Gradually I became aware of the Body of Christ frozen in time in Michelangelo’s masterpiece, The Pieta.
Eucharist
Corpus Christi and the Case for Change
As you prepare to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi, have you ever thought of how it provides the underpinnings for systemic change?
Trinity – From Puzzle To Be Solved To Model To Be Lived
It has been a journey from Trinity as a puzzle to Trinity as a model for my life.
Does Eucharist Call For Confronting Sinful Structures?
Does Eucharist call for confronting sinful structures? To some, the question may sound strange, especially when we think of the Eucharist as the sacrament of unity. But that is not the way all recent Popes and the United States Bishops see it. St. John Paul II ......
The (Not So) Hidden Costs of the Eucharist
Does our self-centered focus on what God does for us in the Eucharist blind us to what God asks us to do in the Eucharist?
Eucharistic Underpinnings of Systemic Change
Our ability to go and do likewise in imitation of Jesus’ washing of the disciples’ feet is the “criterion by which the authenticity of our Eucharistic celebrations is judged.”
We become what we recieve
In receiving Christ, we become one body in him, and through him, one with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Through receiving the Eucharist, we enter into a unique and personal relationship with the Trinity and with one another, the Body of Christ. We become what we eat.
The Eucharist: A Fire of Love, A Source of Peace
The Daughters of Charity were chosen to give spiritual manna, the spirit of God, to the poor. Where do they receive him in order later to communicate him? In Holy Communion, my daughters ... let us draw near to this fire to be first of all enkindled ourselves and...
Christ’s Presence On Earth
Continuing our theme of the Incarnation-- God With Us-- this SlideShare explores the mystical parallel between Christ's presence in the Eucharist and Christ's presence in the poor and oppressed. ...
Eucharist and The Need for Change
Eucharist challenges us to recognize and confront the structures of sin. It prepares us for a mission to transform the world.
Eucharistic underpinnings of Systemic Change
Our ability to go and do likewise in imitation of Jesus’ washing of the disciples’ feet is the “criterion by which the authenticity of our Eucharistic celebrations is judged.”
The Eucharist in Vincentian Tradition
“The Eucharist in the Vincentian Tradition – Love is Creative unto Infinity”
