“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...
Eucharist
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...
Bored friends sometimes shoot me emails from their desks at work. They share some trifle that’s going on in their lives, then ask the inevitable question:...
I visited Peru in January 1997, graciously hosted by a family in Callao. My host, Carlos, and I were the same age, and he took me to a festival called...
At the center of our celebration are the simple elements of bread and wine. The wine used for Mass is much the same as any wine we might serve at our own...
My three teenage daughters and I sat on jackets on the sidewalk. We were part of a much larger human jigsaw puzzle, one that morphed every few minutes from...
Last fall, our son and the rest of his second grade class at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Fort Wayne, Indiana started preparing for their first communion. First...
The real bread of the Eucharist has plenty to say about people starving while others eat $17 burgers. Chicago has recently experienced an unholy attack on the...
A seminary pal of mine once remarked that he had no difficulty believing that Christ is present in holy communion. What he did question was the proposition...
The question of exactly when the eucharistic gifts become Christ’s Body and Blood has commanded attention and debate for centuries. From the supper at...
