1106. "Together with the anamnesis, the epiclesis is at the heart of each sacramental celebration, most especially of the Eucharist: You ask how the bread becomes the Body of Christ, and the wine ...

One of the most fundamental teachings and practices of the Catholic Church is the Holy Eucharist. The Church derives its life from the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the “source and summit” of the ...

This exploration traces the origins of the Christian Eucharist, showing how it evolved not from a single event like the Last ...

There is a reason that we have traditionally spoken of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist as the “Blessed Sacrament.” We ...

The Eucharist is at the center of the sacramental economy, as the culmination of Christian initiation. The Eucharist enlightens the other sacraments and it is their meeting-point.

Third, the Eucharist is not about me and Jesus; it is about us in the Christian community, about us being transformed into the body of Christ, about us joining in the mission of Jesus in the world.

Late Sunday morning, people gathered outside of St. Augustine Catholic Church for a processional they hoped would bring Jesus ...

Blessed Carlo Acutis’ mother, Antonia Acutis, reacted joyfully to the news that her son and fellow Italian Blessed Pier ...

Christ’s body in the Eucharist came to be seen as “the true body.” At the same time, the word “mystical” ( mysticum ) moved from the Eucharistic body to the ecclesial body.

The Eucharist was, and still is, in a crystal case called a luna — used for insertion in a monstrance — that was badly scorched and blackened by the flames. A Service of EWTN News, Inc.