Tag: Eucharist
Parish joy as Bosića, 85, finally receives the Lord
At 85 years of age Bosića Esposito was more than ready for her first Holy Communion.
Deaf, mute and unable to read or write she...
‘Not right’ for Catholics choosing VAD to receive Eucharist, bishops advise
Catholics seeking euthanasia should not receive the anointing of the sick and the Eucharist said Australian Catholic Bishops.
Bringing heart and head together at Mass
The Mass is the “source and summit” of our Christian life, where we gather each Sunday to receive Jesus Christ in Holy Communion.
WYD Tupperware Tabernacles call for a Eucharistic revival
By Joel Agius
When St John Paul II established World Youth Day, he said to the young people gathered that “in Jesus Christ, God definitively...
Simcha Fisher: When complaints about World Youth Day veer into irreverence
According to tradition, World Youth Day is being largely ignored by the secular press and is being marked with nonstop complaining by Catholic social...
Carlo Acutis: New biographies showcase the spirituality of a teen saint
Two recent releases on the life and work of Blessed Carlo Acutis bring very different perspectives yet tell us similar things about faith and holiness. In this case a little repetition becomes a helpful thing.
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: Receive the gift
This is the homily given by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP at the Solemn Mass for the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 25 June 2023.
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: Body and Blood
Therapists and life-coaches describe it as the antidote to our fast-paced and distracted lives, and a remedy for many physical and psychological ailments.
Philippa Martyr: Middle-aged Catholics have Eucharistic problems
It’s Corpus Christi, which is a great time to be Catholic in public, as well as private. I love Eucharistic processions, because when I was growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I hardly ever saw one. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament had really dropped out of fashion.
Patrick O’Shea: Our heavenly home is where the heart is
Anyone who has watched Monty Python’s Life of Brian can hardly forget the classic scene where John Cleese’s centurion gives a Latin lesson to Graham Chapman’s Brian. It took a bit of study, but I now know the proper translation for “Romans go home” is “Romani ite domum,” not “Romanes eunt domus,”
Philippa Martyr: No shame in sitting out Communion
If you’re not living in eucharistic coherence—when your soul, lifestyle, and beliefs all line up when you receive Holy Communion—what can you do about it? UK sociologist Stephen Bullivant and I are working through our Catholics in Australia survey results. We’ve noticed that receiving Holy Communion isn’t what it used to be.
Philippa Martyr: Making life and faith match at Mass
Are you eucharistically coherent? This is a personal question - but also a public one. Eucharistic coherence is a way of saying that your soul, your conduct, and your beliefs all line up each time you receive Holy Communion. But isn’t this a private thing that only I and God know about? Is this anyone else’s business?