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The Epiclesis ("inVocation upon") is the Intercession in which the Priest begs the Father to send the Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier, so that the Offerings may become the body and Blood of Christ and that the Faithful by receiving them, may Themselves become a living offering to God. 23

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