John Foley, SJ
Why would Catholics go each week to be handed a flat wafer called a “host” and perhaps a small sip of wine? It seems like a lot of trouble, and would appear to have very little to do with the spiritual quest.
Ron Rolheiser
Eucharist as God’s Physical Embrace
On the night before his death, having exhausted what he could do with words, Jesus went beyond them. He gave us the Eucharist.
Eleonore Stump
It is not so hard to understand why Jesus would feed those people with the flesh that is fish. They were hungry, and they were used to eating fish. But why would Jesus feed people with his own flesh?
Larry Gillick
Believe it or not, in the text of the Spiritual Exercises, by St. Ignatius, there is a section of “Rules for Eating.”
Gerald Darring
Nearly one in five people worldwide is chronically malnourished
—too hungry to lead a productive, active life. “Why do you yourselves not give them something to eat?”
Anne Osdieck
What do we believe Jesus meant when he said, “Do this in remembrance of me”? To what does “this” refer? Could it mean more than one thing?