Dear Brothers and sisters, as you all know its election time. Though I am not a US Citizen yet since I have been here in the USA for the last…
This intimate union with our God also reaches beyond the bounds of time and space, for the holy Mass joins us with all our brothers and sisters worldwide. That’s one…
As Eucharistic Prayer III says, “Listen graciously to the prayers of this family, whom you have SUMMONED before you: in your compassion, O merciful Father, gather to yourself all your…
A common response to the question, “Why don’t you go to church?” is a variation of these words: “I can pray at home!” I usually reply by saying something like:…
I would like to reflect on the third essential truth about the Eucharist from “The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church document. The Eucharist is Communion…
As Catholics we belong to more than just our parish — we are members of a universal Church and therefore we are never strangers when we meet with other Catholics…
BE TRULY PRESENT TO THE REAL PRESENCE. At the 1960’s Second Vatican Council, Saint Paul VI wrote, “This presence is called ‘real’ not to exclude the idea that the others…
To the human eye, the Eucharistic Elements still look and taste like bread and wine, even after they are consecrated, the highest form of a blessing. (Admittedly, for practical reasons…
To understand why the Church so firmly teaches that the Eucharist truly is the Real Presence of Jesus Christ, Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity, it would help if you…
“Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is…