Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly What a beautiful time in our Catholic Church for all its members – the oldest all the way to our youngest. Personally, I am excited by the many possibilities to help our nation’s children love our Eucharistic Lord more deeply. Our job is to find ways to plant the […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly “The lawless one…the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the manifestation of His presence” (2 Thess 2:8). This verse is full of loaded terms. The Word of God is potent here with a rich array of interrelated meanings. Three Greek words are especially […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Our Lord Jesus Christ calls to our hearts. He humbles Himself in the form of Bread — a simple Host — in order to be available to us — to remain with us, to heal our wounded hearts, and nourish us with His abiding and incomprehensible Love and Mercy. […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Your flesh dwells within me Your breath my life now be My heart is with one accord Whence receiveth Thy Holy Word Overabundant be Thy Grace  In the Holy Eucharist I now face All contained within suffice To sustain me for this life And upon death’s calling The greatest […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly I stared at my computer at the half-written essay. I had been working on it for one of my toughest classes and feared it wouldn’t be finished before it was due at 11:59pm that night. I also knew that I might not have been able to finish, because our […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Children learn so much from watching their parents. Without even realizing it, we are all teaching our children about the Real Presence with the gestures we show the Eucharist. Attending any part of the National Eucharistic Revival or Pilgrimage certainly qualifies as a loving gesture, but small, everyday actions […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly “Alright kids, why do we go to Mass?”  We ask a variation of that question every time we arrive at our parish parking lot, usually sweaty and disheveled from wrangling four (soon to be five) children into the van. A mini call-to-action and reminder of why Mass is important, […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Something More There’s something moreBeyond that doorThan what meets the eyeTiny HostWe adore the mostOn the altar there abides Appears as breadChrist, risen from the dead,The ultimate sacrificeWho we abhor with our sinBy his mercy, He lets us inTo gaze upon Him, pure and white Body, Blood, Soul, DivinityExposèd […]