Eucharist

Hey guys. Today I’m going to talk about who can really receive the Eucharist. People who can receive the Eucharist are as follows: Catholics, other christians, and some exceptions. Next I’m going to talk about some exceptions, and then go into deeper why some can receive the eucharist and some cannot. Some exceptions, of those who can receive the eucharist are Protestants and Eastern Orthodox churches. The reasons why protestants can receive the eucharist are more limited than others. Protestants can only receive the Eucharist when the presence of death is eminent and they truly wish to repent and accept Jesus. eastern Orthodox has almost the same limitations but can also receive it in the acceptance of penance.

We as catholics can receive the Eucharist in many different areas. We can receive it before death in the anointing of the sick. We can receive it during penance. And we most often receive it during mass. There are some restrictions how we can receive it. We cannot receive it with a mortal sin on our conscience and cannot receive it without fasting for an hour before. Thanks guys bye.  

Who Can Receive Communion?

Gentlemen, Today I will be speaking to you about who can receive communion. Communion is the most important of the seven sacraments instituted by Christ. The Church has specific guidelines for those who can receive communion. First you must be in a state of grace. Therefore you must not have a mortal sin on you conscience, if you receive  communion with a   mortal sin it is another mortal sin. Another major requirement is that the person receiving the sacrament must believe in transubstantiation. Those receiving must observe the Eucharistic fast.  Finally those receiving cannot be under ecclesiastical censure. Catholics welcome other Christians to join them in the sacrament of Eucharist. Although Catholics encourage non Christians to join them in the celebrating of the liturgy but not in the Sacrament of Eucharist. I hope what I have told you today helps you understand who can and cannot receive the Sacrament of Communion.  

Sacraments to Human Nature

The Sacraments Correspond to Human Nature by revealing deeper realities to the soul. Sacraments are a visible signs of God's love and will for us to be saved. They correspond to the soul by which they are a factor of God's saving grace and enable us to fully experience God's plan for us. They enable us to participate in the invisible and therefore see what God has planned for us, and experience the faith fully, by incorporating us completely into the Catholic Faith. The Church created the sacraments to do just that, to allow us ( its members) to be fully united to Christs Church. 

Sacraments

Hey guys. Today I’m going to talk about how the sacraments correspond to human life. Some sources that I used to research this information are as follows: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas_and_the_Sacraments). Thomas Aquinas says that the seven sacraments, Baptism, Reconciliation, The Eucharist, Confirmation, Holy Orders, Marriage, and Anointing of the sick, all corresponds to a part of human life. Baptism is our outward sign of washing and corresponds to infancy and the cleansing of that which is bad. Reconciliation corresponds to, agian, to cleansing and the washing away of sin. The Eucharist corresponds to our human and spiritual nourishment and as John 6:56 says,"My flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.” But it is much more than a food item we eat at mass. It is the heavenly nourishment that is our key to salvation. Confirmation is the sign of maturity in the church, and signifies our adulthood in the church. Holy Orders is the sign of the few who have been called to the service and shows another sign of maturity in the church. Marriage, again, is another sign of maturity by accepting what God has bound in two flesh to be bound in one flesh. Finally anointing of the sick signifies the process from life to death and signifies that we are no longer materially able to hold on and are ready to receive our judgement and our not scared of our fate because of this preparation. Thanks guys for listening. Bye

What is a Lay person?

A Lay person, in my own words, is someone who carries out God's plan for them ( doing the will of God), without being ordained to do so. I bring this topic up because about two years ago I received a book filled with the writings of Ann the lay Apostles, and I never understood what exactly her role was in the Church so this is my go at it.

Lay is commonly defined and being in a certain profession but not being licensed or recongnized as a professional in that profession, such as I am a blogger, but I am not really famous for it, or very good at it.
So when Ann titles herself as the "Lay Apostle" she is in the profession of evangelizing, but she is simply licensing herself to do so. In a sense, all the people of the world are "Lay" at something, in the Church a Catholic Monk would be considered lay, because he is not what society would consider a professsional, but he takes up his role in praying in solitude and fasting for the common good of others.

The A's B's and C's of the Liturgal Celebration

So in Mass this morning I noticed how next to the readings,in the hymnal, it has a letter identify its version as A, B, and C. It got me curious, I just thought the readings were set at the beginning of each year, not that there were three different versions to follow depending on the year. I google searched it, and this is what I learned.

What we are reading is the lectionary, and it is on a cycle that rotates once a year, with three different variations. I never noticed this before but in year A, we usually hear the Gospel on the account of Matthew, B is Mark, and C is Luke. Now, yes I have left out John. Why? Because we listen to him during the season of lent. Currently, I believe we are in year B. There isn't really anything significant about it I have learned ( so far) other than that its so one, we don't have to hear the same thing over and over again, year after year, and two its so we get different accounts of the same idea, and I am assuming it helps us to better piece together Christ's message. Anyways.. Thats All I got.

Miracles

I believe in miracles. Fade in. It was a cold dark friday afternoon about 20 boys walk into their last class of the week. During this last period these students wound be taking an essay theology test on moodle. Once Mr. Sulliavn unlocked the computers but when the kids clicked on moodle the recivied a gift from God. Moodle was down, there was a problem with the server. The boys yelled for joy, the IT department was notified about the problem but could not fix it. We could not take our test, we were extactic. Also our teacher Mr. Cole's wife just had their first child so he can't be too mad. Lets just say based on recent events I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES!!!!