| I am a practising Catholic and have received all the sacraments of the church. I however do not fulfil the sacrament of reconciliation due to fear. I know this is a sin (not to go for confession). How do I overcome this fear and return to all sacraments? |
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| Why is the Eucharist so important to Catholics? |
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| What actually happens during the Eucharist? |
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| What are the main symbols used during the Eucharist? |
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| Can God still in today's world full of lawlessness and all human weakness intervene? Is this not the same God who spoke through the apostles ,the prophets and great saints in history,can he not understand our human existence? |
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| Why do Catholics celebrate the Eucharist? |
| | Thank you for your question to which I try to answer. Well, the Catechism of the Catholic Church at No. 1166 says “By a tradition handed down from the apostles which took its origin from the very day of Christ’s Resurrection, the church celebrates the Paschal mystery every seventh day, which day is appropiately called the Lord’s Day or Sunday. The day of Christ’s Resurrection is both the first day of the week, the memorial of the first day of creation, and the ‘eighth day,’ on which Christ after his ‘rest on the great sabbath inaugurates the ‘day that the Lord has made.’ The ‘day that knows no evening.’ The Lord’s supper is its centre, for there the Lord’s community of the faithful encounters the risen Lord who invites them to his banquet.
I kindly request you to read Institution of the Eucharist. Mt. 26:26-29; Mk. 14:22-26;
Lk. 22:14-20; Lk. 24:1334: 1.Cor. 11:23-26.
As you can understand from the scripture readings, Jesus wants us to celebrate the Eucharist. “Do it in memory of me”. It is a command coming from the heart of God. It is the supreme gift of our Heavenly Father given to his children.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church at No. 1324 says: “ The Eucharist is ‘ the source and summit of Christian life.’ The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch”. At No. 1327 the C.C.C. says: In brief, the Eucharist is the sum and summary of our faith; ‘our way of thinking is attuned to the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in turn confirms our way of thinking.’
May God bless you and your family.
Fr. Eugene Ferrari |
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| Is there a minimal age for one to become an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion? What other criteria is there? |
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| Why do Catholics have a Saturday night Mass? |
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| Is there a Christian community I can join to strenghten my Christian walk? |
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| Is it biblical to venerate Mother Mary and why does the Catholic church emphasise on this more than the Protestant churches. Are we worshiping Mary and why do we present our petitions through her when the Bible says that Jesus is our High priest..... |
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| Is it wrong to carry the Blessed Sacrament from the church? |
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| Do you need to be baptised to receive communion during Mass? |
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| What other things will I need to do – to be baptised? |
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| How does the learning process begin….and end? (Becoming a Catholic) |
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| How do I find out some basic information? (Becoming a Catholic) |
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| How do I get started? (Becoming a Catholic) |
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| What does the Catholic Church claim to be? |
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| What steps do I need to make to become a Catholic? |
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| Q. How did the first Christians live Unity? |
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| Q. Who Can Receive Communion? Receiving Communion or not? |
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| Q. Is there a structure or program followed during the Mass? |
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| Q. So it sounds as if the Church can't do without the Mass? |
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| Q. It does seem a wonderful gift. Is it given only for ourselves? |
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| Q. So at Mass we offer ourselves to God – don’t we receive anything back? |
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| Q. You said the Last Supper took place just before Jesus died – Why is that significant? |
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| Q. Who invented the Mass? |
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| Q. What makes the Mass so important? (What Happens at Mass?) |
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