Mystery of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist inspires daily life for many
By Dennis Sadowski – The summer sun glistens on a calm Lake Erie off the Lorain shoreline, brightening the eucharistic adoration chapel at St. Anthony of Padua...
Category: Eucharist
Vatican, Italian media cover US bishops’ debate on Eucharist document
By Cindy Wooden – While the US bishops authorised the drafting of a teaching document on the Eucharist and insisted its planned section on “eucharistic consistency” was not...
Pope: Recover a Sense of Adoration
During his Corpus Christi Mass on June 6, Pope Francis said church reform must be based on an attitude of adoration.
Pope: Eucharist is Bread of Sinners, Not Reward of Saints
By Carol Glatz – People’s hearts and the entire church must be wide open to wonder and devotion to Christ and ready to embrace everyone – sinner...
Hungary for the Eucharist
In September the Church will stage the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Hungary. Bishop Victor Phalana explains more. The 52nd International Eucharistic Congress will be held from September...
The Blood of Covenant for Ever: Corpus Christi
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB Theme: “The Blood of Covenant for Ever’ Point of reflection: Am I faithfully keeping the covenant I made with God? Today’s liturgy...
Corpus Christi Reflection
REMEMBRANCE & THE SHAPE OF LITURGY (Mark 14:12-16,22-26) Millennia of slavery, serfdom, indentured labour; this is the debris of our history, millions of bodies deemed insignificant, cognitively deficient, without...
Can a Divorced Person Serve as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion?
By Father Kenneth Doyle – Question: Can a divorced person serve as a eucharistic minister, or do you need to get your marriage annulled first? I have...
Denying Eucharist Over Abortion Dangerously Ignores the Big Picture
By Tony Magliano – St Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthians writes, “When you meet in one place, then, it is not to eat the...
German bishop rules out general invitation to Communion at congress
Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, defended the plan for “ecumenically mindful” reception of Communion in Catholic and Protestant services during Germany’s ecumenical congress...
San Diego Bishop: Don’t Weaponise the Eucharist
By Mark Pattison– “The Eucharist must never be instrumentalised for a political end, no matter how important,” said Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego in a...
First Communion Recipient Overcomes Obstacles
Carson Crosby, a student at St. Anthony Catholic School in Columbus who received his First Communion this spring, faced a unique challenge. Carson has a genetic mitochondrial...
