Tag: Eucharist

When Pope Francis recently said that every time we receive Communion, it should be like our first time, it reminded me of a friend's...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Springfield Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki issued a decree June 6 stating that Catholic lawmakers in the Illinois Legislature "who promoted or...

At the end of Mass, we are blessed and sent “in peace to love and serve the Lord.” But how are we to be...

If the liturgy is truly the source and summit of the life of the church, the Communion rite is the source and summit of...

Catholics believe that Jesus is really present within the church in its status as the people of God -- as stated in the Second...

Corpus Christi. Body and blood. Real presence. When I was growing up and attending Lutheran Sunday school (until age 9), these terms were very unfamiliar...

There are occasions in the mad rush of life when responsible, caring people go considerably out of their way to make themselves present to...

We, in making ourselves present to others, signal our belief in them and our hopes for them. But do Christ's reasons for wanting to be...

  VATICAN CITY  -- Pope Francis has asked the president of the German bishops' conference to come to Rome to discuss pastoral guidelines for possibly...