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Catholic Education Resource Center: Search ResultsYour search returned... 0 Categories 37 LinksLinksCatholicism and Fundamentalism — The Eucharist - KARL KEATINGAfter establishing the biblical basis of the early Church’s belief in the real presence Keating goes on to answer all the main objections of fundamentalists to the Holy Eucharist. Read more... How to Receive the Eucharist - Rev. Adrian J. Parcher, O.S.B.Often in modern liturgy, the sense of reverence, of dignity, of awe, seems to have disappeared. Read more... What I learned From a Muslim about Eucharistic Adoration - PETER KREEFTThe central problem of the Church today is that most of the generation now becoming adults simply do not know Jesus Christ. Read more... Holding Hands During the Lord's Prayer - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSIn one of your previous columns, you addressed the reason for gestures at Mass. I am puzzled however by a seemingly new gesture: that of holding hands during the Lord's Prayer. I feel very uncomfortable doing it. I heard it is actually a violation of Canon Law because it assumes an intimacy or communion before the "real communion," the Eucharistic celebration. Why do pastor's allow it? Read more... Who Can Receive Communion? - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSI was wondering if you would address a question about the Eucharist. When can a non-Catholic receive the Eucharist? I do volunteer work in a nursing home and the priest who came to say Mass wanted to offer Communion to non-Catholics. I do not understand this because they have their own services and did not ask to receive the Eucharist. Read more... Limits to Receiving the Eucharist - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSPlease cite the Canon Law code that says one can only receive Communion twice a day and all of the stipulations. And what are the consequences to exceeding that law even if your intentions are truly to feel united with Christ and not a numbers game? Read more... Distribution of Communion - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSIn the reports of the pope’s recent visit to Austria, I read comments about the use of lay people in various ministries and how the Vatican issued a statement concerning them. As an elderly Catholic, I have always questioned the use of lay people helping with Holy Communion. What is the proper use of the laity as Eucharistic Ministers? Read more... Why Is the Precious Blood Not Distributed at Every Mass? - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSWhy is the Precious Blood almost never distributed at Mass? By not distributing the Precious Blood, the priest would seem to be disregarding the command that our Lord gave us when He initiated the Eucharist at the Last Supper: "Take and eat: this is my Body. Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them saying, ‘Drink from it all of you, for this is my Blood of the covenant, which will be shed on behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins." Read more... Eucharistic Fasting: Preparation and Penance - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSRecently someone told me that a person is supposed to fast one hour before receiving Holy Communion. I honestly have never heard that before. Can you clear up this matter for me? Read more... The Sacraments - PETER KREEFTProtestants don’t see why Catholics who come to disagree with essential teachings of the Church don’t just leave. The answer is symbolized by the sanctuary lamp. They do not leave the Church because they know that the sacramental fire burns there on the ecclesiastical hearth. Even if they do not see by its light, they want to be warmed by its fire. The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a magnet drawing lost sheep home and keeping would-be strays from the deathly snows outside. The Church’s biggest drawing card is not what she teaches, crucial as that is, but who is there. “He is here! Therefore I must be here.” Read more... The Voice of Peter - MOST REVEREND FULTON SHEENThe father and mother of a family suffer for their children; the priest bears the wounds of his parishioners, but into that chalice held by the Vicar of Christ seeps all the sorrows, such as those caused by disciples: “some walk with Him no more”, or who leave the Eucharistic Banquet and “go out into the night”. Read more... From Jewish Passover to Christian Eucharist: The Story of the Todah - Tim GrayScholars have often wondered how the practice of Christian Eucharist could have arisen from the Lord’s Supper, which occurred in the context of the Jewish Passover. Since Passover occurs only once a year, how is it that the Christians got the notion that they could celebrate Jesus’ sacrificial meal weekly, if not daily? Read more... The Catholic apologist's scriptural cheat sheet - CHRISTOPHER WONGSola scriptura Sola fide Salvation (once and for all?) Deuterocanonicals Purgatory Eucharist Baptism Forgiveness of sins Papacy/infallibility “Brothers” of Jesus Mary Saints Statues, images and relics Church and authority Priesthood Worship Justification Morality Read more... The Spirituality of St. Thomas Aquinas - ROMANUS CESSARIO, O.P.We see Aquinas's spiritual self-understanding reveals his deep personal love for Jesus Christ in the words that he spoke before receiving the blessed Eucharist for the last time: "I now receive you who are the price of my soul's redemption, I receive you who are the food for my final journey, and for the love of whom I have studied, kept vigil, and struggled; Read more... The Miracle of Lanciano - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSRecently, one of our parish priests mentioned the Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano in his sermon and also mentioned some scientific studies that had been performed. Could you please provide a little more information concerning this miracle Read more... A Priest of God Most High - Fr. William SaundersWho was Melchizedek? I hear his name mentioned in the Eucharistic prayer at Mass. Read more... Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Chapels: Their Place in Our Busy World - Tom O'Toole"The church and the world have a great need for Eucharistic worship. Jesus awaits us in this sacrament of love. Let us not refuse the time to meet Him in adoration in contemplation full of faith and open to making amends for serious offenses . . . of the world. Read more... The Eucharist and Culture - Ralph McInernyWhen she was being drawn to the faith, Edith Stein went into a Catholic church and was fascinated by the sight of people coming and going, kneeling for a time in silent prayer and then leaving. Making a visit, in the phrase; coming to adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Read more... Eucharistic Adoration: Another Dimension - Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R.I would like to discuss an aspect of Eucharistic devotion which is probably not central to the thinking of many of our readers: the social meaning of Eucharistic adoration itself. What should the Eucharistic presence mean to believers in terms of their membership in the Church and, going even further, as members of the human family, the children of God? Read more... Most Precious Treasure - Tim DrakeHistorically, perpetual eucharistic adoration was reserved only for cloistered convents and monasteries. Today it is a form of devotion on the increase among the laity. "People come to adoration because they are hungry and thirsty for the Lord," says Father Conlin, pastor of St. Columba Parish in St. Paul. "They find peace by being with him and they come away more focused, more courageous and more generous in living their faith." Read more... New book adds to Fr. Hardon's beloved legacy - Dominic AquilaOne of the most alarming statistics reported recently in the Catholic Press was that approximately 70 percent of Catholics do not believe or do not know that by the action of the priest during Mass Jesus Christ becomes fully present in the Holy Eucharist. With Us Today argues that this widespread disbelief and misunderstanding is the outgrowth of misleading doctrines that have been circulating among certain theologians for a good part of the twentieth century. Read more... Eucharist, Holy Meal - Scott HahnWe’re going to be focusing on the very center of the faith this morning, and I feel so woefully inadequate because there is just so much to say about the Blessed Sacrament. Read more... House of God Foundations - Michael S. RoseThe moveable tent-like sanctuary of the Hebrews is the earliest known structure in Judeo culture to establish a sacred place, one that was specifically meant to be a “house of God.” Whereas the tabernacles of the Christian churches are designed to hold the presence of God in His Sacrament of the Eucharist, Israel’s tabernacle in the wilderness housed the presence of God in a different way. Read more... The Catholic Doctrine of the Real Presence - Rev. Kenneth Baker, S.J.According to Catholic belief the Holy Eucharist is both a sacrament and a sacrifice. The aspect of the sacrament which I will consider now is what is known as the "Real Presence". Read more... Ten questions regarding the denial of the Eucharist - Barbara KralisSeveral U.S. bishops have recently voiced their opposition and ersatz reasoning why no one should be denied the Eucharist according to Code of Canon Law n. 915. Those in the pews are perplexed. Which bishop is correct? Read more... |
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