Jesus’ multiplication of the loaves and fishes prefigures “the Bread that [he] will give you for the life of the world,” the segue into his Teaching on the Eucharist (John 6:25-70).

The priest or deacon distributes to the faithful "the bread of life and the chalice of salvation" in Jesus, he said.

So too with Christians. The Eucharist, more than a thanksgiving for the past, unites us with the sacrifice of Christ and renews the covenant the Father offered us in Jesus.

That "Jesus Christ continues alive and truly present in the consecrated host and the chalice" is the central point of the Catholic faith, Pope Benedict said on Thursday. He also warned against ...

His great wish of receiving Jesus in the Holy Eucharist was granted the day before he died. Although he had received from the chalice the angel offered him in 1916, this Communion before death was ...

Catholics need to recover a sense of awe and adoration before the Eucharist, knowing that it is "the real and loving presence of the Lord," Pope Francis told members of the committees organizing the ...

As Catholics, we believe that Jesus, God our Savior, is truly present in the Eucharist. We are taught that as we consume the earthly host we gain divine communion with our God.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Newark is lifting the 3-year-old pandemic restrictions on drinking Communion from a shared chalice.

The Eucharist, Bruggeman said, feels at times like it did all those years ago. Resel, a Roman Catholic, is overjoyed the chalice is back to its rightful owner.

LECTURE BY H.E. CARDINAL RATZINGERAT THE BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF THE REGION OF CAMPANIAIN BENEVENTO (ITALY) ON THE TOPIC:"EUCHARIST, COMMUNION AND SOLIDARITY" Sunday 2 June 2002 Dear friends, after ...

He merely points out that lay Catholics can come together in their homes and share a meal, understanding that when they pray and break bread and share a chalice in the name of Jesus, they are, in ...

Despite the chill and gusts of wind in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis welcomed the beginning of spring with an impromptu lesson about gardening and how to grow into being better Christians.