David Torkington continues his mini-course on prayer with a close look at the mystical body and our incorporation into it through an ever-deepening death to self.
What is ecstasy–and how is the Real Presence ecstatic? Dr. Lilles continues to shine light on the immensity of love in the Eucharist.
Could disbelief in the Real Presence be based out of fear? If Jesus is present in the Blessed Sacrament, then it demands a radical response.
“In this Sacrament, He can even baptize us in deep silence until our whole being joins the hosts of heaven in the aching joy of hymns of praise.” Dr. Lilles continues a series on the Real Presence.
“Catholics do not believe in the Real Presence of the Risen Lord because teachers, ministers, and public voices have winked at evil and rejected the demands of the Gospel. We wanted the comfortable and the reality of this Presence was inconvenient.” Dr. Lilles knocks it out of the park today on the blog.
Of all the ways the Lord remains with us, “the greatest and most beautiful of all is his Real Presence in the Sacrament of His Love.” Dr. Anthony Lilles shares on the blog today.
How do you respond to Jesus’ banquet invitation? Reflect with Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen in this excerpt from his classic Carmelite meditation book “Divine Intimacy” on today’s solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, also known as “Corpus Christi”.
Distracted in prayer? It is frustrating–but normal. St. Teresa of Avila tells us not to let it be a reason to quit.
A powerful storyteller reveals the true source of strength – He is who is to be loved above all.
Claire Dwyer tells how she came to make this year’s Lenten resolutions.
Claire Dwyer reflects on the Eucharistic celebration and her friend’s First Holy Communion in Communist Poland, an experience which has lessons for all of us.
