On Saturday, April 13, Christ Church Newman Center hosts the 16th annual Father Wil Illies Heart Speaks to Heart Memorial Lecture where Capuchin Father Edward Foley will present “The Justice of the Jesus Table: Eucharist Origins, Inclusion and Mission.”
Jesus’ entire existence was Eucharistic. If we are going to live as his disciples and respond wholeheartedly to the gift of his grace, our lives need to be marked by a Eucharistic dynamic.
In the form of the Eucharist, Jesus Christ has descended into the world of matter, and we partake of the very King of Heaven, under the form of the most ordinary bread.
Every new year marks a new beginning, a chance to make a fresh start. This is a hopeful thought and a very “Catholic” thought. Our life of faith is always a work of beginning and beginning again.
When the church speaks of the need for unity, we typically gravitate to the important work of ecumenism…but, most regrettably, the need for unity has become an increasing and acute concern within our own fold.
Seeing Jesus present in the Eucharist, allows us to be more able to see him in our brothers and sisters — especially those most broken and lost ones.
As someone who leads an apostolate for Catholic pilgrimage, I often get asked which one pilgrimage journey is my favorite. Easy answers recount long, arduous pilgrimages between California missions, or through the Wisconsin farmland that leads us to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to a local girl.
My favorite pilgrimage, however, is the one I make each time I attend Mass.
A possible Eucharistic miracle in Connecticut is now under investigation by the Vatican.
