For Pope Francis, the Holy Eucharist Is the “Bread of Sinners,” for Saint Thomas Aquinas, It Is “Panis Angelorum”
June 23, 2021 | Luiz Sérgio Solimeo | tfp.org

Corpus Christi is the grand and solemn liturgical feast in praise of the Blessed Sacrament. Inspired by Saint Juliana of Mont Cornillon (1193–1258), it originated in the Middle Ages. Pope Urban IV approved it with the Bull Transiturus of September 8, 1264, and asked Saint Thomas Aquinas to compose its liturgical office.

Hence, we owe to Saint Thomas’s theological genius (he was also an inspired poet) the beautiful hymn Lauda Sion, that is part of the new feast’s Mass. In its verses, we find the beautiful expression “Ecce panis angelorum” (behold the Bread of angels), which came to be used frequently to designate Holy Communion. That is easy to understand because one can receive it only in the state of grace, which renders men similar to angels. Continue reading on tfp.org

OVERCOMING TYRANNY: Fr. Mawdsley’s 3-Step Plan

Father James Mawdsley presents a basic plan of action for how each of us can overcome the diabolical tyranny that is presently attempting to lock down the world.

Basing his arguments on Catholic principle, Father offers practical advice that culminates with a call to unswerving devotion to the one heavenly intercessor who really can save the world.

Father Mawdley knows of what he speaks. Before he became a Catholic, he spent 14 months being tortured in a Burmese jail for fighting tyranny. (RemnantNewspaper.com)