-
June 6, 2018
Summer months begin with Faith In Our Future Implementation, New Clergy Assignments
Read More
-
June 2, 2018
As the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Body and Blood of Christ, this weekend, Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., reflects on this central mystery of faith. Bishop writes: "Through the words of the priest at Mass, recalling the Lord Jesus Christ’s own words at the Last Supper, unleaven bread and wine, the true fruit of the vine, is consecrated and transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ. This sacred action is called “transubstantiaton,” meaning the visible elements or “species” of the Eucharist — the bread and the wine — literally become the Body and Blood of Christ. How that actually happens is a mystery of the Catholic faith that has been believed and practiced since the very first Holy Thursday when Christ uttered the words “This is My Body, This is My Blood.”
Read More
-
June 2, 2018
by Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M.
The Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, the Body and Blood of Christ, is celebrated throughout the Church in several ways: first, on the altar through the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass; second, from that same altar in the Sacred Host brought by priests, deacons and lay extraordinary ministers to the sick in hospitals and to the homebound; third, again from that same altar, in prayer and adoration before the Tabernacle containing Sacred Hosts either reserved or exposed in the rite of Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Read More
See More