“I have given you an example”
Fifth Sermon Lent 2022 Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M.Cap. Our meditation today starts with a question: Why, in the account of the Last Supper, John does not speak of the institution of the Eucharist, but speaks instead of the washing of the feet? And this...
The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist
Fourth Sermon Lent 2022 Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M.Cap. After our mystagogical catecheses on the three main parts of the Mass – the Liturgy of the Word, Consecration and Holy Communion – we shall reflect today on the Eucharist as the real presence of...
Communion with the Body and Blood of Christ
Third Sermon Lent 2022 Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M.Cap. In our mystagogical catechesis on the Eucharist – after the Liturgy of the Word and the Consecration – we have reached the third moment, that of communion. This is the moment of the Mass...
“Take and eat: this is my Body”
Second Sermon Lent 2022 Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M.Cap. The object of our mystagogical catechesis today is the central part of the Mass, the Eucharistic Prayer, or the Canon, which has consecration at its center. We make two types of consideration on it:...
