Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify The question of whether a priest should ever withhold communion from a Catholic has become the subject of heated debate in...
Eucharist
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Different Christian denominations have different ways of interpreting and honoring Jesus’ actions and words at the Last...
Years ago, I noticed an unexpected phenomenon. I had recently moved to New York, and on my afternoon rush hour commute I saw people eating as they rode in the...
Earlier this year, a lot of (sometimes misleading) controversy swirled around the question of abortion, Catholic politicians, and communion. This isn’t a new...
What does Eucharist call us to be? How does Eucharist shape our lives? Scripture scholar and Blessed Sacrament Father Eugene LaVerdiere wrote an influential...
I never imagined Eucharist could smell like beef stew—until it did. Church bells toll across campus. Each gong sings through the early evening air with...
Corresponding Reader Survey: Catholics explain the heart of what they believe The first time I attended Mass was on a lunch break at my Protestant seminary. I...
Things are moving so rapidly it’s difficult to get some perspective. In a span of a few weeks we’ve gone from praying for people elsewhere in the world...
“The Body of Christ . . .” In early September of 2012, Cardinal Donald Wuerl looked pointedly at me as he offered holy communion on the high altar of the...
At my former parish I was the catechist for second graders, students for whom the chief focus and driving dynamic of the school year was, of course...
