A Treasure To Be Shared

Being Eucharist: Becoming the Body of Christ The Eucharist is the "source and summit of the Christian life." Receiving the Eucharist transforms us into the Body and Blood of Christ. The Catechism states: "By the conversion of the bread and wine into Christ's Body and Blood, Christ becomes present in this sacrament." For the effect of our sharing in the body and blood of Christ is to change us into what we receive.  St. Leo the Great, Office of Readings, Second Week of Easter This transformation is not merely symbolic or metaphorical, but a genuine and substantial change. "The Eucharist makes the Church," as the Second Vatican Council taught. Our participation in the Eucharist unites us with Christ and with one another, constituting the mystical Body of Christ on earth. I heard this Thy voice from on high: “I am the food of grown men, grow, and thou shalt feed upon Me; nor shalt thou convert Me, like the food of thy flesh into thee, but thou shalt be co...

Mickey Sean Winters [ 3 minute read ] Hey Doris, how is it that you always manage to arrive at the beginning of the Gospel, crochet your way through the homily until the Lamb of God, and then vanish right after Communion? Is there some kind of dispensation I don't know about? Mickey, I guess you'll be adding one more item to your confession today, eh? That of cutting in line, aka elbowing one's way in, aka jumping the queue. Have you enrolled your daughter in catechism class? What is catechism?! That's a program to help you mentor your child in the Faith and provides support for your child to help educate her allegedly Catholic parents. Are you new here at Saint Gregory's? You're a regular? It's just that you seem so unfamiliar with the prayers and responses. Ohhh,... you were speaking in tongues. Maybe try sticking to the script. Little Mickey really seems to enjoy causing a commotion during the consecration. That must be frustrating for you and your husban...

Bergoglio Boniface VIII who succeeded Benedict XVI Celestine V who abdicated GREGORY DIPIPPO | NLM Pray for Pope Francis Commentary will be issued later today, after prayer, a good long walk, and a lot of coffee. We must redouble our prayers for Pope Francis, whose whole papacy, every smile, every hug of a disabled person, every exhortation to mercy, will be stained for the rest of history, along with the throne of St Peter itself, by this unprecedented and absolutely gratuitous act of pastoral cruelty, the attempted revocation of Summorum Pontificum. https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/07/pray-for-pope-francis.html#.YPJ5QuhKiUk RORATE COELI We were also asked if this is "huge". Yes, it is huge. It is the most stinging rebuke by a Pope against his predecessor in living memory -- there has never been anything like it. Remember that the document itself is just 14 years old, and that Benedict XVI is still alive. Legally, it's a complete mess. Benedict had made clear...

The Catholic Church is the family of God. With all the goings on regarding abuse, why is it that those who would sit in judgement of the Church—damning the righteous along with the unrighteous—ignore that, within any family, there can be the good or godly who love—but do not condone—those members of the family who, having behaved very badly, nevertheless merit our forgiveness? Let us be clear, forgiveness is not tolerance of wicked behaviour. Accountability for evil actions is required. What family, tested by addiction, hasn't had a moment or two or more when a well intentioned parent or sibling enables another son or daughter, addicted to drugs, by loaning him or her money for food or clothing or shelter, only to see that money used instead for the very thing contributing to a loved one's downfall? None are more appalled, shocked and angered by the horrendous behaviour of McCarrick and others, than the members of their family—the Church. Our abused brothers and sist...