The emphasis on the consecration in old sacramental theology overshadowed what the Eucharist is about. In the ancient church, people received Communion at every Eucharist they attended.

at the same time; but only one body of Christ, which is everywhere present whole and entire in the Holy Eucharist, as God is everywhere present, while He is but one God. Q. 889.

The Eucharist is not to make Jesus present so we can worship him, says Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese. If you want to adore Christ in the Eucharist, go to Benediction, not to Mass.

Through adoration, the power of the Eucharist comes into us.” Padre Pio Early in Msgr. Esseff’s priesthood, he traveled to San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, to meet Padre Pio, who had the stigmata ...

Eucharistic Consecration Malta Independent Saturday, 10 June 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago As the late Pope John Paul II used to say, our wounded world needs Eucharistic worship.

This is why the current acclamations addressed to Jesus after the consecration (“We proclaim your Death, Oh Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.”) are out of place.

In response, the Council of Rome (1059) required him to confess that the bread and wine placed on the altar after consecration are “the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the ...

Late Sunday morning, people gathered outside of St. Augustine Catholic Church for a processional they hoped would bring Jesus ...

The eucharistic prayer is addressed to the Father, not to Jesus. This is why the current acclamations addressed to Jesus after the consecration ("We proclaim your Death, Oh Lord, and profess your ...

Its consecration at Mass is not accompanied by lightning or thunder as if in a cartoon, he noted; nor is the Eucharist accompanied by visible heavenly splendor or choirs of angels.

We celebrate this year the centenary of one of the best-known texts of the French Jesuit and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. It was written as a prayer at two crucial moments in his ...

Sermon preached at Eucharist with Ordination and Consecration 2023. St Michael and All Angels Genesis 28: 10–17. The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle. Friday, 29th September 2023 ...