What might we have to “surrender” in order for new life to grow? I have to confess I have never been comfortable with the smallness of my life. The world spins on its axis, sometimes seemingly out of control, and I sometimes feel like a tiny speck of dust ready to be hurled off into […]
Author: Mark C. McCann
Eucharist: Living & Evangelizing · July / August 2021
A Ministry of Words and Our Eucharistic Call
Christian radio personality and popular Catholic writer and presenter Mark McCann reflects upon the eucharistic dimension of evangelization through his own experience. As I have walked these many years along the narrow road of salvation, my heavenly Father has impressed upon my soul the essence of my calling: to be a man of words. My […]
Eucharistic Spirituality · September / October 2020
The Eucharist and the Dance of Death
What might Camille Saint-Saëns symphony Dance Macabre inspire in a eucharistic imagination? In June of 2019, my family and I attended the last performance of the 2018-2019 Connecticut Valley Symphony Orchestra Concert Series, a journey through the theme of dance. One of my favorite pieces of the afternoon was the Dance Macabre, by Camille Saint-Saëns. […]
Eucharistic Spirituality · May / June 2019
Eucharist and the Extraordinary Power of Ordinary Time
There is much more to Ordinary Time than we can first imagine and believe. Throughout our lives, we are all driven to find recognition and purpose as we seek to fill the emptiness in our hearts. So many of us spend our days looking to accomplish extraordinary deeds, often missing the message that the mundane, […]
Eucharist: Living & Evangelizing · November / December 2018
Tears and Eucharistic Transformation
The Eucharist transforms us. Can it also transform what we bring to the table, even our sorrows, sins, and failings? One of my go-to books I used to read to my children is Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel. It contains a series of sweet, short pieces about a child-like owl and his little adventures […]
Eucharistic Spirituality · May / June 2018
A Symphony of the Spirit
Music and prayer, word and silence, bread and wine and ourselves are given to God in praise to become a symphony of love and self-giving. What is it about classical music that lifts us up from our ordinary existence and carries us to places where life once more has meaning and holy intention? It always […]