Eucharist
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Friday, November 18th, 2011This is the fifth article in our weekly series by Dr. Edward Sri on the new translation of the Roman Missal. A few beautiful changes have been made to the translation of the prayer at Mass that comes shortly before Holy Communion is distributed. The priest has been saying, “Happy are those who are called [...]
Your Moment in the Mass: For All or For Many?
Friday, November 11th, 2011This is the fourth article in our weekly series by Dr. Edward Sri on the new translation of the Roman Missal. Of all the changes in the new Mass translation, two words which will be used by the priest at the consecration have evoked the most questions. Those two words are “for many.” Currently, the [...]
The Model Mother and the Loving Savior
Monday, May 11th, 2009May is the month of Mary, and June the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Over at CUF.org, we’ve drawn two neat articles from the Lay Witness archives that touch on these subjects. In “Devotion to Mary, Fidelity to God Almighty,” Msgr. Eugene Kevane explains how Our Lady makes faith formation come to life. [...]
Pope Benedict’s Holy Thursday Homily
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Courtesy of Whispers in the Loggia. Just a snippet: Having given thanks and praise, the Lord then breaks the bread and gives it to the disciples. Breaking the bread is the act of the father of the family who looks after his children and gives them what they need for life. But it is also [...]
Speaker out of Line
Friday, August 8th, 2008In a recent interview, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California and outspoken advocate of abortion rights, told a C-SPAN reporter that her abortion advocacy has not resulted in her being refused Holy Communion. She said: “I think some of it is regional. It depends on the bishop of a certain region and fortunately [...]
The Newest St. Louis Cardinal?
Monday, June 30th, 2008In today’s Gospel, Our Lord says to those who would follow Him that “foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest His head.” This verse carries more meaning to me today as I reflect upon the announcement last week that Archbishop Raymond Burke has [...]
Living Fatima
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Today the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. On this date in 1917 the Blessed Virgin Mary made the first of what would be a series of appearances to three children in Fatima, Portugal, culminating in the miracle of the sun on October 13, 1917, which would be witnessed by tens of thousands of people. [...]
Pilate Light
Thursday, April 17th, 2008In St. John’s account of the Passion, proclaimed every Good Friday, we hear the dramatic exchange between Our Lord and Pontius Pilate in which Jesus makes this remarkable statement: “For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth” (Jn. 18:37). Just one day–or four chapters–earlier, Jesus [...]
To Whom Shall We Go?
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008A couple weeks before my daughter Virginia made her First Communion, I took her to lunch and talked with her about the Eucharist. To test her, I said, “Now Virginia, the Eucharist symbolizes Christ, right?” Virginia looked at me partly in horror and partly in surprise at my apparent ignorance. “Oh no, Daddy,” she said. [...]
More on Catholic Voters and Communicants
Monday, April 14th, 2008Today’s post is my response to a gentleman who sent me six questions via a handwritten note last fall as the 2008 campaign began to heat up. The questions should be obvious from the responses themselves. Your first point isn’t really a question, but rather you simply note that you agree with the first part [...]
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