Monthly Archives: May 2018

Jesus Gives Himself to Us: He Offers His Real Body and Blood

Jesus Gives Himself to Us: He Offers His Real Body and Blood
The teaching of the Real Presence asserts that in the Holy Eucharist Jesus is literally and wholly present—body and blood, soul and divinity—under the appearance of bread and wine. We support this great truth in the Bible where it is directly declared in 1 Cor. 10:16–17, 11:23 –29, and most forcefully in John 6:32–71, as…
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Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity
We celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, the belief in one God in three different persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is the most important mystery and probably the most complex one. Why do we believe this? Well, not because the ancient bishops made this up, which never happened,…
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Let Us Join Together and Ask For The Gift of The Holy Spirit

Let Us Join Together and Ask For The Gift of The Holy Spirit
After the beautiful, glorious season of Easter we come to celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost. We can say that this is the birth of the Church; it is the coming of the Holy Spirit that empowers the disciples to go out and spread the Good News to the whole world. Now we see all the…
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Jesus prays for the unity of the Church

Jesus prays for the unity of the Church
In our gospel Jesus prays to God the Father for His followers, for you and me, for His Church. He prays for the unity of the Church. Jesus founded not several churches but one Church; no wonder we state in our Creed that the Church is one. Because of sin, throughout history the Church has…
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