Wheat bread and wine of the grape are the matter of the sacrament of the Eucharist because Christ instituted the sacrament under these species. Moreover, Christ compared himself to a grain of ...

Deacon Rachid Murad offers the chalice to a communicant after his ordination to the diaconate at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) ...

Eucharist / Holy Communion Most Christian denominations follow Jesus’ words at the Last Supper ... – to take bread and wine as an act of worship, remembering his death on the cross.