When we receive our Lord in holy Communion, we should receive him in the way we encounter a loved one: with reverence, care, gentleness and humility. For in the holy Eucharist, the Catechism of ...

Holy Communion is a bond to the community, as it is a union with Christ. When the Eucharist is brought to the home, the family should prepare a table with a cloth and a lighted candle.

The Matins of Holy Saturday is conducted on Friday evening, and while many elements of the service represent mourning ... The Divine Liturgy ends with the Communion Hymn: "So the Lord awaked as one ...

The Communion element of the Communion doughnut is a small, white chocolate Holy Cross, on top of the classic Original Glazed ...

“I was seated next to a madman in church one day. When it was time for Holy Communion, he dipped his hand in the bowl and came out with a hand-full of wafers. He then dropped them back in and ...

The Christian ritual of Holy Communion is introduced. Communion means, simply, 'togetherness' and this is a ritual to show the togetherness of Christians and God. The Last Supper was Jesus' last ...

The Scripture lessons, hymns, commemorations, and ceremonials that make up the festal elements in the respective ... the Pre-Sanctified Gifts to the Holy Table; and c) the preparation for and the ...

Why can't Catholics and Protestants share the experience of partaking in the Eucharist each according to their tradition?

Red wine represents Jesus' blood and bread represents his body in Protestant Holy Communion Jesus took bread ... remain in their seats and the elements are served by the deacons (church leaders).

It was nearly 20 years ago that Capuchin Brother Jack Rathschmidt came to celebrate Mass at Mount Alvernia High School for the Feast of All Saints and delivered a homily that has held space in my memo ...

Many Catholics cried "foul" since Plank was kneeling and appeared to be imitating the posture of a believer receiving the sacrament of Holy Communion. After the video went viral, defenders of Whitmer ...

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