Franciscan University Presents “Eucharistic Revival” With guest, Most Reverend Salvatore Joseph Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco Excerpt from Before I Formed You in the Womb, I Knew You: A Pastoral Letter on the Human Dignity of the Unborn, Holy...
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Franciscan University Presents “Eucharistic Revival” With guest, Most Reverend Salvatore Joseph Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco Excerpt from Before I Formed You in the Womb, I Knew You: A Pastoral Letter on the Human Dignity of the Unborn, Holy Communion, and Catholics in Public Life By Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone SECTION 3. The Question of Reception of the Holy Eucharist The Church’s teaching and discipline on worthiness to receive Holy Communion has been consistent throughout her history, going back to the very beginning. The earliest account of the Last Supper is found in the First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians, written within thirty years of the event itself. Immediately after describing Our Lord’s institution of the Holy Eucharist, St. Paul offers this admonition: Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cu
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