[Quote from: John Laux, Mass and the Sacraments, (TAN, 1990) p. 43] St. Justin Martyr in the 2nd century, while St. Ambrose and St. Augustine in the 4th century among many others bore witness to ...

The holy Eucharist is not only a sacrament; it is also a sacrifice-the holy sacrifice of the Mass. [21] Cf. CCC, 1486, 1497. Individual and integral confession of grave sins followed by absolution ...