Tag: Eucharist
The Church ‘not a political party’
In latest catechesis, Pope Francis spoke powerfully on the church and rejected false synodality.
Philippa Martyr: The maleness of Jesus Christ
I’ve been reading a rather grim book lately called Clerical Sexual Misconduct, which was reviewed in The Catholic Weekly earlier this year.
But in the...
George Weigel: A new Sunday better normal
In his 2003 encyclical, Ecclesia de Eucharistia (The Church from the Eucharist), Pope St John Paul II invited Catholics to regain a sense of...
Peter McGregor: Prayerful and Eucharistic Plenary Council Paper
There is no doubt in my mind that this is the best of the six discernment papers
George Weigel: A crisis is also an opportunity
Thinking out loud about a return to “Sunday normal,” a veteran parish priest recently told me that he thought it would take one year...
Fr John Flader: Saint Lydwine of Schiedam
St Lydwine was a Dutch saint who was very sick, more sick than can be imagined
Simcha Fisher: In defence of communion rails
Stay with me here, there's something to be said for them
I was talking to a fellow who works as a missioner with the Maryknolls...
Fr Flader: The Supper of the Lamb
“Dear Father, When the priest holds up the host before Communion and says, “Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb”, is...
Simcha Fisher: Emotions not the same as faith
Feeling guilty about not feeling devastated without Mass?
It's been a long, dry spell. Many Catholics have never gone this long without receiving the Eucharist...
Pope warns of danger in online Masses
Pope Francis says he accepted a "scolding" by an unnamed bishop over livestreamed Mass
Spiritual Communion when there’s no Eucharist available
Did you know that you can receive Communion in a “virtual” form even when you are unable to attend Mass?
Steven Buhagiar: Living the Gospel of Life in an era of...
The 25th anniversary of Evangelium Vitae 1995-2020
Yesterday afternoon I walked up the path to our parish’s adoration chapel. It was locked as were all...
