Bishop Espaillat on the Sixth Effect of Receiving the Eucharist: It Prepares Us for Death
| 03/23/2023
By: The Good Newsroom
Bishop Joseph Espaillat, Auxiliary Bishop of New York, continues his series on the Seven Effects of the Eucharist with a reflection this week on the sixth effect: it prepares us for death.
If we believe that when we receive the Eucharist that we are receiving the Lord, he says, then when the Lord calls us home, we will be ready to greet Him.
Father Matthew Ernest, S.T.D., director of the archdiocese's Office of Liturgy, suggested parishes introduce evening prayer during special occasions, such as a church's patronal feast day
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Our Sunday Visitor
| 11/02/2025
November is the month dedicated to the faithful departed. Cardinal Dolan reflects on life, death, and eternal life in Heaven with God.
By:
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan
| 11/02/2025
This is the text from Pope Leo XIV's homily pronounced at the Mass for the Jubilee of the World of Education and proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as "Doctor of the Church" on All Saints Day, November 1, 2025, in St. Peter's Square.