I’d Like to Say: Stop Weaponizing the Eucharist
We may find common ground on pro-life issues when we expand our view to include other pressing social problems.
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Notes from a Friar: The Power of the Eucharist
When we receive the Eucharist and say, quietly, “Amen,” we mean, “I believe.”
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Eucharist: Jesus Always With Us
The majority of weekday Masses that I attended in the 1950s were “Low Masses” that involved no singing.
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Letting the Eucharist Work in Us
Sister Holda, my Franciscan sixth-grade teacher at St. Peter’s in Skokie, Illinois, made all of us memorize Anima Christi.
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One-Hour Fast Before Communion
Q: Are we still expected to fast one hour before receiving Holy Communion? I have seen a woman chewing gum as she comes into Mass and is still chewing it as she stands in line to receive Holy Communion. I was ...
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Receiving the Host in the Hand
When and why did the Catholic Church begin the practice of receiving the host in the hand during Holy Communion?
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