Tag: eucharist
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3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (2026)
(Given at the 4:30 pm Saturday anticipated Mass and the 5:30 pm Sunday youth Mass at OLP) Generally, when the Bible says someone’s journeying away from Jerusalem, it’s not a good thing. And the two disciples from our gospel passage are doing just that. They are heading to Emmaus, seven…
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Holy Thursday (2026)
(Given at the Holy Thursday 6:30 pm Mass at OLP) In the Old Covenant, it was forbidden to consume animal blood. One main reason was the idea that the lifeforce of the animal was contained in its blood. To consume the blood of a cow meant one was communing in the cow or having communion with it. This would thus debase a…