most blessed sacrament catholic church

nuns dont wear the habit now
even most priests dont wear the cassock nowadays
women dont cover their heads in church now
people dont go to confession any longer
they dont venerate the blessed sacrament nowadays
Its getting very hard to find alter boys anymore

why is that?

the church is actually evolving to survive

2009-09-06 07:17:20 by Belfast Girl

The parish of the Most Blessed Sacrament, for which this Norman Gothic church eventually was built, was organized in 1905 by Father John Connolly ...

Answer: For Catholics, the Holy Eucharist / Catholic Mass is considered the most important and highest form of prayer. In fact, attending Mass is an obligation, under penalty of mortal sin, each Sunday and on certain other Holy Days of Obligation. The Mass is divided into two sections, the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The Liturgy of the Word consists of two readings (one from the Old Testament and one from the New Testament), the Responsorial Psalm, the Gospel reading, the homily (or sermon), and general intercessions (also called petitions).

The center of the Mass is its second part, the Liturgy of the Holy Eucharist. During this time, Catholics share in the body and blood of Jesus in the form of the bread and wine passed out to the congregation. According to the Bible, this is done in remembrance of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:23-25, cf. Luke 22:18-20 and Matthew 26:26-28). However, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1366, "The Eucharist is thus a sacrifice because it re-presents (makes present) the sacrifice of the cross, because it is its memorial and because it applies its fruit." The Catechism continues in paragraph 1367:

The sacrifice of Christ and the sacrifice of the Holy Eucharist are one single sacrifice: "The victim is one and the same: the same now offers through the ministry of priests, who then offered himself on the cross; only the manner of offering is different." "And since in this divine sacrifice which is celebrated in the Mass, the same Christ who offered himself once in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross is contained and is offered in an unbloody manner. . . this sacrifice is truly propitiatory."

In the book of Malachi, the prophet predicts elimination of the old sacrificial system and the institution of a new sacrifice: "I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand. For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts" (Malachi 1:10-11). This means that God will one day be glorified among the Gentiles, who will make pure offerings to Him in all places. The Catholics see this as the Eucharist. However, the apostle Paul seems to have a different slant on it: "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship" (Romans 12:1). The Eucharist can only be offered in select places: Churches consecrated and blessed according to Catholic Canon Law. The idea of offering our bodies as living sacrifices fits better with the language of the prediction, which says that the sacrifices will be offered "in every place."

The Roman Catholic Church believes that the bread and wine of the Holy Eucharist become the actual body and blood of Jesus. They attempt to support their system of thought with passages such as John 6:32-58; Matthew 26:26; Luke 22:17-23; and 1 Corinthians 11:24-25. In 1551 A.D., the Counsel of Trent officially stated: "by the consecration of the bread and wine there takes place a change of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the body of Christ our Lord and of the whole substance of the wine into the substance of his blood. This change the holy Catholic Church has fittingly and properly called transubstantiation" (Session XIII, chapter IV; cf. canon II). By sharing in the Eucharistic meal, the Church teaches that Catholics are fulfilling John 6:53: "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you."

What does that really mean? Jesus goes on to say that "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is of no avail. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life" (John 6:63-64). So, if "the flesh is of no avail," why would we have to eat Jesus' flesh in order to have eternal life? It does not make sense, until Jesus tells us that the words He speaks are "spirit." Jesus is saying that this is not a literal teaching, but a spiritual one. The language ties in perfectly with the aforementioned statement of the apostle Paul: "present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship" (Romans 12:1).

In Jewish thought, bread was equated with the Torah, and "eating of it" was reading and understanding the covenant of God (cf. Deuteronomy 8:3). For example, the apocryphal book of Sirach states "'He who eats of me will hunger still, he who drinks of me will thirst for more; he who obeys me will not be put to shame, he who serves me will never fail.' All this is true of the book of Most High's covenant, the law which Moses commanded us as an inheritance for the community of Jacob" (Sirach 24:20-22). Quoting from Sirach here is not endorsing it as Script

Paul wrote to the Corinthians: "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?" (1 Cor. 10:16). So when we receive Communion, we actually participate in the body and blood of Christ, not just eat symbols of them. Paul also said, "Therefore whoever eats the bread and drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. . . . For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself" (1 Cor. 11:27, 29). "To answer for the body and blood" of someone meant to be guilty of a crime as serious as homicide. How could eating mere bread and wine "unworthily" be so serious? Paul’s comment makes sense only if the bread and wine became the real body and blood of Christ.

