Aug
12
What is it? Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Reprised from 2018
1 Kings 18:44; Ephesians 4:30–5:2; John 6:41–51
I have a confession to make. Sometimes I do not treat the Eucharist as seriously as I should. I’m not saying that I don’t believe in the Real Presence or that I approach the altar unworthily and knowingly with mortal sin on my soul. But sometimes I don’t reflect deeply enough on what it is that I am receiving, and I don’t think I’m alone when I say that I don’t always approach the Eucharist with the reverence it deserves. John Calvin, the Reformed theologian from Geneva mocked the Catholic doctrine, saying that if we truly believed that the Eucharist were Christ Himself, we would crawl on our hands and knees to receive it.
1 Kings 18:44; Ephesians 4:30–5:2; John 6:41–51
I have a confession to make. Sometimes I do not treat the Eucharist as seriously as I should. I’m not saying that I don’t believe in the Real Presence or that I approach the altar unworthily and knowingly with mortal sin on my soul. But sometimes I don’t reflect deeply enough on what it is that I am receiving, and I don’t think I’m alone when I say that I don’t always approach the Eucharist with the reverence it deserves. John Calvin, the Reformed theologian from Geneva mocked the Catholic doctrine, saying that if we truly believed that the Eucharist were Christ Himself, we would crawl on our hands and knees to receive it.
