This weekend wraps up Pope Francis’ Synod on the Family, part of which addressed the issue of divorce, the annulment process, remarriage, and one’s ability to receive the Body of Christ in Holy Communion. Two camps have emerged in recent times: German clergy, led by Cardinal Kasper, who push to accept remarriage of the divorced without an …
Do you take the Eucharist in your hand or in your mouth? When you hunger for the Lord and open your heart and mind, He opens doors to allow you to find Him. The timing was right for the Lord to open those doors and for me to reconsider how I took the Eucharist. I had …
My passion for the Catholic faith had been awakened. When I saw the veiled young woman dressed all in black take Communion, I was already no longer satisfied with the status quo I’d accepted for so long. I was only a person or two behind her on the opposite side of the aisle, but I was …
My Baptist friend said it best, “Once I asked the Lord to put a hunger for His Word in my heart, that hunger never stopped and I couldn’t get enough of the Bible.” For me, that moment was the night I crawled on my hands and knees in the darkness begging God for forgiveness, begging …
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“I remain Catholic through divorce because of Jesus Christ’s presence in the Eucharist and in my every day.” If someone had asked a week ago why I remain Catholic through divorce I’d have given the above answer. Jesus Christ will always be the main reason I am Catholic, but I owe the Lord and other divorced Catholics more …
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As a teen, one of my favorite songs was Signs by Five Man Electrical Band. It’s one of those songs that catches you off guard and finds itself stuck in your head at random moments decades later, but I never really paid attention to the words or the meanings behind the words. If I had …
“Lord, I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof…” I sat in the wing of our church and said the words thinking how true they are. I am so not worthy. But Who Is & What Makes One Worthy? When abuse, abandonment, divorce, or other tragedies occur, the victim is often left feeling unworthy; and …
Eucharist – Okay, so I’m probably not the most original Catholic to be writing today. I’m guessing many Catholics would choose E is for Eucharist in our A to Z Challenge, but there’s a reason for that. The Eucharist is something, or should I say, someone special. For me, the Eucharist is what kept me …
