Won’t you please take a few moments of your precious time to read and think seriously of my appeal to you? PLEASE DO NOT CAST THIS ASIDE It may be just what you need at this particular time in your life. For I am aware of all of the thoughts – fears – anxieties – […]
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By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. 1. The Real Presence The center of the whole Catholic liturgy is the Eucharist. The Eucharist is most important in the life of the Church because it is Jesus Christ. It is the incarnation continued in space and time. The other sacraments and all the Church’s ministries and apostolates are […]
By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. …104. Against what does Pope Paul VI especially warn the bishops? He warns them to be perfectly loyal to the teaching of Christ on the Real Presence and to promote tirelessly the worship of Jesus Christ who is living among us in the Blessed Sacrament. (MF 75) 105. What […]
By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Mystery of Faith Encyclical Letter by Pope Paul VIMYSTERIUM FIDEI, September 3, 1965MYSTERY OF FAITHSolemnly Promulgated by His Holiness, Pope Paul VI On the doctrine and worship of the Holy Eucharist. 1. The Catholic Church has always devoutly guarded as a most precious treasure the mystery of faith, that is […]
By John A. Hardon, S.J. Most Catholics take for granted the intimate relationship between the Eucharist and the Sacred Heart. They have come to associate the practice of the nine First Fridays, when Holy Communion is received, with the promises of our Savior to St. Margaret Mary for the grace of a happy death. They […]
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The worship and custody of the Holy Eucharist, independently of Mass and Holy Communion, can be traced to post-apostolic times. St. Justin, writing in his Apology around the year 150, says that deacons were appointed to carry the Blessed Sacrament to those who were absent from the liturgy. The […]
Reprinted from L’Osservatore Romano (English Edition) 26 June 1996, page 6 On the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the first celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi, the Holy Father wrote a letter to Bishop Albert Houssiau of Liege, Belgium, successor of Bishop Robert of Thourotte, who in 1246 had established the feast which […]
By Stephen Oraze There is a great similarity between the Prayer of the Angel, given to the three Fatima children, and the Chaplet of Mercy, given by Jesus to Sister Faustina in Poland. In both cases, we offer up to Almighty God “the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ.” In these prayers […]
By Fr. Herbert Thurston, S.J. The custom of honouring the Eucharistic presence of Christ our Lord by paying “Visits” to the Blessed Sacrament may be quoted as one of the most conspicuous examples of development in the devotional practice of the Catholic Church. Down to the latter part of the Middle Ages such an usage […]