Look! It Is Jesus
by John SchwenklerOur attitude toward the Eucharistic sacrament is an attitude toward what is there. Continue Reading »
Bread Eternal
by Jane Sloan PetersIn the ruins of Ostia Antica, where Roman roads have disintegrated into a tangle of worn stones and earth, past market stalls where tall grasses jut from meticulously laid mosaic floors, one can find about three dozen stone basins in which bakers once placed bread dough to rise. This is one of . . . . Continue Reading »
Who May Receive Communion?
by Gerhard Ludwig MüllerShould a Protestant married to a Catholic ever be admitted to Holy Communion? Continue Reading »
Humility and the Host
by Fr. George W. RutlerThe practice of receiving communion in the hand often engenders disrespect for and indifference to the Host. Continue Reading »
Called to Eucharist
by Peter J. LeithartPartaking in the Eucharist orients us rightly to the whole realm of human making. Continue Reading »
Violent Lessons
by Matthew SchmitzChildren are not exposed to enough violence. Yes, I know the grim statistics, how a child who enters middle school has already witnessed 8,000 murders and 100,000 other violent acts on TV. As he and his friends enter adolescence, they take up first-person shooter video games. In college, he becomes . . . . Continue Reading »
He’s Not “Turning his Back to the People”
by George WeigelThe common orientation of priest and people during the Liturgy of the Eucharist symbolizes—or perhaps better, lives out—the Church’s conviction that the Mass is an act of worship offered to the Thrice-Holy God. Continue Reading »
The Digital Triptych
by Br. Michael BaggotA millennial recently bragged to my friend that he no longer has much reason to leave the comfort of his basement office. There, he enjoys a tri-screen computer setup and can simultaneously manage his business, view porn, and compete in online gaming tournaments from a single cushioned reclining chair. Continue Reading »
Mercersburg Theology, Eucharistic Union, and Civil Society
by James R. RogersMercersburg theology has a small but devoted following among evangelically-oriented Calvinists. It was a nineteenth-century movement centered in the German Reformed seminary at Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. Leading scholars John Williamson Nevins and Philip Schaff criticized the individualism and . . . . Continue Reading »
Look At Me
by Patricia SnowEven if the Church could keep screens out of her sanctuaries, people strongly attached to them would still be people poorly positioned to take advantage of what the Church has to . . . . Continue Reading »
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