what are the holydays of obligation in the catholic church 2013?
Name day Saint Patrick's Day Maundy Thursday Palm Sunday Saint George's Day Saint Joseph's Day Christmas
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 = = = = Proclamation as Christ and Transfiguration = = = = 

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 The Eucharistic celebration , also called the Mass or Divine liturgy , includes prayers and scriptural readings , as well as an offering of bread and wine , which are brought to the altar and consecrated by the priest to become the body and the blood of Jesus Christ , a change called transubstantiation . The words of consecration reflect the words spoken by Jesus during the Last Supper , where Christ offered his body and blood to his Apostles the night before his crucifixion . The sacrament re @-@ presents ( makes present ) the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross , and perpetuates it . Christ 's death and resurrection gives grace through the sacrament that unites the faithful with Christ and one another , remits venial sin , and aids against committing moral sin ( though mortal sin itself is forgiven through the sacrament of penance ) . 

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 The Catholic Church teaches that , immediately after death , the soul of each person will receive a particular judgement from God , based on their sins and their relationship to Christ . This teaching also attests to another day when Christ will sit in universal judgement of all mankind . This final judgement , according to the church 's teaching , will bring an end to human history and mark the beginning of both a new and better heaven and earth ruled by God in righteousness . 

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 According to church doctrine , the sacraments of the church require the proper form , matter , and intent to be validly celebrated . In addition , the Canon Laws for both the Latin Church and the Eastern Catholic Church govern who may licitly celebrate certain sacraments , as well as strict rules about who may receive the sacraments . Notably , because the Church teaches that Christ is present in the Eucharist , those who are conscious of being in a state of mortal sin are forbidden to receive the sacrament until they have received absolution through the sacrament of Reconciliation ( Penance ) . Catholics are normally obliged to abstain from eating for at least an hour before receiving the sacrament . Non @-@ Catholics such are ordinarily prohibited from receiving the Eucharist as well . 

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 Of the seven sacraments , the principal one is the Eucharist , celebrated liturgically in the Mass . The church teaches that through consecration by a priest the sacrificial bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ . The Catholic Church practises closed communion , with only baptised members in a state of grace ordinarily permitted to receive the Eucharist . 
