It has hardly been a year since the conclusion of the Year of the Rosary and we have yet again another initiative of the Holy Father: The Year of the Eucharist (October 2004 – October 2005).

It is a holy thing to reflect on the joyful mystery of the fact that God has become man ... In the Mass we encounter Christ – body, blood, soul and divinity – in the Eucharist.

Archbishop Naumann of Kansas City petitions for the Eucharist’s return, calling its desecration an attack on faith ...

While the practice of Communion under both kinds has become more common ... receive in the state of grace, we are nourished by the full grace of the Holy Eucharist.

According to the Catholic Church, the Eucharist is the source and summit ... belief that the bread and wine become the actual body and blood of Christ at Holy Communion. is a Catholic belief ...