Eucharist

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 08/18/2024

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year BProverbs 9:1-6  Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 (9a)Ephesians 5:15-20John 6:51-58August 18, 2024 Jesus says, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you…

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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

By Fr. Jeff | 08/11/2024

Do you hold bitterness or anger in your heart?  How about fury, shouting, reviling, and malice?  The Holy Spirit grieves when we hold such things in our heart (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B). We need these things removed…

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Do You Believe in the Real Presence?  (18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B)

By Fr. Jeff | 08/04/2024

Enslaved in Egypt the Israelites cried out to God for help.  God heard their cry and sent Moses to lead them out from Egypt to the Promised Land. One would think they would be grateful but instead they “grumbled against…

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The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Year B – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 06/02/2024

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year BExodus 24:3-8Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18 (13)Hebrews 9:11-15Mark 14:12-16, 22-26June 2, 2024 When God rescued the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, He did not simply pull them out of Egypt and then…

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The Hidden Depths of the Mass #38

By Fr. Jeff | 04/25/2024

On the Hand or the Tongue? Many of us grew up when the only acceptable way to receive the Body of Christ was on the tongue.  Now, we are allowed to receive on the hand.  Receiving on the hand was…

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The Hidden Depths of the Mass #37

By Fr. Jeff | 04/18/2024

There’s No Cup For several centuries, the Precious Blood was not offered to the laity.  This was not meant to be an act of exclusion.  It was out of reverence for the physical handling of the Precious Blood.  In 1984,…

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The Hidden Depths of the Mass #36

By Fr. Jeff | 04/11/2024

Why Can’t Non-Catholics Receive Communion? To understand this practice, we must understand what it means to receive Communion.  It is not just bread.  It is truly Jesus we receive.  We call it “Communion” because we believe that receiving it means…

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Mass of the Lord’s Supper – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 03/28/2024

Mass of the Lord’s SupperExodus 12:1-89, 11-14Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-181 Corinthians 11:23-26John 13:1-15March 27, 2024 Paul speaks of what he “received from the Lord” and “handed on to” the Corinthians and others he led to the Catholic faith. He speaks…

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New Video – Why Should I Go to Mass (Weekly)?

By Fr. Jeff | 03/08/2024

I completed my presentation, Why Should I Go to Mass (Weekly)?, last night. This video isn’t just for people who don’t go to Mass. It will help you reflect on why it is important to go to Mass. You can…

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20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 08/20/2023

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year AIsaiah 56:1, 6-7Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 (4)Romans 11:13-15, 29-32Matthew 15:21-28August 20, 2023 Jesus entered the land of Tyre and Sidon.  There He encountered a Canaanite woman.  As a Canaanite, she would not have…

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Appreciating the Depth of Mass

By Fr. Jeff | 08/08/2023

Two weeks ago I wrote my first article, “What Does It Mean to be a Eucharistic People,” on Timothy P. O’Malley’s book, Becoming Eucharistic People: The Hope and Promise of Parish Life (Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press. 2022, part of the Engaging Catholicism series.)…

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Understanding Eucharistic Culture

By Fr. Jeff | 08/01/2023

Last week I wrote my first article, “What Does It Mean to be a Eucharistic People,” on Timothy P. O’Malley’s book, Becoming Eucharistic People: The Hope and Promise of Parish Life (Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press. 2022, part of the…

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What Does It Mean to be a Eucharistic People?

By Fr. Jeff | 07/25/2023

Almost three and a half years ago, our churches were shutdown by the arrival of the Coronavirus pandemic. In his new book, Becoming Eucharistic People: The Hope and Promise of Parish Life (Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press. 2022), part…

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The Most Holy Blood of Christ, Year A – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 06/11/2023

The Most Holy Body and Blood of ChristDeuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16aPsalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 (12)1 Corinthians 10:16-17John 6:51-58June 11, 2023 The Book of Deuteronomy is seen as a farewell address by Moses as he reminds the people of what the Lord…

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Why Go to Mass?

By Fr. Jeff | 04/04/2023

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I would like to talk about something I have spoken about before. Why do we go to Mass? I write this in the midst of Holy Week. In the events we…

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New Video Completing Series on the Eucharist

By Fr. Jeff | 03/10/2023

Last night I completed my series of presentations, The Eucharist: The Greatest Gift with Part III. You can see Part III at www.renewaloffaith.org/greatestgiftpart3 You can see the entire series at www.renewaloffaith.org/greatestgift For the next few days you can complete at…

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Registration Link for Part III of “The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist”

By Fr. Jeff | 03/02/2023

Hello all, I finally got the Zoom account updated.  So, here is the registration link for Part III of my series “The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist” – https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YVzoWhaOT3mggFIUNUPkHw coming up on Thursday, March 9th at 6:30 pm.   I hope you can join…

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Video of Part II in Series “The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist”

By Fr. Jeff | 02/10/2023

Last night, I continued my series, The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist“, with Part II. I just uploaded the video recording of the webinar and the slides to my website at https://www.renewaloffaith.org/greatestgiftpart2 . If you view the video in the next few days, you…

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Video – Part I of New Series “The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist”

By Fr. Jeff | 01/13/2023

I began my new series, The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist“, yesterday with Part I. I just uploaded the video recording of the webinar and the slides to my website at https://www.renewaloffaith.org/greatestgiftpart1 . If you view the video in the next…

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Christmas Homily for 2022

By Fr. Jeff | 12/25/2022

The Nativity of the Lord (Mass During the Night)Isaiah 9:1-6Titus 2:11-14Luke 2:1-14December 25, 2022 You can find a video of this homily on my website page for my upcoming series, The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist at www.renewaloffaith.org/greatestgift (scroll down on…

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New Series of Presentations on the Eucharist!

By Fr. Jeff | 12/10/2022

Here is the “announcement” of my next series of presentations! The Greatest Gift:  The Eucharist A New Series of Presentations by Fr. Jeff The Eucharist we receive is the Body and Blood of Jesus.  It is the Sacrifice of Jesus…

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2nd Sunday of Advent, Year A – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 12/04/2022

2nd Sunday of Advent, Year AIsaiah 11:1-10Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 (7)Romans 15:4-9Matthew 3:1-12December 4, 2022 Our gospel passage today comes from the time just before Jesus began his public ministry during his first coming.  It speaks of preparation.  We…

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The Eucharistic Prayers at Mass

By Fr. Jeff | 07/12/2022

In the fall of 2020 I did a series of presentations entitled, Uncovering the Treasures of the Mass. The goal of that series was to help people understand why we do what we do at Mass. From better understanding, we…

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Medicine of Mercy

By Fr. Jeff | 07/05/2022

As I have been looking for topics for new articles for this blog, the topic of who can receive Communion in the Catholic Church has been in the news. In the news it involves politicians. I am not going to…

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Do We Understand What It is We Receive?

By Fr. Jeff | 06/19/2022

“In those days, Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine” to Abram (who would become known as Abraham). This was ordinary bread and wine. One day Jesus will offer something far greater than ordinary bread and wine. As…

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