PARISH LIFE
letter to the Parish
la carta a la iglesia
MASS SIGN-UPS — are no longer necessary! This became effective Friday, December 18, 2020. All other covid restrictions remain in place (masks, physical distancing, sanitizing, etc).
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the Holy sacrifice of the mass is the heart of our catholic faith and all that we do.
CCC 1324 The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the 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."
All of life flows from the Eucharist and all life flows and leads us back to the Eucharist, Jesus Christ. who is made present for us at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
Fruits of reception of Holy Communion:
1391 Holy Communion augments our union with Christ...
1392 What material food produces in our bodily life, Holy Communion wonderfully achieves in our spiritual life...
1393 Holy Communion separates us from sin...
1394 As bodily nourishment restores lost strength, so the Eucharist strengthens our charity, which tends to be weakened in daily life; and this living charity wipes away venial sins...
1395 ...the Eucharist preserves us from future mortal sins...
1396 The unity of the Mystical Body: the Eucharist makes the Church...
1397 The Eucharist commits us to the poor...
1398 The Eucharist and the unity of Christians. Before the greatness of this mystery St. Augustine exclaims, "O sacrament of devotion! O sign of unity! O bond of charity!"234 The more painful the experience of the divisions in the Church which break the common participation in the table of the Lord, the more urgent are our prayers to the Lord that the time of complete unity among all who believe in him may return...
1399 The Eastern churches that are not in full communion with the Catholic Church..."These Churches, although separated from us, yet possess true sacraments, above all - by apostolic succession - the priesthood and the Eucharist, whereby they are still joined to us in closest intimacy." A certain communion in sacris, and so in the Eucharist, "given suitable circumstances and the approval of Church authority, is not merely possible but is encouraged."235
1400 Ecclesial communities derived from the Reformation and separated from the Catholic Church, "have not preserved the proper reality of the Eucharistic mystery in its fullness, especially because of the absence of the sacrament of Holy Orders." It is for this reason that Eucharistic intercommunion with these communities is not possible for the Catholic Church. However these ecclesial communities, "when they commemorate the Lord's death and resurrection in the Holy Supper . . . profess that it signifies life in communion with Christ and await his coming in glory."
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