When Augustine spoke of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist ... to God and they proclaimed the people’s desire to draw near to God in communion. The people understood these rituals ...

Transubstantiation – the idea that during Mass, the bread and wine used for Communion become the body and blood of Jesus Christ – is central to the Catholic faith. Indeed, the Catholic Church teaches ...

Today is the solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. With many people still unable ... on our emotions and struggles while helping us draw nearer to God. in partnership with: Sponsored through ...

yet one in which we know that our faithful God will continue to draw us forth, no matter what. That's plenty of reason to sing! The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ invites us to become ...

and provides a detailed history of many instances in the early Church in which the cup or the host only was distributed (thus implying indirectly that both Body and Blood and the whole Christ were ...

I will recall my prayers there with special fondness on May 25, feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. As I stood ... The overall effect is to draw the eye upward, beyond the basilica ...

May this feast of the Body and Blood of Christ give us the strength of our convictions. May the real food and drink we provide away from this sacred table prove to the world the power of the ...