by Lynne Marie | May 7, 2025 | Daily Reflections
One Bread, One Body Receiving Communion is not just a sign of unity; it creates unity. Before Communion, as all sing the Agnus Dei, the presiding priest breaks the host, the “Eucharistic Bread” that is Christ’s Body. The Mass instructions...
by Lynne Marie | May 6, 2025 | Daily Reflections
The Spirit Makes Holy In Eucharistic prayer I, the presider holds his hands over the offerings and prays: “Make holy these gifts, by sending down your Spirit upon them.” In Eucharistic prayer III, he declares, “You are indeed Holy, O Lord…...
by Lynne Marie | May 5, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Source and Summit of Unity The Mass instructions (GIRM 78) say the “center and summit of the entire celebration” is the Eucharistic Prayer, in which “the Church implores the power of the Holy Spirit that the gifts offered by human hands… will...
by Lynne Marie | May 3, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Be the Voice of God The Creed says the Holy Spirit “has spoken through the prophets.” The Gifts of the Spirit are divine enlightenment—Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge, Counsel—and divine empowerment—Piety (Family Spirit), Courage and Awe of the...
by Lynne Marie | May 3, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Our Bond of Unity The Creed says the Spirit “proceeds from the Father and Son” because no word exists to describe how the Spirit’s existence depends on the existence of the Father and Son. All Three are eternal, Being Itself, the...
