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If God Is Present All Around Us, Why Does the Church Teach Transubstantiation?

Published: Jan. 16, 2024, 6:59 p.m.

A listener named Lenny asks Father Dave about the Church\u2019s teaching of transubstantiation. \u201cI went to Catholic High School, and we learned that God is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient,\u201d he begins. \u201c[Regarding] transubstantiation, we understand that the priest is bringing God or Jesus into the host. My comment, or my ignorant question is, wasn\u2019t he already there? Like if he\u2019s omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent, isn't it already that way?\u201d