Do I lack the necessity of charity? Not since my Baptism, if I haven’t rejected it. However, at the very center of my strength to sustain others is Jesus in the Eucharist. By adoring Him and receiving Him, truly present in the Blessed Sacrament, my charity increases, and I can ...
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Fr. Keefe did something very important in his book. He reconverted Catholic theology precisely to that Eucharistic Event, the New Covenant in the Lord's Blood, which will be the judge not only of Fr. Keefe's work but of all theological works, and which is in fact Catholic theology's ...
Consider what his approach to “Eucharistic consistency” (or is it “Eucharistic coherence”…) might be. Consider what he would do about prelates who waffle on morals, who do nothing about schlock worship, etc. Today’s Roman Station is St. Mary Major, the place traditionally for scrutini...
Communion as a remembrance of Christ vs. the Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist (Communion) Why Catholics don’t allow Christians outside the Church to take communion in the Church? Praying to Jesus alone for forgiveness of sins vs. Praying to Jesus and confession to a priest ...
He had faith in the promise of the Holy Spirit that he would not die until he had seen the Christ face-to-face. The beautiful words he spoke in the temple are worth hearing again. Holding the infant Jesus and raising his eyes to heaven, he said, “Now, Master, you may let your ...