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Category Archives: Eucharist
The Reformation Crashed Our Party
As our daughter prepared to celebrate her First Communion, I was somewhat conflicted about how we would celebrate. What came to mind first was all the stories I heard as a grade-schooler from my Catholic friends about their big Communion … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Practices, Eucharist, Nikki
Tagged Anthony Corleone, Catholic Heritage, First Communion, Reformation
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In Praise of CCD
This last Tuesday, our kids finished their first year of religious education classes at our parish church. These are the classes that are popularly called “CCD” classes–although, at least in our parish, they’re now called PREP (Parish Religious Education Program) … Continue reading
Heaven Here
I’ve written before about how our 12-year-old son Charles has blown me away with his intuitive grasp of some of the basic truths of Catholicism and with his natural openness to the Communion of Saints. Today, I wanted to share … Continue reading
Your Own Personal Jesus
There were more than a few things that I found somewhat unnerving as I began to immerse myself in Catholic practice and culture. One of them was hearing Catholics refer to Jesus as “Our Lord”. It is perhaps a terrible … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiology, Eucharist, Nikki, Sacraments, Uncategorized
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Jason’s Questions: #10 Is Faith Just a Word Game?
All my life, I’ve loved words. I love reading good writing, learning new words, and playing games like Catchphrase, Scattergories, and Bananagrams. And, as a teacher of an adult Sunday school for several years in the Baptist church we attended, … Continue reading
Posted in Eucharist, Interpretation of Scripture, Sacraments
Tagged Eucharist, Linguistics, Words
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Jason’s Questions: #7 Why Are There So Many Catholics at the March for Life?
**Another personal request here: we’re getting ready this weekend for the Mass Monday night at which we’ll be received into the Church. Please remember us in your prayers.** This post is another tough one to write, but I can’t avoid … Continue reading
Posted in Artificial Contraception, Culture of Life, Eucharist, Jason
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Jason’s Questions: #1 Why Do I Drag Myself Out of Bed on Sunday Mornings?
With this post, I am beginning a series of posts in which I will address questions that, in one way or another, always bugged me as a Protestant because the Protestant answers to them never satisfied me.[1] In my experience, … Continue reading
Posted in Epistemology, Eucharist, Jason, Real Presence, Sacraments
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Jason’s Story
As a lifelong evangelical Protestant, I am right now at a place I never thought I would be – standing at the door of the Catholic Church, planning to enter with my wife and kids at the Feast of the … Continue reading
