Sentences with phrase «eucharist stands»
The Holy Eucharist stands at the very center of evangelical Catholic life.
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As he explains, «The real presence effected in the Eucharist that is celebrated on the earthly altar is, as the liturgy indicates, a presence in and with Christ in heaven, where he stands before God as our great high priest.»
Instead, he is making an ecclesiological point: At any given place, there should be only one Eucharist celebrated to which all Christians «in good standing» should be admitted.
[1] Perhaps in this context it could be mentioned that Fr Holloway was of the opinion that as the priest would naturally face the people while celebrating at least six of the sacraments, for he stands in for Christ, so it is preferable for the priest to celebrate the Eucharist facing the people.
A man and a woman stood before an altar that was properly dressed with flowers, candles and the elements necessary to celebrate the Eucharist.
I have said all this because I wish to emphasize in this chapter that the proper setting for preaching should be the Eucharist — although of course there will be other important occasions when the proclamation of the gospel will stand by itself or take place in other contexts.
The most remarkable occasion when the Eucharist was given was at the Last Supper for Christ was there standing in front of His Apostles, yet His body remained intact in front of them.
Von Balthasar continually stresses this union of Mary with Christ and the Church as he says: «At the heart of the Church, however, stands Mary, and what applies to her Son's Eucharist applies analogously to her: it is not that she is in heaven or on earth, but she is earth lifted up to heaven and turned toward earth.
Both in western and Syrian traditions, the congregation stood for the reading of the Gospel during the Eucharist.