An interview with the Bingham family of Ann Arbor revealed individual and joint paths of inquiry as they navigated faith ...

In the Eucharist, we know that the bread becomes Jesus’ flesh for the life of the world (cf. John 6:33). The Israelites were to eat the flesh, and be filled with bread.

The Eucharist is not to make Jesus present so we can worship him, says Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese. If you want to adore Christ in the Eucharist, go to Benediction, not to Mass.

The Eucharist is essential to the life of the church, according to Francis’ letter. In the Eucharist, “we are guaranteed the possibility of encountering the Lord Jesus and of having the power ...

Both Carlo and Pier Giorgio [Frassati] shared a love for the Eucharist, a love for the poor, and a love for the Virgin Mary..

The Eucharist as a sacrificial sacrament. The above text from “Lumen Gentium” explicitly links sacrifice as an essential part of the “source and summit” that is the Eucharist.

The doctrine of the real presence in the Eucharist developed in a world where God was everywhere. My Thessaloniki tears flowed at the realization that today, we don't see God anywhere.

The Eucharist’s roots in the paschal meal are harder for Catholics to understand because of our ignorance of the Jewish practice. Yes, we know that the Last Supper was a Passover celebration ...

The Eucharist, together with the expressive lesson of the Master kneeling to wash his disciples' feet, fits into the perspective of the Lord's approaching Passion.

This exploration traces the origins of the Christian Eucharist, showing how it evolved not from a single event like the Last Supper but from broader Greco-Roman banquet traditions. Early Christian ...

The Eucharist is incredibly social, because even the word that we use when we receive the host, “Communion,” [conveys this]. That communion is not only with God, but with each other.