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Roman Catholic AnswerYou are referring to the Most Holy Eucharist, otherwise called the Mass; but you have it wrong, it does NOT symbolically re-enact the Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross; it re-presents it (not represents it, but actually presents it again). In other words, it makes the people present at the Mass actually present and witnessing the one and only sacrifice of Our Blessed Lord on the Cross. It is NOT symbolic. It is actual.
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