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I keep hearing how people say that God intended marriage to be between one man and one woman. First, that is wrong since many biblical figures had multiple wives. Also, the church performs the "marriage sacrament" in which the union is blessed by the church and presumably God. But the church does not bestow the legal rights of marriage on a couple, that is done by the state. And the state has never required a minister to perform a marriage ceremony for anybody, in fact the Catholic Church denies the marriage sacrament on a regular basis to people ... i.e., divorcees cannot be married in the catholic church unless an annulment has been granted.

So why are "christians" and mormons confusing "the sacrament of marriage" with the federal/civil marriage?
mrglasso: by your definition, childless couples should not be allowed to marry either. If a marriage couple cannot produce children then they shouldn't be allowed legal marriage rights?

No, they dont understand the difference.

But at the bottom of the fight is even more ignorance. These people actually think that homosexual couples get equal rights with civil unions. They dont understand that gay marriage where legal still denies the homosexual couple over a thousand LEGAL marrital rights that heterosexual couples receive when they file their relationship status as a legal contract with the state.

That right there is the key to this. Since they think civil unions and domestic partnerships give equal rights, they cant figure out why they want to infringe upon the church. I dont understand why, if it is such an important issue to these people, that they dont understand the rights homosexual couples are denied.

2008-11-24 22:41:40 by Theo N

Since the Vatican 2 Council,there have been debased standards like this in the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Mass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN9N0FYKJ TA&feature=related
there is no more respect for the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Eucharist which is most integral theme of the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church because the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Mass is a sacrifice not a memorial precese of our Lord Jesus Christ through anthamesis
and they have removed the pre-design of the Altar used in the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Mass of Pope John XXIII
Our late Holy Father Pope Pius X said the Latin Mass must be protected and used till the end of the world
Saint Pope John Paul II the greatest Pray for us
The Vatican 2 Council has taken away the prestige the sacredness of the Holy Mass
I am a Roman Catholic who is obedient to Pope Benedict XVI and his teachings I will never leave the Church who is founded on Saint Peter Cephas the Rock

I prefer the Tridentine Mass also. I do not know if the Novus Ordo has less prestige or sacredness but I do not see the necessity of the vernacular Mass or the changes that have been made. It is better for the Mass to be said in a common language of the Church as a sign of unity, in my humble opinion. However, disagreement does not mean that we can be disobedient.

I was so sickened by the link you provided that I could not view the whole thing. I pray that those vicars who allowed these things were disciplined.
God bless!

In Christ
Fr. Joseph

2010-01-27 07:20:34 by Karol Wojtyła

World Youth Day, a Catholic rock 'n roll wood stock that teaches nothing Catholic whatsoever. This is just another example that the conciliar church, that is, the Church after the Second Vatican Council, is full of corruption and the unholy. There are so many abuses done in the Church. Having Eucharistic Ministers administering the Blessed Sacrament! This decreases the faith in the Real Presence. The Eucharist is to be only touched by the hands of the consecrated, not laid in the hands of the filthy. Statistics have shown that only 25% of Catholics go to confession ... only 25%. That means the majority of Catholics are receiving Holy Communion in the state of mortal sin. Women dress immodestly at Mass now, wearing mini skirts and tight tube tops, and some people show in in t-shirt and jeans! The tabernacle is no longer placed where it should be, on top of the altar! Instead, they move Our Lord over to the side or in a back room. Never will I attend such a sacrilege.
The Sacrament of Holy Orders was altered, thus the validity of ordination is in question, which is extremely scarey. If the conciliar Church has no true priests, then the consecration of the bread and wine is not valid, thus Jesus is not truly present on any of the altars ... just bread and wine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPNomC8ON 08

Do you actually know what you are talking about because what you have stated is all wrong?

World Youth Day (WYD) is the largest youth event in the world and will be held in Sydney from Tuesday 15 to Sunday 20 July 2008.

Organised by the Catholic Church, WYD brings together young people from around the globe to celebrate and learn about their faith on a more regular basis.

WYD08 will be the largest event Australia has ever hosted. It will attract over 125,000 international visitors - more than the 2000 Olympics.

WYD08 will mark the first visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to Australia.

Through the WYD08 experience, young people from throughout the world will make a pilgrimage in faith, meet, and experience the love of God.

World Youth Day is an invitation from the Pope to the youth of the world to celebrate their faith around a particular theme. Everyone is welcome to attend.


Do you want women to go to Church covered up like Muslim women?

All I can say you are a hypocrite and I hope you are not a Catholic, because I am and I would be ashamed to call you my Catholic brother/sister

2008-06-21 21:28:22 by The Italian