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Some of the most powerful witnesses to the Real Presence are Catholics who do not receive Holy Communion.
Bishop Erik Varden's reflections following the Vatican's Amoris Laetitia meeting deserve careful attention, particularly his recognition of Catholics in irregular marital situations who faithfully attend Mass, participate in parish life, but refrain from receiving Holy Communion.
He describes their fidelity as a genuine contribution to the Christian community, beautifully observing that “Sacramental exile sustained over time can prepare a joyful homecoming.”
Professor Jacob Phillips @Counteredlogos makes a particularly interesting observation here. In a city like London, such Catholics could attend Mass anonymously, receive Communion and nobody would be any the wiser. Yet many choose not to.
Consider what this tells us. Their fidelity is not imposed by surveillance or fear of embarrassment, rather it springs from conscience, reverence for the Eucharist and a recognition that the sacraments possess an objective reality which cannot simply be subordinated to our personal circumstances.
Surely this raises a question about the whole synodal enterprise?
We hear a great deal about listening to those who experience the Church's teaching as burdensome, and rightly so. But how much attention is given to those who embrace that teaching despite the burden it places upon them? Are their sacrifices, their consciences and their "lived experience" being taken equally seriously?
There is a danger of treating every painful pastoral situation as a problem whose solution must involve relaxing sacramental discipline but the Christian life has never promised freedom from suffering. It promises that suffering, united to Christ, can become fruitful. Bishop Varden's great insight is that Christian accompaniment must be ordered towards conversion and holiness, not simply affirmation. Genuine mercy does not pretend that difficult truths cease to exist. It helps people live in the light of those truths, confident that God's grace is already at work.
Perhaps one of the most important voices in the debate over Holy Communion belongs to those who quietly, faithfully, choose not to receive it.
Why would a Dragon Hoard gold? Because a dragon represents everything that you're afraid of. What's embedded in everything that you're afraid of? Absolutely everything that you need to find.
These are the people massacred in the Orthodox Church Damscus Syria.
Just an hour before they were killed.
Christians are being hunted like animals, 1 in 7 Christians worldwide face persecution, and many pay with their lives. It's a hidden holocaust.
I was a lifelong Protestant. I have most of the New Testament memorized.
I was in ministry. I gave lectures at women’s conferences. I was a vocalist with an evangelical worship team.
In 2022, I finally submitted to the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic church.
Best decision ever of my Christian life.
Said Abdelrazek converted from Islam to Christianity and wasnt ashamed ✝️
For that, Egypt locked him in 10th of Ramadan Prison.
He was hung in a crucifixion position so guards and inmates could mock him.
They removed a cross tattoo off his body.
He still would not recant.
On July 15, 2025, they arrested him againthis time for trying to change his ID to match his faith.
The charge: terrorism.
The real reason: he left Islam.
His health is collapsing.
Medical care is being withheld.
His next hearing is October 21, 2026.
That date could decide whether he lives or disappears💔
This is not terrorism.
This is apostasy treated as a national-security crime.
Remember those in prison as if you were there with them. (Hebrews 13:3)
Demand his release. Share his name. Do not let this stay quiet.
#FreeSaidAbdelrazek #ReligiousFreedom #ChristianPersecutionShorter
Said Abdelrazek is in an Egyptian prison because he became a Christian.
They hung him in a crucifix position. They tried to remove his cross tattoo. Now they call it “terrorism.”
Hearing: October 21, 2026.
He could face death or life in prison in only 18 days!!
Stand with our brother in Christ ✝️
If not now when ?
#FreeSaidAbdelrazek
#EndChristianPersecution
@MGod0416@ABC Or scoured any old rumor from decades ago that can no longer be vetted just so such a “report” could be released.
Where is the report on the much more prevalent & recent abuse in public schools?