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Pflaum Publishing Offers Resources that Support Eucharistic Revival
This past June, the Bishops of the United States launched a three-year Eucharistic Revival within the United States. It will have many components both local and national. To learn more, the main website for all information is …
Begin the National Eucharistic Revival with Living With Christ
The Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States are calling for a Eucharistic Revival across the nation. This three-year initiative will have many components both local and national. The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body…
Answering God’s Call in the Second Half of Life
Looking back, Fr. Philip Luebbert, 63, had always known that God was calling him to the priesthood, but health problems and indecision amidst a rapidly changing Church delayed his ordination until the age of 60. Fr. Luebbert…
The story behind a Communion host
American Sisters have come a long way from baking Communion dough with tongs over an open fire
Praying with the Jesuits
In the mid 1960s, a French Jesuit named Joseph de Guibert offered a charming analogy about spirituality, first made in the Middle Ages. A spirituality is like a bridge, he said. Every bridge does pretty much the same thing: It gets you from…
THE SIGN OF BREAD & WINE
By Fr. Dwight Longenecker So often we attend Mass and take things for granted. Not paying attention, we miss the meaning and overlook the significance of the little things. The bread and wine are brought forward during the offertory, and…
What the seven sacraments have in common
BY PAT GOHN The seven sacraments — Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony — have five important elements in common. They are the sacraments of Christ. All are instituted and based on the…
The day I yelled at God, His answer brought me to tears
by Tom Hoopes The day I learned the power of the cross, I was unemployed and desperate. More than desperate, I was panicked and near despair. I had been looking for work in Washington, D.C., for weeks, and every promising lead had…
Living Eucharistic lives
by Bishop Robert Reed The news last August that growing numbers of Catholics no longer believe that the Holy Eucharist is Jesus Christ naturally led many commentators to wonder how we can reignite people’s faith in this profound mystery…
Healing & Peace
By Paul McKibben Fr. George “Chip” Hines has experienced the power of Christ’s healing from the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick as both a priest and a recipient of it. “This is a grace that I’m receiving, and we cooperate with grace,”…
