--- title: Blog Posts – Church Life Journal | Eucharist description: Eucharist | --- Search [![churchlife](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Churchlife_Aug2016_Theme/Images/church-life-journal-white-horizontal-1.png)](http://churchlife.nd.edu/) - [Essays](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays) - [Articles](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles) - [Blog](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post) - [Contributors](http://churchlife.nd.edu/contributors/) All posts filed under: BLOG POSTS [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PrayerAfterCommunion.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/10/the-mass-for-millennials-prayers-after-communion) ## [The Mass for Millennials: Prayers After Communion](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/10/the-mass-for-millennials-prayers-after-communion) Published by [Jon R. Jordan](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/jon-r-jordan) > “Stick-to-itiveness is one of the more inelegant words in the English language, but I have a special fondness for it. … I have also found that it is one of the marks of Christian discipleship and have learned to admire those who exemplify it.” Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [May 10, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/10/the-mass-for-millennials-prayers-after-communion) [Blog Posts](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/blog-post) / [communion](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/communion) / [Eucharist](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/eucharist) / [love](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/love) / [Mass for Millennials](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/mass-for-millennials) / [jonrjordan](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/jonrjordan) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Lord-I-am-not-worthy-crop.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/04/the-mass-for-millennials-lord-i-am-not-worthy) ## [The Mass for Millennials: "Lord, I am not worthy. . ."](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/04/the-mass-for-millennials-lord-i-am-not-worthy) Published by [Brooke Gensler](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/brooke-gensler) > *Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.* Several months ago, I had the opportunity to travel to a far-off land, a land I had read about and imagined my whole life. “To Hogwarts you went?” some might ask. While Hogwarts would have been a magical experience, I went to a land that was home to a figure infinitely more awe-inspiring... Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [May 04, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/04/the-mass-for-millennials-lord-i-am-not-worthy) [Blog Posts](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/blog-post) / [Eucharist](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/eucharist) / [Incarnation](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/incarnation) / [Jesus Christ](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/jesus-christ) / [liturgy](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/liturgy) / [Mass for Millennials](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/mass-for-millennials) / [Notre Dame](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/notre-dame) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Lamb-of-God-crop.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/03/the-mass-for-millennials-lamb-of-god) ## [The Mass for Millennials: Lamb of God](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/03/the-mass-for-millennials-lamb-of-god) Published by [Grace Agolia](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/grace-agolia) Many of us struggle with the “presence in absence” of God in the Eucharist. It is hard to believe that our God, incarnate in Jesus Christ, is really and actively present with us in the Eucharist, which seems to be just mundane, ordinary bread and wine. When faced with this feeling of doubt or even apathy, I find that the “Lamb of God” impels me to confront the “presence-in-absence” of God in the E... Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [May 03, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/05/03/the-mass-for-millennials-lamb-of-god) [Blog Posts](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/blog-post) / [Eucharist](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/eucharist) / [Jesus Christ](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/jesus-christ) / [Lamb of God](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/lamb-of-god) / [liturgy](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/liturgy) / [Mass for Millennials](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/mass-for-millennials) / [Paschal mystery](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/paschal-mystery) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Doxology-crop.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/26/the-mass-for-millennials-doxology-and-amen) ## [The Mass for Millennials: Doxology and Amen](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/26/the-mass-for-millennials-doxology-and-amen) Published by [Carolyn Pirtle](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/carolyn-pirtle) Every Eucharistic Prayer concludes with the Doxology and the Great Amen. In this solemn, powerful moment, the presider holds aloft Jesus himself, truly present in the Eucharistic species, and proclaims: Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [April 26, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/26/the-mass-for-millennials-doxology-and-amen) [Blog Posts](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/blog-post) / [Amen](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/amen) / [Doxology](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/doxology) / [Eucharist](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/eucharist) / [liturgical music](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/liturgical-music) / [Mass for Millennials](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/mass-for-millennials) / [praise](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/praise) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/funeral2-crop.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/03/15/present-in-the-presence-of-the-lord) ## [Present in the Presence of the Lord](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/03/15/present-in-the-presence-of-the-lord) Published by [Allyse Gruslin](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/allyse-gruslin) “How was the Mass?” Many friends asked me this question upon returning from my grandmother’s funeral this past January. The most authentic answer I could give people was “Comfortable.” Although my Memere (a term of endearment for my Canadian-born grandmother) was 90 years old when she returned to the Lord, the length and quality of her life did not remove the painful void caused by her death. I fr... 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