The importance thus attached to Chrism is further shewn in the fact that Cyril uses the very same language in reference to the consecration of the ointment of Chrism and of the water of Baptism, and of the Eucharistic elements.  “The bread and wine of the Eucharist before the Invocation of the Holy and Adorable Trinity are simple (λιτός) bread and wine, but after the Invocation the Bread becomes the Body and the Wine the Blood of Christ Mystag. i. § 7..”  Regard not the Laver as simple (λιτῷ) water, but rather regard the spiritual grace that is given with the water Cat. iii. § 3..”  “The simple water having received the Invocation of the Holy Ghost, and of Christ, and of the Father, acquires a new power of holiness Ibidem..”