NOTES

[1] Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 11.

[2] Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests Presbyterorum Ordinis, 5.

[3] Cf. John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae (16 October 2002), 21: AAS 95 (2003), 19.

[4] This is the title which I gave to an autobiographical testimony issued for my fiftieth anniversary of priestly ordination.

[5] Leonis XIII P.M. Acta, XXII (1903), 115-136.

[6] AAS 39 (1947), 521-595.

[7] AAS 57 (1965), 753-774.

[8] AAS 72 (1980), 113-148.

[9] Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium, 47: “... our Saviour instituted the Eucharistic Sacrifice of his body and blood, in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the Cross throughout time, until he should return”.

[10] Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1085.

[11] Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 3.

[12] Cf. Paul VI, Solemn Profession of Faith, 30 June 1968, 24: AAS 60 (1968), 442; John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Dominicae Cenae (24 February 1980), 12: AAS 72 (1980), 142.

[13] Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1382.

[14] Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1367.

[15] In Epistolam ad Hebraeos Homiliae, Hom. 17,3: PG 63, 131.

[16] Cf. Ecumenical Council of Trent, Session XXII, Doctrina de ss. Missae Sacrificio, Chapter 2: DS 1743: “It is one and the same victim here offering himself by the ministry of his priests, who then offered himself on the Cross; it is only the manner of offering that is different”.

[17] Pius XII, Encyclical Letter Mediator Dei (20 November 1947): AAS 39 (1947), 548.

[18] John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Redemptor Hominis (15 March 1979), 20: AAS 71 (1979), 310.

[19] Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 11.

[20] De Sacramentis, V, 4, 26: CSEL 73, 70.

[21] In Ioannis Evangelium, XII, 20: PG 74, 726.

[22] Encyclical Letter Mysterium Fidei (3 September 1965): AAS 57 (1965), 764.

[23] Session XIII, Decretum de ss. Eucharistia, Chapter 4: DS 1642.

[24] Mystagogical Catecheses, IV, 6: SCh 126, 138.

[25] Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum, 8.

[26] Solemn Profession of Faith, 30 June 1968, 25: AAS 60 (1968), 442-443.

[27] Sermo IV in Hebdomadam Sanctam: CSCO 413/Syr. 182, 55.

[28] Anaphora.

[29] Eucharistic Prayer III.

[30] Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, Second Vespers, Antiphon to the Magnificat.

[31] Missale Romanum, Embolism following the Lord's Prayer.

[32] Ad Ephesios, 20: PG 5, 661.

[33] Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes, 39.

[34] “Do you wish to honour the body of Christ? Do not ignore him when he is naked. Do not pay him homage in the temple clad in silk, only then to neglect him outside where he is cold and ill-clad. He who said: 'This is my body' is the same who said: 'You saw me hungry and you gave me no food', and 'Whatever you did to the least of my brothers you did also to me' ... What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by satisfying his hunger and then with what is left you may adorn the altar as well”: Saint John Chrysostom, In Evangelium S. Matthaei, hom. 50:3-4: PG 58, 508-509; cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (30 December 1987), 31: AAS 80 (1988), 553-556.

[35] Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 3.

[36] Ibid.

[37] Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Decree on the Missionary Activity of the Church Ad Gentes, 5.

[38] “Moses took the blood and threw it upon the people, and said: 'Behold the blood of the Covenant which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words'” (Ex 24:8).

[39] Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 1.

[40] Cf. ibid., 9.

[41] Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Decree on the Life and Ministry of Priests Presbyterorum Ordinis, 5. The same Decree, in No. 6, says: “No Christian community can be built up which does not grow from and hinge on the celebration of the most holy Eucharist”.

[42] In Epistolam I ad Corinthios Homiliae, 24, 2: PG 61, 200; Cf. Didache, IX, 4: F.X. Funk, I, 22; Saint Cyprian, Ep. LXIII, 13: PL 4, 384.

[43] PO 26, 206.

[44] Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 1.

[45] Cf. Ecumenical Council of Trent, Session XIII, Decretum de ss. Eucharistia, Canon 4: DS 1654.

[46] Cf. Rituale Romanum: De sacra communione et de cultu mysterii eucharistici extra Missam, 36 (No. 80).

[47] Cf. ibid., 38-39 (Nos. 86-90).

[48] John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte (6 January 2001), 32: AAS 93 (2001), 288.

[49] “In the course of the day the faithful should not omit visiting the Blessed Sacrament, which in accordance with liturgical law must be reserved in churches with great reverence in a prominent place. Such visits are a sign of gratitude, an expression of love and an acknowledgment of the Lord's presence”: Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Mysterium Fidei (3 September 1965): AAS 57 (1965), 771.

[50] Visite al SS. Sacramento e a Maria Santissima, Introduction: Opere Ascetiche, Avellino, 2000, 295.

[51] No. 857.

[52] Ibid.

