by Archbishop Raymond L. Burke Introduction In presenting the Church’s pastoral plan at the beginning of the Third Christian Millennium, our Holy Father Pope John Paul II reminded us strongly that it is not a question of some “new program,” which we must invent, but rather “the plan found in the Gospel and in the […]
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by Fr. John Hardon, S.J. There is generally no difficulty speaking about the Holy Eucharist as sacrament. In fact, this is the way most Catholics think of the Holy Eucharist. However, our perspective will be more specific. We will reflect on the meaning of the Holy Eucharist as a channel of grace and how Holy […]
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The Real Presence The Eucharist as the Real Presence is the touchstone of sanctity. As evidence of this fact we have the witness of the saints who, when they speak or write about the power of the Blessed Sacrament to sanctify, seem to be positively extreme in their claims […]
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The most fundamental question to ask about the Blessed Sacrament is, “Who is the Holy Eucharist?” And the correct answer is: The Holy Eucharist is Jesus Christ. There is more behind this answer than many Catholics realize. When the Council of Trent in the sixteenth century defined the meaning […]
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. When Pope Paul VI published his now historic Encyclical Mysterium Fidei on the Real Presence, he reminded especially us priests, that there is a crisis of faith regarding the Eucharist and that Catholics had better awaken to the fact. Otherwise they are liable to be swept off their feet […]
by Archbishop Raymond L. Burke Introduction The principal image with which the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council described the nature of the Church was communion. The Church is the instrument of our communion with God and with one another. It is her mission to safeguard and foster our communion with God — Father, Son and Holy […]