There is healing in the bread when you partake in Holy Communion in remembrance of what Jesus did on the cross. In Luke 22:20, Jesus tells us that the cup is the “new covenant between God and ...

For Catholics: As Catholics, we fully participate in the celebration of the Eucharist when we receive Holy Communion. In order to be properly disposed to receive communion, participants should not ...

Jesus teaches that we cannot approach the altar if we are filled with sin or injustice toward our brethren. Repentance and confession before Holy Communion are necessary, lest our reverence for ...

GRAFTON, Mass. (RNS) — Symbolism means little if Jesus’ presence does not actually break down the divisions that keep Christians from joining in communion with one another. (COMMENTARY) ...

Well-known Christian pastor Francis Chan is raising questions after comments he made about the history of Holy Communion. The pastor, preaching on the "Body of Christ and Communion," pointed out ...

To refuse someone Holy Communion is considered by some more serious than a sacrilegious Communion, but doing so involves love for God and for sinners. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote in the Lauda Sion ...

Beyond the Politics of Communion, a 2,000-Year-Old Holy Mystery For many Catholics, the eucharist is something wholly apart from partisan skirmishes. It is quite literally about God.

Jesus "shows this at the Last Supper by giving us himself, his entire body, blood, soul and divinity through Holy Communion," he also said in comments to Fox News Digital last year.

The Catholic archbishop of San Francisco says that U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is no longer allowed to receive Communion because of her vocal support for abortion rights. Salvatore Cordileone ...

Holy Communion, or the Eucharist, is the sharing of bread and wine, as Jesus urged his followers to do in his memory at his Last Supper, that becomes the spiritual embodiment of Christ.

Reception of holy Communion on the tongue has been a tradition of the Church for more than 15 centuries. It began, largely, as an effort to affirm that the Eucharist was not a symbol or a ritual ...