“Of all the sacred mysteries bequeathed to us by Our Lord and Saviour—there is none more comparable to the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist; so, for no crime is there a heavier punishment to be feared from God than for unholy …
Category: The Eucharist
The True Story of Communion in the Hand Revealed
Don Federico Bortoli is presently the pastor of the parish of Sant’Andrea Apostolo in Acquaviva in the Diocese of San Marino Montefeltro. He is also diocesan chancellor, judicial vicar, and ecclesiastical counselor for the Unione Cristiana Imprenditori Dirigenti (Christian Union …
Bishop Schneider Launches International Crusade of Reparation for Eucharistic Abuses
Publisher’s Note: Yesterday, we received an email from His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider. He wrote to ask that we spread his new International Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation, first published at The Remnant, which he launched in response to the many …
Christ Could Not Have Been More Clear: ‘Eat My Flesh’
Chapter 6 in the Gospel of John is usually the main source cited for the Catholic teaching on the Eucharist: that in the sacrifice of the Mass, bread and wine are transubstantiated into the actual body, blood, soul, and divinity …
Recovering the Communal Nature of the Holy Sacrifice
In my earlier article “Holy Mass: You Cannot Do Anything to Glorify God More,” I explained that the Mass is not the offering of Christ as if in isolation from us; it is also the offering of the members of …
George Floyd and How the Church Abandoned the Inner Cities
One Sunday morning, during the summer of 2018, when much of America had come to regard the Catholic Church in America as a decaying organization beset by hidden evil, Baltimore auxiliary bishop Mark Brennan paid a visit to my former …
An Open Letter to Catholics about to Return to Mass
Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that …
Coronavirus Panic Should Not Mean Abusive Holy Communion
I have been fortunate, during this COVID-19 lockdown, in that my pastor has continued to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass per our regular schedule. Ten people have been allowed in the church. The rest of us who attend …
Bishops Cannot Mandate Communion on the Hand or Forbid Communion on the Tongue
With the gradual thawing of restrictions on public gatherings, some dioceses have begun to issue new sets of regulations for Masses. These regulations often include a stated preference for Communion in the hand or even a forbiddance of Communion on …
Taking the Tradpill
This article contains sections of the author’s forthcoming book Joy to Our Youth: Why Millennials are Returning to Traditional Catholicism. It is edited here with the author’s permission. If you enjoy this transcript, be on the lookout for this book …