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Do you know how magnificent a sacrament the Eucharist is?  It ought to be looked at as a jewel that reflects light from its different facets.  The Eucharist is a  covenant between ourselves and God, a remembrance, a thanksgiving, a Real Presence of Jesus among us, a  mystery of faith, and a spiritual food for our journey of life. In addition to all this, there is another facet of the Eucharist which we need to rediscover especially in this Advent Season. The Eucharist is a sacrament given to us by Jesus for our healing. More than ever, people today want […]

Do you know how magnificent a sacrament the Eucharist is?  It ought to be looked at as a jewel that reflects light from its different facets.  The Eucharist is a  covenant between ourselves and God, a remembrance, a thanksgiving, a Real  Presence of Jesus among us, a  mystery of faith, and a spiritual food for our journey of life. In addition to all this, there is another facet of the Eucharist which we need to rediscover especially in this Advent Season. The Eucharist is a sacrament given to us by Jesus for our healing. More than ever, people today want […]

Today is the first Sunday of Advent.  As we know so well, the word simply means “coming” or “arrived.”  We use it in this context to refer to the coming of Jesus into the world.  Most of us have celebrated Advent many times and are quite familiar with its meaning.  But what many sometimes fail to recognize is that the coming of Jesus is a three-dimensional concept.  Our usual habit of thought is to limit it to only one meaning or two at the most. Characteristically, we think of Advent in terms of the Christmas story.  This is when we […]