Now, The Year of the Eucharist , guided and introduced by the Apostolic Letter Mane nobiscum Domine (October 7th, 2004), offers us an important pastoral occasion further to sensitize the Christian ...

The Eucharist, he said, “prepares us for the mission we are called to carry out.” “To give us strength and courage on the path of our life, the Lord has left us the sacrament of his ...

The sacrament of the Eucharist, sometimes referred to as Holy Communion, is steeped in tradition. One such tradition concerns the bread used during the administration of the sacrament.

One of the most fundamental teachings and practices of the Catholic Church is the Holy Eucharist. The Church derives its life from the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the “source and summit” of the ...

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O Most high and venerable Sacrament, have mercy on us. O Most holy of all sacrifices, ... our sins to a frequent reception of the Eucharist, we beseech Thee, hear us.

And know that perhaps you will gain more in a quarter of an hour of adoration in the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament than in all the other spiritual exercises of the day.” 2. St.

Migrants watching Pope Francis’ Mass in Juarez, Mexico, from a levee along the banks of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, take part in Communion, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. (Credit: AP Photo/Eric ...

The sacrament is a holy mystery. It is the most personal and intimate way Catholics connect ... The church has seven sacraments, but the eucharist is the “sacrament of sacraments,” said the ...

The Eucharist’s finality, in terms of communion and the Holy Spirit, emerges also in Bonaventure. His use of the traditional threefold sacramental structure in his theology of this sacrament ...

Of all the sacraments, the Eucharist is the most treasured, ... and through the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the holy sanctuary has now become the whole world.

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