Eucharist

There are a few reasons why we should “stick to the script” when receiving Communion.

Is the Eucharist alive in your life? If not, would you like it to be? The celebrations of the sacred Paschal Triduum are a great place to start.

On Good Friday, the altars of the world stand bare. In place of the daily Eucharistic action, the Church centers her liturgy around Scripture readings, especially the Passion narrative, solemn petitions and the veneration of the cross.

As parishes navigate change through All Things New, Father Steven Binsfeld reflects on how ritual, Eucharist, and shared imagination can carry the Church forward with hope amid loss.

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia highlights the nation’s growing mental health crisis, while pointing to the “divine medicine” offered by Christ through the work of the Church.

There was a time in Church history when people rationalized that their Mass obligation was satisfied if they attended the offertory, the consecration and holy Communion. Any such thinking was eliminated with the Second Vatican Council.

Jenna Marie Cooper, who holds a licentiate in canon law, provides clarification on whether Catholics ‘need to bother’ with reconciliation or if attending Mass counts as absolution of sin.

Each day is like Christmas when Christ is born anew in our heart, mind and will when we take on a Eucharistic pattern to our life.