Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them (Mt 6.1).
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All posts tagged Holy Communion
Of Baby Spit-Up, Paternity, and Piety: St. Juliana Falconieri (1270-1341)
Posted by Rick Becker on June 20, 2019
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2019/06/20/of-baby-spit-up-paternity-and-piety-st-juliana-falconieri-1270-1341/
The Communion Fast: An Essential Element of Eucharistic Rapport
Posted by Rick Becker on July 1, 2018
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/the-communion-fast-an-essential-element-of-eucharistic-rapport/
What I Mean When I Say ‘Amen’
You know what we get to do today, Brooks? We get to play baseball.
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Posted by Rick Becker on August 13, 2017
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/what-i-mean-when-i-say-amen/
Liquid God
O Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe to which you sent the blind man.
But we have the chalice of Your Precious Blood, filled with life and light.
~ St. Ephrem of Syria
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Posted by Rick Becker on September 16, 2016
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/liquid-god/
Erring on the Side of Eucharistic Excess
The soul cannot expect to be anything but lukewarm
without the grace of frequent Holy Communion.
~ Dom Hubert Van Zeller, OSB
Posted by Rick Becker on November 15, 2015
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/erring-on-the-side-of-eucharistic-excess/
Go Ahead and Ask!
“Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul will be healed.”
~ Roman Missal, response to the invitation to communion (cf. Mt 8:8)
Posted by Rick Becker on June 1, 2014
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2014/06/01/go-ahead-and-ask/
I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning and took out a comma. In the afternoon–well, I put it back again (Oscar Wilde).
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