Word: euchariste
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...Europe, Catholics commonly parade in the streets with the Blessed Sacrament on Corpus Christi, a feast celebrating the Lord's institution of the Eucharist. One of the few places in the U. S. where elaborate Corpus Christi processions take place is Florissant. Except for a few years after the World War, Florissant's devout inhabitants have decorated the town and marched with the Sacrament on every Corpus Christi since...
Like all good Catholics he received the sacrament of baptism in infancy, that of confirmation in youth, those of the Eucharist and penance frequently thereafter. Before serving in the World War Andre Durupt received the sacrament of matrimony. During the War he was so badly wounded that he was given extreme unction. After the War his wife died; he studied for the priesthood, took the sacrament of holy orders...
...Century work. When he saw the Great Chalice he felt like Parsifal. Boiled down, his arguments in behalf of its historic worth are as follows: ¶ The decoration of the outer cup corresponds remarkably with other authenticated ist Century Roman pieces. ¶ The earliest known reproductions of the Eucharist, in the 3rd and 4th Centuries, give it exactly the form of this cup. Christians in 75 A. D. were already numerous but very poor. The outer cup must have cost a great deal of money which would only be spent on an object of the greatest religious importance. ¶ Though...
...Faith. To many a Protestant, the Catholic dogma of the Eucharist seems either too mystical to attempt to comprehend, or, if understood, too abstract a principle to rally great throngs of men and women. Essentially a Eucharistic Congress is a simple act of public corporate faith, centring in the great mystery of the real presence of Jesus Christ under the appearance of bread and wine. It also represents Catholicism openly on parade. To Catholics the spiritual benefits of Eucharistic Congresses have become obvious in the 32 international ones which have been held since 1881. Years ago the annual council...
...Twenty-seven hundred priests now live in hiding in Mexico. . . . The people bring them chickens, eggs and potatoes to eat, so that they exist like the apostles of the first Christian days. . . . They say mass in secret chapels and keep the Holy Eucharist in private houses. Several months ago a law was passed confiscating any private dwelling where religious services were known to be carried on. And yet I have learned in the past week that in one State where not a priest is allowed, 83 priests are working in secret, and there in one day 30,000 people recently...