Eucharist

After Martin Luther took issue in his Ninety-five Theses with Catholic interpretations and traditions that were not explicitly in the bible, the Council of Trent made declarations as well as a few regulations to reaffirm the Catholic faith. The regulations were made in response to the distaste that the public had shown to the Churches' methods of fundraising. As such, the Church made stricter regulations to combat accusations of corruption such as stricter rules on indulgences. They also made…

church is where union with God is given, and humans are restored to their original role as co-creators with God. Then, the core of Eastern Orthodox ecclesiology is founded on the principal that grace is both mediated and experienced through the Eucharist, or rather the…

emotional opening prayer, he commended the audience for showing up in a church after all they had been through. Then, he specifie what the purpose of his keynote address was: “to present the sacraments, specifically the sacraments of baptism and eucharist, also known as communion, as radical ways to center LGBT voices.” The Scripture Wilson began his address with was Acts 8:26-39, the narrative of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch. Wilson points out that the Ethiopian eunuch is not given a name in…

and the Eucharist. Each of the sacraments allows the possibility of life in different ways; baptism gives life, confirmation fortifies life, reconciliation and anointing of the sick restores life, matrimony creates new life, holy orders ministers life, and the Eucharist, which is the most direct and important, sustains and nourishes life. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states “the sacraments make the Church, since they manifest and communicate to men, above all in the Eucharist, the…

members. Members were expected to “earn” their right as “full members” or confirmed. The Eucharist, or thanksgiving, is an observed Christian ceremony that commemorates the Last Supper. This is a sacred meal that is based of Jesus’ actions during the last supper. It is diversely practiced throughout the Christian world. Elements such as bread and wine are consecrated and consumed during this time. The Eucharist, like many other forms of Christian worship, have Jewish roots. Jesus Himself was a…

addition to confession there are other requirements for a Plenary Indulgence. You must be a Catholic who is in good standing with the catholic church, you must have a complete detachment from all sin or perfect contrition and you must receive the Eucharist as well as praying for the intentions of the…

I found Saint Augustine’s conversion story very relatable in the fact that there was a seed planted early on by his mother which laid dormant until philosophy activated its growth. In the Confessions, Augustine remarks several times that his mother had always been leading him on the path of Catholicism, even when he didn’t realize it: sometimes in teaching him certain morals, other times by exemplary and virtuous action on her part. He ended up, of course, falling in with the Manicheans in his…

In about 1964 Pope Urban IV requested St. Thomas Aquinas to write hymns for the Feast of Corpus Christi. One out of the five hymns that St. Thomas Aquinas wrote for this feast was Lauda, Sion, Salvatorem. This hymn is divided into two parts, one part which refers to the Old Testament and one part which refers to the New Testament. This hymn is still used today and expresses what we as Catholics believe regarding transubstantiation. Starting in the fourth stanza of Lauda, Sion, Salvatorem,…

practices of today but also to recommend a Christian alternative. Cavanaugh aims to share a Christian perspective that uses Christian resources for the purpose of living out a different vision of economic life based on the Gospel. Cavanaugh uses the Eucharist, the church catholic, the writings of Augustine, and the life of Christ to back his argument and prove that what he is proposing in the book is necessary and beneficial. The first chapter “Freedom and Unfreedom” addresses the issue of the…

Reliquaries are the containers that store and display relics. Since the relics themselves were considered to be valuable spiritual objects it is appropriate that they be enshrined in vessels, or reliquaries, crafted of or covered by gold, silver, ivory, gems, and enamel. These precious objects constituted a major form of artistic production across Europe and Byzantium throughout the middle Ages. Reliquaries were also fashioned into full-body statues; the distinction between the meaning of an…