Eucharist
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He went toward the altar through a veil of thick smoke and first reached for the antimins, a rectangular piece of cloth that is necessary to celebrate the Liturgy, or Eucharist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
His daughter Claire says her father, a devout Catholic convert, has been allowed to take the Eucharist only nine times in the last two-and-a-half years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Growing up in a religious, partly Hispanic household, I learned from an early age that eating the Eucharist at church was representative of consuming Jesus’ body and blood.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2024
The bishops also heard a progress report on plans for a nationwide gathering in Indianapolis in July 2024 focused on devotion to the Eucharist — the communion celebration at the heart of Catholic worship.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
And the effect of this rearrangement is to make the mass seem less a prayer directed to God, more a communal celebration of the Eucharist.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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