Catechism number 1373

"Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us," is present in many ways to his Church:¹⁹⁵ in his word, in his Church's prayer, "where two or three are gathered in my name,"¹⁹⁶ in the poor, the sick, and the imprisoned,¹⁹⁷ in the sacraments of which he is the author, in the sacrifice of the Mass, and in the person of the minister. But "he is present . . . most especially in the Eucharistic species."¹⁹⁸