26:26-28 and 1 Corinthians 11:23-29.