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Christ’s Offering of Self in the Mass
Every believer worthy of the name must sometime undergo the danger of scandal and its trial by fire. Some, the intrinsically shielded children of God, are able to come through; certainly not the...
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The Eucharist: Just Another Memorial?
A few weeks ago St. Louis University authorities removed the statue of the celebrated Jesuit missionary priest, Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet SJ, from its campus where it had been for decades and moved it to...
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5 Prayers of Thanksgiving for the Holy Eucharist
“Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!” 2 Corinthians 9:15 In the writings of the saints, there is unanimous agreement that the Holy Eucharist is the greatest gift of God to mankind—for it is...
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The Holy Day and the Sacred Hour
“And so the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He...
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The Biblical Roots of the Mass with Tom Nash
Today on the CE Podcast we get down to the real roots of the Mass and the Eucharist with Thomas J. Nash, a Theology Advisor for EWTN and author of The Biblical Roots of the Mass. We discuss the Old...
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Gratitude for the Greatest Gifts of All
The great mystical writer Meister Eckhart stated: “If the only prayer that we ever said were that of thanksgiving then it would be enough.” Jesus was dismayed and saddened at the reaction of nine of...
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St. Ignatius of Antioch: A Martyr’s Love for the Eucharist
If it weren’t for St. Ignatius of Antioch, I might not be a Catholic today. How could a first century bishop so influence an American guy two thousand years later? Well, I first learned of this saint...
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Ecclesia de Eucharistia: St. John Paul II on the Eucharist
Today is the feast of St. John Paul II. On this day, it is fitting to look at his writing on the Holy Eucharist since it was the center of his life and it is the center of the Church. His devotion to...
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Five Ways To Improve Our Reception Of Holy Communion
The greatest and most sublime action that the human person can do while living is to receive Holy Communion, in the state of grace, in a most worthy manner. The angels in heaven experience a holy envy...
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The True Waiting of Advent
We all know for certain that the Advent Season is a time of waiting. But how do we wait? What does this waiting of Advent look like? A few weeks ago, a man invited me to administer the Sacrament of...
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Find Union with God in the Eucharist
The Holy Eucharist not only develops, defines, and comes as the consummate expression of the virtue of religion, but also actively increases in the soul the possession of love itself. With the access...
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Ten Ways to Fall in Love with the Eucharist
The saints are the mad-lovers of Jesus; they were on earth and now are in heaven loving God for all eternity. In this article, we will give a list of what some saints have said in an excess of love...
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Truth and the Eucharist
One thought belongs here: revelation and the pious recognition of divine truth. What does community with another person mean? Above all, it demands genuine mutual exchange, respect for his person,...
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Eucharistic Mercy for Inner Healing
A Catholic who seeks inner healing is similar to the traveler on a journey. The Holy Spirit helps him to become aware of his heart wound and mercifully sets him on the road of encounter with Jesus. The...
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Missing Mass for No Reason
Q: I was visiting relatives over Easter, and sadly they do not attend Mass. I went to Mass, and reminded them that missing Mass was a mortal sin. They said, “Oh, that was in the old days. Missing Mass...
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Five Ways to Practice Conversion
Be converted, the kingdom of God is at hand. These are the first world we hear from the lips of Our Blessed Savior as He initiates His Public ministry. Conversion in Greek is Metanoia, meaning change...
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Frequent Confession, the Eucharist, and Our Need for Conversion
During this Lenten season we are called to examine our lives more closely in light of our relationship with Christ and His Church. Fasting, prayer, and almsgiving bring us deeper into the mysteries of...
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The Eucharist: Sacrifice of Praise
“Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.” (Heb. 13:15) As a teen, my first serious study Bible was The Student...
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Mother Angelica’s Ten Eucharistic Lessons
“I live because of the Eucharist.” With these poignant words of Mother Angelica reveal her identity as an apostle of the Eucharist. We can learn from her Eucharistic witness if we pray as she did,...
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One in the Eucharist
Sacraments are rituals instituted by Christ, woven together with signs and symbols, (CCC 1145) that “make present efficaciously the grace that they signify.” (CCC 1084) St. Augustine described them as...
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