Q: Is it ever acceptable to say something other than "amen" when receiving Communion? Would "thank you," "he's alive" or even ...

In the Orthodox tradition, Communion is considered the main sacrament in which a person unites with Christ, accepting His Body and Blood under the guise of bread and wine. This moment is the peak of ...

Paula Magliocco of Pewaukee, Wis., is a busy mother of three and a Catholic elementary-school teacher. Yet, in spite of her hectic life, she finds time to make a spiritual communion, not just once, ...

Through your prayer, faith, love for God, and purity of heart, you established your soul on earth through the abode of the Most Holy Trinity, and were honored with communion with Angels, and the ...

Where the rubrics of the Missal of Paul VI say nothing or say little in specific in some places, it is not therefore to be ...