As any parent will understand, praying well at Mass with three children is not easy — or sometimes, even possible.
A Eucharistic Word: Habit
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist
St. Joseph: A patron for us all
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Filed Under: Commentary, Saints
In addition to his patronage of the church and a happy death, St. Joseph is patron of nearly a dozen countries. He also is patron of the sick, fathers and husbands, and workers, among others.
A Eucharistic Word: Embodied
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist
Much of our “practice” of Catholicism is cooperating with God’s grace so that the Word is made flesh in us.
A Eucharistic Word: Holiness
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Saints
Truly in the Eucharist, as the saints came to know, we find the answer to our searching, the satisfaction to our yearning, the meaning of it all.
Cardinal O’Malley devotes decades to making ‘present the merciful face of God’
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Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Retirement, Vocations, World News
Cardinal O’Malley, who was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin on Aug. 29, 1970, at the age of 26, has been a key figure at the highest levels of church governance in helping oversee reforms in the wake of the clergy sexual abuse crisis.
A eucharistic Word: Christmas
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Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Commentary
Keeping Christ in Christmas, or in any other day for that matter, is really the challenge of a eucharistic lifestyle. Our words are meaningless and empty when they are not upheld by our personal conformity in all we think, say and do.
A Eucharistic Word: Waiting
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist
The Eucharist, as the source and summit of Christian life, has much to teach us about waiting.
USCCB President: Living the virtues, listening and dialogue are vital to church, society
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Filed Under: Bishops, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wrapped up its fall plenary assembly’s final public session Nov. 13 in Baltimore, in which the bishops discussed topics ranging from the recent election, to synodality, to care for the environment, to life issues, including abortion and immigration.
Boston’s new archbishop introduces himself
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Filed Under: Bishops, Commentary
The historic mother church of America’s fourth largest diocese was the setting for the installation of its new archbishop, Richard G. Henning.
Declaring saints: How the canonization process works
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News
All Saints Day on Nov. 1 is an annual reminder that we are surrounded by a “cloud of witnesses” that are worshipping the Lord and praying for us, but how, exactly, is someone formally named a saint?
A Eucharistic Word: Fruitfulness
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist
The Eucharist truly is the gift that shapes our character into his. We pray, as St. Augustine preached, that we will ever more fully become who we receive.
A Eucharistic Word: Reception
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist
The Holy Eucharist is a treasure beyond compare, deserving our safeguarding and protection. We should and must be vigilant to ensure the Eucharist is not abused or desecrated.
