Roman Catechism 18.105

Chapter 18 — Part II: The Sacraments — The Holy Eucharist

Section 105. This sublime mystery St. Ambrose thus declares: You see how efficacious are the words of Christ. If the word of the Lord Jesus is so powerful as to summon into existence that which did not exist, namely the world, how much more powerful is His word to change into something else that which already has existence ?