“Jesus approaches us gently, in the disarming simplicity of the host. He comes as bread broken in order to break open the shells of our selfishness.”
Sacraments
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Is there only one real presence?
A reflection of the feast of Corpus Christi, by the Rev. Terrance Klein
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
How Catholics can use this time without the Eucharist to grow closer to Christ
In discerning the necessity to avoid contagion in comparison with the need to offer access to the sacraments, it is necessary to comprehend what is at stake in each area.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Bishop Hying says cap on worship size ‘unjust,’ stifles church’s mission
Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison, Wis., has openly disagreed with local government’s pandemic advisory of limiting the number of congregants at Masses as interfering with “our pastoral mission.”
Posted inFaith
Social distancing and the sacraments: How the coronavirus pandemic has changed our sense of communion
What that community looks like these days has changed, most notably in the inability to gather to celebrate the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
We are in a sacramental desert, but we can still perceive the Holy Spirit
Is God leading us into a desert, a sacramental wilderness because here he intends to speak to our hearts?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A soon-to-be Catholic’s coronavirus purgatory
I was supposed to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil this year. But, like catechumens across the country, my journey was put on hold by the pandemic.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
What it’s like for priests to anoint patients dying from Covid-19
A conversation with Father Michael Trail, a member of Chicago’s task force of ‘priest-anointers’
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Phyllis Zagano makes the case for women deacons
While Phyllis Zagano thoughtfully draws out the theological implications of her research, her main point is historical: There is simply no precedent on which to base the exclusion of women from the diaconate in the Catholic Church.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Italian bishops in talks with government on post-lockdown liturgies
The church and government in Italy are making plans which would allow for the gradual–though limited–resumption of public Masses and funerals.