Online text: Pastoral Letter on the Most Holy Eucharist, by Bishop Dr. Thomas G. Doran

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• A Pastoral Letter to the Reverend Clergy, Devoted Religious and Faithful Laity of the Diocese of Rockford on the Most Holy Eucharist, by the Most Reverend Thomas G. Doran, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of Rockford (2006). Available in pdf format at the Diocese of Rockford.

In belated observance of the Feast of the Holy Prophet Malachi in the Eastern Catholic Churches. For other texts and ebooks on various subjects, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

“The chalice of benediction which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? And the bread which we break, is it not the partaking of the body of the Lord? For we being many, are one bread, one body, all who partake of one bread…

“For as often as you shall eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you shall shew the death of the Lord until he come.

“Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord… not discerning the body of the Lord.

 (I Corinthians x, 16-17, xi, 26-29)

Online text: “The Ecclesial Fruit of the Eucharist in St. Thomas Aquinas”, by Fr. Giles Emery

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• “The Ecclesial Fruit of the Eucharist in St. Thomas Aquinas”, by Fr. Giles Emery, O.P., Nova et Vetera, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 2004): p. 43-60. Available on this page of the Spring 2004 issue of Nova et Vetera at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, as well as at Fribourg Open Library and Archive and at CORE.

On the Octave of Corpus Christi and the Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the Latin Church. For other texts and ebooks on various subjects, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Online text: “Nature and Effects of Spiritual Communion”, by Rev. Francis D. Costa

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• “Nature and Effects of Spiritual Communion”, by Rev. Francis D. Costa, S.S.S., Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America, 13 (2012): pp. 139-148. Published with the Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Convention, Saint Paul, Minnesota, June 23-26, 1958. Available in pdf format (published 2012-09-01) through this page of the Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America.

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• “Is Spiritual Communion for Everyone?”, by Fr. Paul J. Keller, O.P., Nova et Vetera, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Summer 2014): pp. 631-655. Available on this page as part of the Summer 2014 (Vol. 12, No. 3) issue of Nova et Vetera at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.
• “Spiritual Communion”, by a Parish Priest (identified as Fr. Frederick William Faber by Internet Archive). May be read online at Internet Archive. Being chapter v, on pages 60 – 64, of the author’s The Blessed Sacrament: Preparation, Attendance, Giving of Thanks, Spiritual Communion, Drawn from the Writings of the Saints (London, J. Toovey, 1879). The larger work may be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats at Internet Archive.

On the External Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi Sunday) and the Feast of St. Juliana Falconieri in the Latin Church. For other texts and ebooks on various subjects, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Free essay: “Confirmation”, by Dr. Joseph Pohle, translated by Arthur Preuss

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• Confirmation, by Rev. Joseph Pohle, Ph.D, D.D., translated by Arthur Preuss. Available at Internet Archive.
  • This is Part III of The Sacraments: A Dogmatic Treatise, Vol 1, The Sacraments in General, Baptism, Confirmation, which is Volume VIII of the Dogmatic Theology series by the same author and translator (St. Louis, Mo.: B. Herder, 1917). With Imprimatur. The larger work is available on multiple formats at Open Library and Internet Archive (Digitizing sponsor: MSN, Book contributor: Regis Library, University of Toronto).

Free ebook: “The Doctrines, Duties, and Resources, of the Catholic Religion”, by L’Homond

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• Instructions on the Doctrines, Duties, and Resources, of the Catholic Religion, by [C. F.] L’Homond, translated by James Appleton (Philadelphia: Michael Kelly, 1841). With episcopal approbation. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.

On the Feast of Saint Germanos of Constantinople in the Maronite Church and of Saint Robert Bellarmine in the Latin Church (Roman Rite).  For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Online ebook: “My First Reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation & Solemn Holy Communion”

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• To Receive Jesus: My First Reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation and Solemn Holy Communion (Kochi: Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Commissions for Catechesis and Liturgy, 2013). With Imprimatur. Available in pdf format on this page of Syro Malabar Australia.

