The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is an idea that has fallen into disfavor in modernity, for various reasons. In Protestant circles, of course, the notion that the Mass could be a sacrifice is often seen ...

At times, the Catechism of the Catholic Church can read like a plumber’s manual. While such an approach might be needed in some areas, such as within the intricacies of the various parts of the creed, ...

The link between the Eucharist and peace has been stressed from the earliest days of the Church. As Saint Ignatius of Antioch said, "It puts an end to every war waged by heavenly and earthly enemies." ...

A careful reading of the Eucharistic prayers (12 have been approved for use by the church) shows that the purpose of the ...

Have you found out what sacrifice is?” asked the pastor when the religious education instructor had herded her charges back into the front pews. “Yes,” she answered triumphantly, “sacrifice means ...

We Christians are a people divided by what unites us. We believe that God has, through the body and blood of Jesus Christ, made us one people, but how the Eucharist works to make us one with God and ...

VATICAN CITY—“The Church draws her life from the Eucharist,” opens Pope John Paul II's latest encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia (The Church of the Eucharist), released Holy Thursday, April 17. “This ...

(RNS) — There has been a lot of clerical hand-wringing of late about Catholics who don’t believe what the church teaches about Christ’s presence in the bread and wine of the Eucharist. According to ...

In a letter to the leaders of the world's episcopal conferences, the head of the Vatican's office for worship and sacraments said that Catholic communities should return to Mass as soon as it can be ...

Many churchgoers go faithfully to regular Sunday Mass more as a ritualistic obligation for their personal salvation and to feel closer to the Lord by receiving the Body and Blood of Christ in Holy ...