Catholic Fire

Via CNA : Catholic Familyland, the 950 - acre center in Southeastern Ohio, will host its 20th annual international "Totus Tuus Consecrate Them in Truth" Family Conference this month. The theme of the Sept. 14-16 conference is, “The Eucharist, Family, and Presence". Cardinal Francis Arinze will deliver the conference keynote address and hold a question-and-answer session with conference participants. "The goal of this event is to highlight the importance of teaching our children the faith and to strengthen familial relationships,” said Jerry Coniker, who co-founded Catholic Familyland with his late wife Gwen. Other conference speakers include Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR, Kimberly Hahn, and Fr. Kevin Barrett. The Apostolate for Family Consecration was founded in 1975. Its goal is to sanctify and consecrate families in the truths of the Catholic faith, using the modern means of social communications. It also operates Catholic Familyland, a family retreat center, and th...

I love this video and wanted to show it again to celebrate this beautiful feast day and the joy we as Catholics share. Today, let us feast once again on the Body and Blood of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I am also dedicating this to those who are being drawn to the Church by their desire for a more intimate relationship with Jesus and for those who want to know why Catholics love their faith so much. My Favorite Eucharistic Quotes: "For every Christian generation, the Eucharist is indispensable food that sustains us as we cross the desert of this world, dried by ideological and economic systems that do not promote life, but repress it. A world in which the logic of power and possession dominates, instead of the logic of service and love; a world in which the culture of violence and death often triumphs." ~ Pope Benedict XVI, in his homily on the feast of Corpus Christi "Every time we celebrate the Eucharist in the Church, we recall the death of the Savior, we proc...

The solemnity of Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ) commemorates the institution of the Holy Eucharist, paralleling Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday). Corpus Christi was introduced in the late 13th century to encourage the faithful give special honor to the institution of the Holy Eucharist to the Blessed Sacrament. The official title of this Solemnity was changed in 1970 to The Body and Blood of Christ and it is still on the Roman Missal’s official Calendar for the universal Church on Thursday after Trinity Sunday; however, where it is not a day of obligation (as in the United States) it is usually celebrated on the Sunday following Trinity Sunday. From the Holy Father's Homily, Corpus Christi 2007: In his homily, the Holy Father said he wanted to put Christ "in the midst of our daily lives, so that he walks where we walk, so that he lives where we live." "We go through the streets of the world knowing that he is at our side, supported by the hope of one day ...

"In the heart of Jesus, which was pierced, the kingdom of heaven and the land of earth are bound together. Here is for us the source of life. This heart is the heart of the Triune Divinity, and the center of all human hearts... It draws us to itself with secret power, it conceals us in itself in the Father's bosom and floods us with the Holy Spirit. This heart, it beats for us in a small tabernacle where it remains mysteriously hidden in that still, white host." ~ St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

"The Eucharist is connected with the Passion. If Jesus had not established the Eucharist we would have forgotten the crucifixion. It would have faded into the past and we would have forgotten that Jesus loved us. There is a saying that to be far away from the eyes is to be far away from the heart. To make sure that we do not forget, Jesus gave us the Eucharist as a memorial of his love … When you look at the Crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then, when you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now." - Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta