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By Kathy Schiffer, National Catholic Register, August 1, 2024
Kathy Schiffer is a Catholic blogger. In addition to her blog Seasons of Grace, her articles have appeared in the National Catholic Register, Aleteia, Zenit, the Michigan Catholic, Legatus Magazine, and other Catholic publications. She’s worked for Catholic and other Christian ministries since 1988, as radio producer, director of special events and media relations coordinator. Kathy and her husband, Deacon Jerry Schiffer, have three adult children.
For those who participated in the National Eucharistic Congress — and for all Catholics across the nation — the focus on renewal and mission must continue throughout life.
“If it’s just a symbol, to hell with it.” American novelist Flannery O’Connor once shot that verbal arrow during a dinner conversation with other writers and friends. Her non-Catholic host had described the Eucharist as “a pretty good symbol,” and Flannery was quick to defend Catholic teaching about the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, as defined in the Church’s doctrine of transubstantiation.
In a letter to her friend Elizabeth Hester in December 1955, Flannery explained her blunt defense of the Eucharist. “It is the center of existence for me,” she said. “All the rest is expendable.” …
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