Eucharist

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His daughter Claire says her father, a devout Catholic convert, has been allowed to take the Eucharist only nine times in the last two-and-a-half years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

On Monday, the feast of Epiphany in the Christian calendar, Mr Welby will attend two services at Lambeth Palace, a Eucharist at lunchtime and Evensong later in the day.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2025

Growing up in a religious, partly Hispanic household, I learned from an early age that eating the Eucharist at church was representative of consuming Jesus’ body and blood.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024

The bishops also heard a progress report on plans for a nationwide gathering in Indianapolis in July 2024 focused on devotion to the Eucharist — the communion celebration at the heart of Catholic worship.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2023

And the effect of this rearrangement is to make the mass seem less a prayer directed to God, more a communal celebration of the Eucharist.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez