Most people know the snippet of Flannery O’Connor’s defense of the Holy Eucharist, wherein she sat at a dinner party and said, “Well, if it’s a symbol, to hell with it.” The quote goes ...

All are symbols, symbols of resurrection and renewal ... Douglas at McCallie April 13, Palm Sunday, Holy Eucharist, Rite II begins at 10:30 a.m. with the Liturgy of the Palms, Procession into ...

Mrs. Broadwater said when she was a child and received the Host, she thought of it as the Holy Ghost ... Flannery O'Connor on the Eucharist: "Well, if it's a symbol, to hell with it." ...

Vatican II reminds us that the Holy Eucharist is the “source and summit ... “Man’s best friend” is also an iconographic symbol of faithfulness. Rubens’ painting imparts key lessons ...

The two spar a bit over the Eucharist ... she thought of it as the Holy Ghost, He being the 'most portable' person of the Trinity; now she thought of it as a symbol and implied that it was ...

Holy Thursday celebrates the institution of the Eucharist as the true body and ... and the need for cleansing with water, a symbol of baptism. Also emphasized are the critical importance of ...

aiming to “reinforce the importance of the Real Presence of the Lord in the Holy Eucharist.” The events in Memphis come after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in June called for a ...

On Sunday Pope Francis said that the Eucharist is no mere symbol, but is in fact the true ... To nourish ourselves with him and abide in him through Holy Communion, if we do it with faith ...

The survey also finds that belief in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is most common among older Catholics, though majorities in every age group (including 61% of those age 60 and over) ...