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Holy Eucharist
Many people were perplexed when bishops would not allow the substitution of a grain flour other than wheat. Instead, the Church recommended that those with celiac disease receive Communion under the form of sacramental wine.
Sociologists call the discrepancy between professed allegiance to a Church and actual practice “the God gap”. Let us take a moment and say a prayer for those in “the gap”, including the indifference and slothfulness
Yesterday we read in Numbers 13:1-2,25-14:1,26-29,34-35 the account of Moses sending out 12 spies to report on the land of Canaan. It is a familiar story of the reconnaissance and the majority report that told
“If we do not resist him, Jesus will touch our lips with the flame of his merciful love, as he did to the prophet Isaiah”. Below is the Vatican-provided translation of Pope Francis’ address to
To Francis’s ardent nature, knighthood seemed the supreme goal of life. It would be the light that would lead him from the disconsolate shadows into which he had fallen. It would liberate and defend him
A sweeping view of Rome is perfectly contained in the keyhole of a non-descript looking door on the Aventine Hill, neatly placing the dome of St. Peter’s right in the center. The doorway leads to
In the 60’s sit-com, Get Smart, Maxwell Smart would ask for the cone of silence, “the cone please”, when he needed to share a morsel of confidential information, or seemingly so to him, with the
Maybe, just maybe, marriage must fall so that the state can centralize the control of births, and even deaths. This top-down social revolution will quickly lead to polyamorous relationships and the need for standardized control
Is an attack against the Christian teaching of marriage (in revolutionary terms, the L’Ancien Régime) an attack against the liturgy of the Church? Yes, the liturgy. Pope Benedict XVI in his book on liturgy, A
When we are no longer present to our most immediate world, as when we enter a ‘text-space’ that casts aside the ‘human-space’ of human encounters, we have chosen anti-communion. We have broken with ‘now’ and
FOUNDERS AND FOUNDRESSES OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES I. Introduction From the time when Pope Pius XI published Unigenitus Popes have repeatedly addressed the role that founders and foundresses of religious institutes have played in the Church.
To be poor in spirit is to do God’s will with humility. As G.K. Chesterton puts it, St Francis became a beggar of stones not of bread. He was the reversal of a beggar, asking
I recently came across the December 10th, 1968, cover of the now defunct Look magazine. Rooted in Des Moines, Iowa of the late 30’s, the magazine began as an unusual format for the time —
From 96 year old Monsignor Foy… “I was recently contacted with concerns that some clergy and laity need to be reminded that they should genuflect when they pass by the Tabernacle. In response, I am
This is the sword of our time — that Christ is the sheepgate and there is no other way into heaven. As St. Augustine teaches, “My solemn word is this: I am the sheepgate.” Jesus
It was a dream that removed the stumbling block from Pope Innocent’s heart on this day in 1208 so that the ‘ridiculous’, ‘unsafe’, and ‘impractical’ life proposed by St. Francis was seen as holy —
Today in the Acts of the Apostles we hear the account of the angel of the Lord opening the prison doors and sending the Apostles to proclaim the gospel in the Temple of Jerusalem. The
The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World. The pure beeswax of which the candle is made represents the sinless Christ who was formed in the womb of His Mother. The wick signifies
During Lent we focus on our spiritual battles – the inordinate things we cling to and those we must “give up”. So what about the 50 days of Easter? During Easter many of us tend
Humility is fire, poured out, it gives light and shape to things. Like sand that is transformed in a furnace to become glass, humility is transformed by love to become a simple transparent bottle, that
There is so much energy wasted in trying to avoid suffering, trying to avoid the cross, that we often lose perspective. Our victory, and yes, even our joy — comes through suffering. Do not fear
Today, March 16th, we remember the heroic martyrdom of St. Jean Brébeuf and St. Isaac Jogues. It was their Eucharistic mission among the Huron peoples that bore testimony to the love of Christ fulfilled in
You are holy, Lord, the only God, and Your deeds are wonderful. You are strong. You are great. You are the Most High. You are Almighty. You, Holy Father are King of heaven and earth.
How much God love us — He has lowered the heavens so we may touch Christ Jesus and live love eternal. Receive heaven daily in the Holy Eucharist. “The first element of eucharistic faith is
Lent is about becoming little and realizing just how little we really need to be happy and content. Avarice, gluttony, all the deadly sins really, are an insulating “fat” mistrust of the Heavenly Father. Trust
