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Category Archives: Eucharist
To Humility, Generosity and Confidence
St. Francis de Sales teaches that humility is more than us lacking trust in ourselves. On the contrary, humility is an expression of our confidence in God and His generosity. For in humility we can echo words of St. Paul … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessed Mother, Confidence, Generosity, Humility, Lack of Trust, Luke 1:28, Philippians 4:13, St. Francis De Sales, St. Paul, Trust
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To Sustaining Life
What sustains human life? God the Father reveals in Deuteronomy 8:3 “that man does not live by bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.” All that man is and has … Continue reading
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Tagged Bread of Life, Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Christianity, Drink His Blood, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Have No Life in You, He Who Eats My Flesh and Drinks My Blood has Eternal Life, I Will Raise Him Up at the Last Day, John 1: 14, John 6:51, John 6:53, John 6:54, Living Bread which Came Down from Heaven, Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone, Man Lives by Everything that Proceeds Out of the Mouth of the Lord, Sustaining Life, Unless You Eat the Flesh of the Son of Man
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On Our Faith
Our faith is mysterious. We are incapable, with our limited reasoning powers, of comprehending God. He is one, yet three; all powerful, but created man with a free will; true God and true man. Faith is our response to we … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Christianity, Faith, grace, Hebrews 11:1, Holy Spirit, Mysterious, Mystery, St. Thomas Aquinas
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Epiousious
Sometimes the beauty and mystery of a biblical verse cannot be captured in translation. For example, scholars, saints, and doctors of the Church have been perplexed with how to translate the verse “Give us this day our daily bread.” The … Continue reading
Proverbs and the Eucharist
“Let whoever is simple turn in here!” To him who is without sense she says, “Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.” The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Christianity, Eucharist, Proverbs, Proverbs 9
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The Crushed Revives the Spirit and Heart
On high I dwell, and in holiness, and with the crushed and dejected in spirit. To revive the spirits of the dejected, to revive the hearts of the crushed. (Isaiah 57:15) The above verse from Isaiah resonated within as I … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Christ, Christian., Eucharist, Isaiah 57:15
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The Sacrifice of Able as a Prototype of the Eucharist
Three sacrifices are presented in the story of Cain and Able following the fall of Adam and Evil. After banishment from the Garden of Eden, sacrifice is the first interaction of man with the Lord. Both Cain and Able offer … Continue reading
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Tagged Able, Adam and Eve, Cain, Cain and Able, Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Eucharist, Fat Portions, Firstlings, Lamb of God, Offering, Sacrifices
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The Fall of Adam and Eve as a Prototype to the Eucharist
The story of Adam and Eve involves three covenants: God’s covenant with humanity; the marital covenant between man and woman; and the breaking of the covenant between humanity and God through an act of eating. On the seventh day God … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam and Eve, Catholic, Covenant, Eucharist, Garden of Eden, marital covenant, marital relationship, marriage, the Fall, Tree of Knowledge, Tree of Life
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Corpus Christi
This Sunday was the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. The solemnity celebrates Jesus’ institution of the Eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood at the Last Supper. The Eucharist is the wellspring, from which we drawn life, and pinnacle of Christian … Continue reading
To Love and Truth 