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Jun 2018
The path of Eucharistic discipleship leads to union with God in Jesus Christ. The Holy Eucharist is above all the sacrament of union. This union is the supreme realization of the full, conscious, and active participation in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass to which all the baptized are called. The missionary disciple must always go forth into the world from the reality of communion in the Body of Christ to bear witness to the light and life of Jesus Christ. Last week I introduced the theme of union with God and......
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June 22, 2018
Eucharistic Discipleship: Seeking Union with God, Part I
After setting forth our new parish mission statement – “To walk the path of love in the Body of Christ, which is the Church, nourished by the Body of Christ, which is the Eucharist.” –...
June 15, 2018
Eucharistic Discipleship: The Works of Mercy
I have been writing for several weeks know about our need for healing in relation to the theme of Eucharistic discipleship. So far I have touched on the resurrection of the body, the healing of...
June 08, 2018
Eucharistic Discipleship: Receiving Healing, Part 6
I have been writing for several weeks know about our need for healing in relation to the theme of Eucharistic discipleship. So far I have touched on the resurrection of the body, the healing of...
June 01, 2018
Eucharistic Discipleship: Receiving Healing Part 5
On the theme of healing I have written about the final healing that comes with the resurrection of the dead and the healing that comes from the sacraments of healing, penance and anointing of the...
May 25, 2018
Eucharistic Discipleship: Receiving healing, Part 4
Last week I began to write about the healing we need through the forgiveness of sins in order to become the eucharistic disciples we are meant to be. We need to be healed of the...
May 18, 2018
Eucharistic Discipleship: Receiving Healing Part 3
Today I continue on the theme of eucharistic discipleship and the role of healing for entering into and attaining a more full, conscious, and active participation in the Mass. Last week, I spoke about the...
May 11, 2018
Eucharistic Discipleship: Receiving Healing, Part II
Writing about the practice of eucharistic discipleship that leads to full, conscious, and active participation in the Mass, I introduced the subject of healing. Often we need healing before we are capable of really entering...
May 04, 2018
Eucharistic Discipleship: Receiving Healing Part 1
I have been writing on the theme of eucharistic discipleship which requires full, conscious, and active participation in the Mass. That in turn requires that we enter in to receive instruction, enter in to receive...
April 27, 2018
Eucharistic Discipleship, Part IV: Lectio Divina continued
Last Sunday I began writing about the traditional Scripture based practice of prayer called Lectio Divina or ‘Sacred Reading’. I set forth the four basic steps of this way of prayer: read, reflect, respond, and...