20. Jesus is somehow connected to his Church, the Body of Christ; so much so that he told Paul that he was persecuting him ...

Against the harshness of Jansenism, Jesus calls the faithful to come to the Eucharist more frequently, not less. This is the ultimate heart-to-heart friendship, which involves a mystical exchange ...

The house where the last supper possibly occurred is still standing in Jerusalem 2,000 years later — according to ...

Our biblical, liturgical and spiritual traditions, however, show us how close the link is between the mother of Jesus and his Eucharist. She is a sure and reliable model for us as we enter deeply ...

and that to receive in faith the gift of his Eucharist is to receive the Lord himself." 1340. "By celebrating the Last Supper with his apostles in the course of the Passover meal, Jesus gave the ...

These narratives suggest that we, the baptized, come to know Jesus not just in private prayer or special revelation but in our eucharistic assemblies. For St Paul, Eucharist is the appropriate ...

In any case, Jesus did not say ... The church also spoke of the Eucharist as making present and effective the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. But even here, the concept of sacrifice was ...

A new film focusing on the transformative power of the Eucharist will be hitting the big screen this June. “Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist” will take viewers on a journey to ...

To understand the Eucharist, we must remember that Jesus and his first disciples were all Jews. We might even say the first Christians were Jewish heretics because, unlike their fellow Jews ...

And inside the sunburst, called the monstrance, was the Blessed Sacrament, the consecrated eucharist bread that Roman Catholics believe to be the body of Jesus. A young woman stepped into the ...

(RNS) — Today’s Christian Eucharist is a combination of the Jewish synagogue service and Passover meal as adapted by the early Jewish Christians. (RNS) — To understand the Eucharist, we must ...