THOMAS AQUINAS – SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST – Quotes
A collection of quotes from St. Thomas Aquinas on the eucharist, the sacrament of sacraments....
08 June, 2021
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Eucharist
Sacraments & Resurrection Light – Ephrem
In this beautiful prayer, read by the Church each year on June 9, the feast of St. Ephrem, we see the sacraments as a reflection of the light of the resurrection, an experience of the divine beauty which brings us delight....
07 June, 2021
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Understanding the Mass, Part I – Christ’s Sacrifice
This first post of a 5 part series on understanding the mass focuses on what way the Eucharist is a sacrifice, how it is a re-presentation of the once and for all sacrifice of Christ on the Cross as well as an experience of the...
02 June, 2021
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Sunday Eucharist in the Early Church – Justin Martyr
Justin here describes the way the Sunday Eucharist was celebrated in Rome about 150 AD about 50-60 years after the last New Testament books. It shows that the Eucharist was interpreted in a very realistic way in the early church....
31 May, 2021
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Mystery of Mercy – Gregory the Great
The mystery of mercy revealed in the sufferings of Christ and our obligation to make that extraordinary mercy known to everyone. Our response must be not only prayer, but evangelization. The connection between the Eucharist in which which receive the blood of Christ...
24 May, 2021
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Inundated by the Gifts of the Spirit – Hilary
Hilary of Poitiers, describes how new Christians in 4th Century France typically felt innundated by the gifts of the Holy Spirit upon their baptism, Confirmation, & first Eucharist: a sense of joy and the release of the 7 gifts and charisms....
18 May, 2021
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Unity in One Body, One Spirit – Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria on the unity of Christians. Receiving the same sacrament of the Lord's flesh, the Eucharist, and the same Holy Spirit, in baptism and confirmation/chrismation, bind us together in an intimate relationship with God the Father and each another, one body in Christ. [dropcaps...
18 May, 2021
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Eucharist, Our Sustenance – Gaudentius of Brescia
This excerpt from a homily by St. Gaudentius, bishop of Brescia, Italy clearly demonstrates a belief in the real, substantial presence of Christ's body and blood in the sacrifice of the Eucharist....
05 May, 2021
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Eucharist, the Lord’s Passover – Gaudentius of Brescia
The eucharist is indeed the Lord's passover, insists Gaudentius of Brescia, in which we truly receive Christ's body under the appearance of bread and his blood under the appearance of wine....
05 May, 2021
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Emmaus, Eucharist & Resurrection – Podcast
Podcast by Dr. Italy showing the connection between Easter, the resurrection, and the Eucharist through an examination of the road to Emmaus story from Luke 24....
05 April, 2021
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