In the resurrection accounts, we are being taught that Christ is present in every celebration of the Eucharist. Christ gathers all of time into himself.
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The Gospel according to Winnie the Pooh
Holy Communion is the Lord’s way of saying that we need never be apart from him in our lives. He will always be there for us. As Pooh puts it, “If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.”
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On Good Friday, we do not celebrate the Eucharist. But Christ is still with us.
The church has a single focus today—the death of Christ—but her Christ still lives, still suffers in her members and still feeds her with his flesh. We pause in time. Christ does not.
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St. Thomas Aquinas captures the heart of Holy Thursday
St. Thomas arrives at the very center of what happened at the Last Supper, of what would happen the next day on the cross and of what happens at every subsequent Eucharist. With his own hands, Christ gives himself to us.
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Why a song might be better than a sermon for Easter
Our senses will be deceived by the appearance of bread and wine, which is why St. Thomas Aquinas insists that we trust only one of our senses, our hearing. On Easter, we solemnly proclaim and hear, silently sounding within our hearts, the saving news of the Gospel.
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When did the agony of Christ begin?
Before the soldiers arrive, before the physical attacks, in the silence of the night, the soul of Christ struggles in agony.
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Why do we unleash evil even when we pursue the good?
Unless we remove all of the people, we will never produce a sinless church, one that pursues the good without also perpetrating some evil.
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We can turn away from faith, but humans will always hunger for meaning
We are all about individual rights, personal narratives and the freedom to choose. So was the Prodigal Son, until the food ran out.
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How can we trust others in our fallen world?
The question of trust, of giving ourselves to something outside ourselves, is quite fundamental. It goes to the nature of who we are as human beings. One might pose the question this way: Are we clams or clovers?
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Why is our prayer met with God’s silence?
Intimacy can only be shared between those who love. It cannot be summarized. Intimacy lives in silence.