On the Memorial of Blessed Imelda Lambertini. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Free ebook: “The Mass: A Study of the Roman Liturgy”, by Adrian Fortescue

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• The Mass: A Study of the Roman Liturgy, by Adrian Fortescue [1874-1923] (London, New York, Toronto, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras: Longmans, Green and Co., 1922). May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.

See also the texts listed on the page Liturgy and on

Online text: “Luther and Calvin on the Role of Faith in the Sacraments: A Catholic Analysis”, by Dr. Michael Root

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• “Luther and Calvin on the Role of Faith in the Sacraments: A Catholic Analysis”, by Professor Michael Root, Ph.D., Nova et Vetera, Vol. 15, No. 4 (January 2017): pp. 1065-1084. Available on this page of Nova et Vetera at the Saint Paul Center for Bibilical Theology, and at ResearchGate.

On the Octave Day of Easter (Low Sunday), and the Feast of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, in the Roman Rite. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project. Surréxit Dóminus vere, Allelúja!

Online text: Open Letter to the Catholic Bishops of the World on the German Synodal Path, by Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila

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• “A Response to ‘Forum I’ of the German Catholic Synodal Path: An Open Letter to the Catholic Bishops of the World” by the Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, Archbishop of Denver, May 13, 2021. Available in pdf format in English, Español, und  Deutsch, through this page of the Archdiocese of Denver and through the article “Archbishop Aquila responds to Germany’s synodal path that could impact the universal Church” at Denver Catholic.

See also the various works listed as related texts on the posts “Online text: “The Crisis of Faith and the Crisis of the Church”, by Dr. Ralph Weimann“, “Worth-it book: “A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward”, by Dr. Ralph Martin“, and “Online text: “On the Sacramental Meaning of Tradition”, by Prof. José Granados“, and “Worth-it book: “Christ’s Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age”, by Bishop Athanasius Schneider“.

On the Memorial of Blessed Rabanus Maurus. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

“But though we, or an Angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema… For I give you to understand, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man… but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.” (Galatians i, 8, 11-12)

“[K]eep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding the profane novelties of words and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called. Which some promising, have erred concerning the faith.” (I Timothy vi, 20-21)

“What Jesus Christ was yesterday, and is to-day, he remains for ever. Do not be carried aside from your course by a maze of new doctrines” (Hebrews xiii, 8-9)

“Dearly beloved, taking all care to write to you concerning your common salvation, I was under a necessity to write to you: to beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.” (St. Jude i, 3)

Online text: “Małżeństwa osób ochrzczonych a niewierzących” (Marriage among Baptized Non-Believers), by Prof. Krzysztof Góźdź

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• “Teologiczne rozumienie małżeństwa osób ochrzczonych a niewierzących” (“Theological Understanding of Marriage among the Baptized Non-Believers”), by Professor Rev. Krzysztof Góźdź, Roczniki Teologiczne, Tom LXVI, zeszyt 2 / Vol. 66, Issue 2 (2019): pp. 19-34. Available in pdf format (Polski) through this page of Volume 66.2 of Roczniki Teologiczne / Annals of Theology.

See also the texts listed on the page Marriage and the Family and Sacraments, and the following texts:

• “Faith and the Sacrament of Marriage: A Response to the Proposal of a New ‘Minimum Fidei’ Requirement”, by the Editors, Communio, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Summer 2015). Available in pdf format through this page of Communio, which also provides a version in Spanish, “La Fe y el Sacramento del Matrimonio una Respuesta a la Propuesta de un Nuevo Requisito de un ‘Minimum Fidei’” and in Italian, “La Fede e il Sacramento del Matrimonio: una Risposta alla Proposta di un nuovo Requisito di un “Minimum Fidei””
• “The Sacramental Character of Faith: Consequences for the Question of the Relation between Faith and Marriage”, by Professor Rev. José Granados, Communio, Vol. 41, No. 2 (Summer 2014). Available in pdf format through this page of Communio and on this page of Academia.edu.

On the Second Sunday after Epiphany in the Latin Church, and the Memorial of the Chains of Saint Peter in the Eastern Churches, within the one true and Catholic Church. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.