This will blow your mind:
In the Eucharist, when we stand and listen to the Gospel lesson….
In the first decades of Christianity, before the 4 Gospels were written or circulated, at this point in the liturgy, one of the 12 living Apostles would stand up and tell a story they remembered about Jesus Christ (Gospel lesson) and then explain it (sermon). Then that Apostle would consecrate and distribute the Eucharist.
The 4 Gospels naturally took the place of the living Apostles over time. That’s why the Apostles commissioned the 4 Gospels. And it’s why we still stand - in honor of the Apostles sharing their memory of the very words of Christ.
“Bl. Karl is a beacon for those from broken homes, having experienced first-hand the wounds of his father’s promiscuity. And yet, by the grace of God, he loved both his parents, despite their broken relationship, and he stayed on good terms with them both, until they died.”
Happy anniversary to Blessed Karl of Austria and the Servant of God Zita
By @RCCoulombe
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