Father Michael Ackerman has some suggestions to help us foster a personal Eucharistic revival. He was once told by a woman struggling with her faith that the Eucharist was mundane. Unfortunately, this attitude is not uncommon. So what can be done? Father
Bishop Olmsted explains why the Real Presence needs to be the foundation of faith for Catholics
In a conversation with Our Sunday Visitor, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix discusses his new apostolic exhortation that explores the importance of Catholics to foster a deeper devotion to the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. He says that not
In his latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope answers two questions about the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. In the first question, he addresses what it means when Jesus says in the Gospel of John, “I am the bread of life.”
In the wake of the August study by the Pew Research Center that says about two-thirds of Catholics do not believe in the Real Presence, most proposals to address this problem have focused on education. But the problem is more than an
As we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday as a Church and a nation, it is an appropriate time to give thanks for the meal Christ has given to us every day in the Eucharist. Writer David Werning looks at the Church’s consistent teaching
If we truly believed in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, how would we change? In this week’s Openers, assistant editor Ava Lalor shares a few stories about the witnesses of her parish priests and how their bold love, belief
Acknowledging evidence that "for several generations" the Catholic Church has not sufficiently taught its core truths, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky has called for all ministries of the Diocese of Peoria to be "intentionally centered" on the Real Presence in the holy Eucharist.
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Disbelief in the Real Presence is nothing new, but it requires further prayer and penance for our brothers and sisters
A new study about the level of Catholic belief in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist showed that a majority of Catholics do not believe that the bread and wine used at Mass become the body and blood of Christ.
While holy water often is used to bless people and items, it is not required for the blessing to occur