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Unbloody sacrifice

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A sacrifice in which no victim is slain.
(R. C. Ch.) The Mass.

See also: Unbloody Unbloody



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This is commonly expressed by an exaggerated emphasis on the meal aspect of the Mass at the expense of the Mass as the unbloody sacrifice of Christ on the cross.
Placing the altar in a more central location--even if only by 5 feet--presents the Mass as a meal, an action of the assembly, he says, while in reality "it's the unbloody sacrifice of Calvary done by Jesus Christ through the person of the priest.
 
 
 
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