The priest is merely a vessel for Christ. Christ transubstantiates the bread and wine at the hands of the priest.
The part in mass which you present the gifts of bread and wine is in the offertory part.
After a priest consecrates the bread and wine, then it is distributed to the people. First, the priest gives the bread. The parisioners wait. Then, the priest comes with the chalice and people either sip wine from the chalice or dip their bread into the wine. In between people sipping from the chalice, the priest wipes the lip of the chalice where the last person sipped. Some people believe it is more sanitary to dip the bread into the wine (rather than sipping from the cup after someone else).
Only a priest or bishop
The priest consencrates the bread and wine.
Good Friday.
well in a catholic church the eucharist is about Jesus Christ. we take the bread and wine to the priest and the priest is actually Jesus but in priest form and the priest (Jesus) converts the bread and wine into the body and blood of christ. when we take the body and blood, we are receiving the eucharist. eucharist has an H in it btw
The priest has a special authority to do this by virtue of his ordination.
Catholics believe in the doctrine of transubstantiation, which teaches that during the Eucharist, the bread and wine are transformed into the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ, while still retaining the appearance of bread and wine. This is based on the belief in the priest's power to act in persona Christi, or in the person of Christ, during the sacrament of the Eucharist.
The outward signs for Holy Eucharist are the words the priest says when he blesses the bread and wine and the words he says when he gives the bread or wine. Another outward sign is the breaking of bread.
Jack spencer
The altar is where the priest changes the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ.