"Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread." Luke 24:35

We have had such a wonderful time participating in the Lowell Labor Day Parade over the last several years! It's been such a joy to be together in our community doing part of our Laboring in the Field by evangilizing, spreading the good news to all those who come out to the parade. 

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Make Meals at HomE

Check the links above for meals we think you might enjoy making at home and for meals we extend our warm welcome to enjoy together with us! 
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Sharing a meal, "Breaking Bread" plays a major role in how we've worked within this year's overall Parade Theme of "Traditions Unite Us". This phrase means so much to our little parish community, both in the meals we share with the community, and the ultimate Breaking Bread - The Eucharist.

We share meals together as a parish often. From Fish Fries to Vietnamese Dinners, and everything in between. We celebrate with food our community and community traditions. Las Posadas and Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe celebrated with our large Hispanic Community highlight the unity that food can divide any barriers that we might percivie. There are meals filled with laughter and joy, funeral luncheons that we share stories and comfort after saying goodbye to our departed loved ones, fellowship at the parish level of our Hospitality Breakfasts, and with our much expanded community of Lowell and beyond. 

we believe the Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life.

The term “Eucharist” originates from the Greek word eucharistia, meaning thanksgiving. 

In the celebration of the Eucharist, bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit and the instrumentality of the priest. The whole Christ is truly present -- body, blood, soul, and divinity -- under the appearances of bread and wine, the glorified Christ who rose from the dead. This is what the Church means when she speaks of the "Real Presence" of Christ in the Eucharist. The transformed bread and wine are truly the Body and Blood of Christ and are not merely symbols. When Christ said “This is my body” and “This is my blood,” the bread and wine are transubstantiated. Though the bread and wine appear the same to our human faculties, they are actually the real body and blood of Jesus.

On the night before he suffered on the cross, Jesus shared one last meal with his disciples. During this meal our Savior instituted the sacrament of his Body and Blood. He did this in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the Cross throughout the ages and to entrust to the Church a memorial of his death and resurrection. The Institution of the Eucharist is written down in the four Gospels below: 

• Matthew 26:26-30
• Mark 14:22-26
• Luke 22:14-20
• John 6:22-59 (The Bread of Life Discourse)

Jesus is the True Bread of Life!