Tag: Eucharist
Philippa Martyr: Adore the Lord in his holy temple
To look at Jesus really and truly present, looking right back at you, is a great thing.
Let us kneel before Christ, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP urges in...
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has called on Sydney Catholics to deepen their reverence for the Eucharist through more frequent Mass attendance, Eucharistic adoration, and a renewed appreciation of kneeling in prayer.
Adoring the Eucharistic Lord: “Let us kneel before the God who...
ADORING THE EUCHARISTIC LORD: “LET US KNEEL BEFORE THE GOD WHO MADE US” (PS 94:6): Pastoral Letter to the Priests, Religious, and People of the Archdiocese of Sydney on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ 2026
The greatest prayer we can offer is the Mass
Going to Mass can easily become routine, but Mass is the source and summit of the Christian life and draws us into deeper union with God. If we can bring to it greater attention and devotion it can transform our spiritual lives.
Family’s journey to faith begins with unexpected diagnosis
A South Coast family has entered the Catholic Church this Easter after a life-changing diagnosis led them to surrender to God and discover the faith together.
Q&A with Fr Flader: Fulton Sheen on love for the Eucharist
I was delighted to hear that Archbishop Fulton Sheen is soon to be beatified. I know that he had great devotion to the Eucharist, so can you tell me something about it to help me prepare for the 2028 International Eucharistic Congress being planned for Sydney?
Seeking the face of Christ in his church this Lent
Joseph Ratzinger’s Jesus of Nazareth offers a Lenten call to rediscover the church as born from Christ’s communion with the Father – and to measure parish life by Word, Eucharist and faithful discipleship.
Australian Men’s Crusade hosts inaugural conference
Braving the cold and heavy rain, more than a hundred men from across the country made the trek to Our Lady of Mercy Church in Penrose Park to be spiritually nourished for the year ahead at the inaugural Australian Men's Crusade Conference on 17 January.
Christopher West challenges Catholics to rethink Christianity as love ‘in the...
US-based Theology of the Body speaker Christopher West told a packed St Kevin’s Church, Eastwood, that Christianity is not a set of rules but the radical claim that God has united himself to humanity “in the flesh.”
Q&A with Fr Flader: The Mass in the Didache
An early church document, the Didache, seems to include a record of how the early Christians celebrated the Eucharist at the end of the first century. Fr John Flader takes a look at this remarkable and and sometimes moving document.
“This is My Body, Given for You”
Now that the theme for the International Eucharistic Congress has been announced - what comes next?
Q&A with Fr Flader: The Mass in the first decades
I have often wondered how the apostles and other priests celebrated Mass in the first decades, following Our Lord’s instruction in the Last Supper to “Do this in commemoration of me”. Do we know anything about this?
























