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For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church.

For Christ, both God and man, must lay hold on us in order that there may be a union between Him and us.

I believe that Orthodoxy has been thinking lately, and despite other impressions, that we can't have full sacramental communion if we don't first have a fundamental agreement on the question of the primacy, that still isn't there.

Participation in the blessings of the union with Christ comes when the faithful have all the things needed to live well and blessedly to God.

There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.

With respect to Holy Communion, it is up to the communicant to decide whether they are in a state of grace and worthy to receive the Eucharist. Each one of us makes that decision.

Baptism is not only a sacrament of our union with Christ; it is also a sacrament of our communion as the body of Christ.

May we have communion with God in the secret of our hearts, and find Him to be to us as a little sanctuary.

I was born and raised Catholic, so it's in my blood. I don't go to church... I was born and raised Catholic, which is about the extent of my religion. My parents made one request: that I have my first Holy Communion.

And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.