[53] Ibid.

[54] Cf. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Letter Sacerdotium Ministeriale (6 August 1983), III.2: AAS 75 (1983), 1005.

[55] Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 10.

[56] Ibid.

[57] Cf. Institutio Generalis: Editio typica tertia, No. 147.

[58] Cf. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 10 and 28; Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests Presbyterorum Ordinis, 2.

[59] “The minister of the altar acts in the person of Christ inasmuch as he is head, making an offering in the name of all the members”: Pius XII, Encyclical Letter Mediator Dei (20 November 1947): AAS 39 (1947), 556; cf. Pius X, Apostolic Exhortation Haerent Animo (4 August 1908): Acta Pii X, IV, 16; Pius XI, Encyclical Letter Ad Catholici Sacerdotii (20 December 1935): AAS 28 (1936), 20.

[60] Apostolic Letter Dominicae Cenae (24 February 1980), 8: AAS 72 (1980), 128-129.

[61] Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Letter Sacerdotium Ministeriale (6 August 1983), III.4: AAS 75 (1983), 1006; cf. Fourth Lateran Ecumenical Council, Chapter 1, Constitution on the Catholic Faith Firmiter Credimus: DS 802.

[62] Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Decree on Ecumenism Unitatis Redintegratio, 22.

[63] Apostolic Letter Dominicae Cenae (24 February 1980), 2: AAS 72 (1980), 115.

[64] Decree on the Life and Ministry of Priests Presbyterorum Ordinis, 14.

[65] Ibid., 13; cf. Code of Canon Law, Canon 904; Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, Canon 378.

[66] Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests Presbytero- rum Ordinis, 6.

[67] Cf. Final Report, II.C.1: L'Osservatore Romano, 10 December 1985, 7.

[68] Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 26.

[69] Nicolas Cabasilas, Life in Christ, IV, 10: SCh 355, 270.

[70] Camino de Perfección, Chapter 35.

[71] Cf. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on Some Aspects of the Church Understood as Communion Communionis Notio (28 May 1992), 4: AAS 85 (1993), 839-840.

[72] Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 14.

[73] Homiliae in Isaiam,6, 3: PG 56, 139.

[74] No. 1385; cf. Code of Canon Law, Canon 916; Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, Canon 711.

[75] Address to the Members of the Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary and the Penitentiaries of the Patriarchal Basilicas of Rome (30 January 1981): AAS 73 (1981), 203. Cf. Ecumenical Council of Trent, Sess. XIII, Decretum de ss. Eucharistia, Chapter 7 and Canon 11: DS 1647, 1661.

[76] Canon 915; Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, Canon 712.

[77] Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 14.

[78] Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, III, q. 73, a. 3c.

[79] Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on Some Aspects of the Church Understood as Communion Communionis Notio (28 May 1992), 11: AAS 85 (1993), 844.

[80] Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 23.

[81] Ad Smyrnaeos, 8: PG 5, 713.

[82] Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 23.

[83] Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on Some Aspects of the Church Understood as Communion Communionis Notio (28 May 1992), 14: AAS 85 (1993), 847.

[84] Sermo272: PL 38, 1247.

[85] Ibid., 1248.

[86] Cf. Nos. 31-51: AAS 90 (1998), 731-746.

[87] Cf. ibid., Nos. 48-49: AAS 90 (1998), 744.

[88] No. 36: AAS 93 (2001), 291-292.

[89] Cf. Decree on Ecumenism Unitatis Redintegratio, 1.

[90] Cf. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 11.

[91] “Join all of us, who share the one bread and the one cup, to one another in the communion of the one Holy Spirit”: Anaphora of the Liturgy of Saint Basil.

[92] Cf. Code of Canon Law, Canon 908; Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, Canon 702; Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, Ecumenical Directory, 25 March 1993, 122-125, 129-131: AAS 85 (1993), 1086-1089; Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Letter Ad Exsequendam, 18 May 2001: AAS 93 (2001), 786.

[93] “Divine law forbids any common worship which would damage the unity of the Church, or involve formal acceptance of falsehood or the danger of deviation in the faith, of scandal, or of indifferentism”: Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches Orientalium Ecclesiarum, 26.

[94] No. 45: AAS 87 (1995), 948.

[95] Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches Orientalium Ecclesiarum, 27.

[96] Cf. Code of Canon Law, Canon 844 §§ 3-4; Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, Canon 671 §§ 3-4.

[97] No. 46: AAS 87 (1995), 948.

[98] Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Decree on Ecumenism Unitatis Redintegratio, 22.

[99] Code of Canon Law, Canon 844; Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, Canon 671.

[100] Cf. AAS 91 (1999), 1155-1172.

[101] No. 22: AAS 92 (2000), 485.

[102] Cf. No. 21: AAS 95 (2003), 20.

[103] No. 29: AAS 93 (2001), 285.

[104] Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, III, q. 83, a. 4c.