Recently, thanks to generous parishioner donations, the help of volunteers and the initiative of a parish priest who isn’t afraid of crawling under the church or using power tools, our visual display system in the church has had a much-needed and long-overdue upgrade. The nearly twenty-year-old data projector (and around fifty-year-old overhead projector screen) made … Continue reading Our new visual display system
Tag: bread and wine
Recently, Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney (and formerly of Parramatta) spoke about the Eucharist, saying “The greatest Eucharistic miracle is the everyday one, and it happens quietly and faithfully, at Mass after Mass, parish after parish.” God takes ordinary bread and wine and offers it to us as the Body and Blood of Christ. This … Continue reading It will become for us our spiritual food and drink
Since we have returned to the practice of receiving Communion from the chalice, some people have also asked about the practice of intinction. Intinction is the means of receiving Communion by dipping the host into the consecrated wine. It is not the preferred means of receiving Communion (receiving each form of Communion separately is preferred), … Continue reading Receiving Communion from the chalice
Starting at the Mass of the Supper of the Lord on Holy Thursday, we will return to offering Communion from the chalice. This will be a return to what was common practice within our parish before COVID-19 restrictions were first put in place. Some parishioners will have received Communion from the chalice before restrictions were … Continue reading Must I receive Communion from the chalice?
Starting at the Mass of the Supper of the Lord on Holy Thursday, we will return to offering Communion from the chalice. This will be a return to what was common practice within our parish before COVID-19 restrictions were first put in place. While Communion from the chalice was historically withdrawn from the assembly for … Continue reading Why we are Restoring Communion from the Chalice
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