Isn’t the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Isn’t the loaf of bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Since there is one loaf of bread, we who are many are ...

In the Rev. Gene Shelburne's column last Saturday, he seems to be perplexed about why some churches would refuse to break bread with others. He didn't like the feeling of being left out of Holy ...

Communion is an important ordinance practiced by many Christians (it's one of the seven sacraments for Catholics). After all, it's a sacred reminder of the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross for ...

Editor’s Note: Parousia: The Bible and the Mass is the fifth study in the Journey Through Scripture series from the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. These excerpts from pages 9, 17 and 55 were ...

General audience, Benedict XVI speaks of the witness and the prayer of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr. Our prayer must be the contemplation of Jesus as "Lord of our, of my daily existence." ...

Last Friday, we focused on what it means to experience union with Christ. To review, union with Christ is what happens at the very moment someone is born again. Christ joins Himself to the person, ...

If we listen deeply to today's lessons, I think we'll quickly notice that they follow on very clearly from last week's Scriptures and our reflection on those Scriptures. You might remember last week's ...

At a time when division and polarization have come to characterize civil society and even churches, the celebration of the Lord's Supper stands as a sign of unity: "Because there is one bread, we who ...

The controversy over reception of Communion by supporters of abortion is ordered to helping all Catholics to grow in communion with Christ, the Bishop of Tulsa wrote to the faithful of his diocese on ...