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Tiago Marciano wrote:

Hi, guys —

I went to Mass last Sunday, and the priest made a mistake when saying the words of consecration over the host. He said:

"Take this all of you and drink from it" instead of "Take this all of you and eat of it",

but the following words,

"This is my body . . ."

he said in a proper way, and there were no problems with the consecration of the wine.

  • Was the Mass valid?

Tiago
  { Seeing that the priest made this mistake during the Institution narrative of the Mass, was this Mass still valid? }

Mike replied:

Dear Tiago,

No, this was not a valid Mass because the proper form was not used.

  • Could he have made a mistake, maybe due to age?

Either way, make sure, after talking to the celebrant/priest about this, that the bishop is aware of this.

You don't want a serious error in "what makes a valid sacrament, a valid sacrament" to continue without being corrected immediately. All valid sacraments require a valid form and valid matter.

This web posting will give you the form and matter for all seven sacraments

Mike
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