In the Eucharist, we know that the bread becomes Jesus’ flesh for the life of the world (cf. John 6:33). The Israelites were to eat the flesh, and be filled with bread.

1106. "Together with the anamnesis, the epiclesis is at the heart of each sacramental celebration, most especially of the Eucharist: You ask how the bread becomes the Body of Christ, and the wine ...

LIFESTYLE The Eucharist is a 'miracle of love, hidden in plain sight,' says Rhode Island priest The Feast of Corpus Christi is a celebration of the Eucharist and the presence of Jesus Christ ...

Most Rev Dr James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima, Nagaland, praying before the Blessed Sacrament at St Joseph Church, Chümoukedima ...

The Eucharist is not to make Jesus present so we can worship him, says Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese. If you want to adore Christ in the Eucharist, go to Benediction, not to Mass.

Third, the Eucharist is not about me and Jesus; it is about us in the Christian community, about us being transformed into the body of Christ, about us joining in the mission of Jesus in the world.

This exploration traces the origins of the Christian Eucharist, showing how it evolved not from a single event like the Last Supper but from broader Greco-Roman banquet traditions. Early Christian ...

“The Eucharist is a great mercy for us,” Msgr. Shea concluded. “It gives us a deep gaze into the invisible world, and we can trust God, who has told us it is true. ...

Christ’s body in the Eucharist came to be seen as “the true body.” At the same time, the word “mystical” ( mysticum ) moved from the Eucharistic body to the ecclesial body.

The feast of Corpus Christi started life as a local celebration in Liège, in what is now Belgium, in 1246. It was inspired by ...

The Eucharist was, and still is, in a crystal case called a luna — used for insertion in a monstrance — that was badly scorched and blackened by the flames. A Service of EWTN News, Inc.