05 June 2010

Msgr. Charles Pope: "What Do you Expect From Holy Communion?"

"Some people put more faith in Tylenol than they do in Holy Communion. That’s because when they take Tylenol they expect something to happen. But many people don’t really expect anything to happen when they receive Holy Communion."

In a short piece entitled "What Do you Expect From Holy Communion?" (and related to this weekend's celebration of Corpus Christi, The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ), Monsignor Charles Pope, pastor of Holy Comforter-Saint Cyprian Parish in Washington, DC, comments on the expectations (or lack thereof) of many Catholics as they participate in the Sacraments and in the liturgy:

     Msgr. Charles Pope: What Do you Expect From Holy Communion?

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