The Portiuncula, located in Jerusalem, Ohio, in the Diocese of Steubenville, is home to the Franciscan Lay Apostolate. We are humbly committed to imitating the Gospel life of Christ, and observing the Sacraments. Placing ourselves under strict and holy obedience to the Bishop of Steubenville, the Magisterium, and Father Nick Ward, we follow the Medieval Penitential First Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis, dated 1221 A.D.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
This Is My Body! This Is My Blood!
...All those who behold the Sacrament, which is sanctified by the Word of God upon the altar in the hands of the priest, under the appearances of bread and wine, but who do not see and believe according to the Spirit and the divinity that it is really the most holy body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, are condemned. He, the Most High, has declared it, when he said, "This is my body, and the blood of the New Testament"; and "They who eat my flesh and drink my blood shall have eternal life."
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