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2 days ago · The essential worship of the Catholic Church is the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. III:415. What is the Sacrifice of the Mass? It is the very sacrifice of the Cross, now really and truly re-presented and offered to God in an unbloody manner, under the external appearances of bread and wine. The Church was established to offer right worship.
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4 days ago · According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Church refers to the Eucharist by this name “because by this sacrament we unite ourselves to Christ, who makes us sharers in his Body and Blood to form a single body” (1331).
5 days ago · The Papacy. "The blessed Apostles, then, founded and built up the church in Rome. They committed the office of bishop into the hands of Linus. Of this, Linus, Paul makes mention in the Epistles to ...
3 days ago · By its very nature it is ordered to the good of the couple, as well as to the generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage between the baptized to the dignity of a ...
1 day ago · The Catechism of the Catholic Church outlines the importance of this practice: CCC 1434 : “The interior penance of the Christian can be expressed in many and various ways. Scripture and the Fathers insist above all on three forms, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, which express conversion in relation to oneself, to God, and to others.
2 days ago · What does the Catechism of the Catholic Church say about the Eucharist? Here are 9 excerpts pertaining to the Eucharist from the catechism: “The Eucharist is ‘the source and summit of the Christian life.'” (CCC 1324)
