The Second Vatican Council referred to the Eucharist as “the source and summit of the Christian life,” St. Augustine referred to it as “a Divine storehouse filled with every virtue,” and St. Thérèse ...
The Creator of the universe makes himself present in a manner that we can receive. He does so not because he needs anything ...
A nasty quarrel arose in the 11th century over what kind of bread should be used in holy communion. The view in Constantinople was the bread for the eucharist must be sourdough. But in Rome, an ...
With a handful of U.S. dioceses moving to restrict the practice, Catholics are debating whether receiving Communion from the ...
Pope Francis leads Benediction of the Eucharist during Mass on the feast of Corpus Christi in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican June 6, 2021. (Credit: Giuseppe Lami/Reuters pool via CNS.) Listen ...
At the request of the Holy Father, Pope Francis, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments is writing to Diocesan Bishops (and to those who are their equivalents in law) ...
1. "Lauda, Sion, Salvatorem, lauda ducem et pastorem in hymnis et canticis": "Praise your Saviour, Zion, praise with hymns and canticles, Christ, your king and shepherd". With faith and devotion we ...
The particles placed on the diskos during the Divine Liturgy. The large cube is the Lamb, the triangle to the left is the particle for the Theotokos taken out of the Panagia. Waelsch: Orthodox paten ...