Homiletic Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Advent

Mother Miriam Live - December 19, 2023

An 1891 homily from Bishop Ehrler regarding the Fourth Sunday of Advent

I noticed at a certain parish, occasionally people will receive Holy Communion by taking the host and then bringing it to an Extraordinary Minister to dip the host in the Precious Blood prior to consuming it. Is this practice of “self-serve” intinction condoned by the Church? If not, what should I do if I am serving as an Extraordinary Minister and someone approaches with such an intent?

If we were to discover that life existed on other planets, how might that affect our Catholic beliefs? For example, would we have to say that Jesus is the redeemer of those beings as well?

I am not a Catholic, and one of your beliefs which I do not understand is your concept of original sin. Why should I think that I have inherited a sin committed by someone else so many years ago? How can I be guilty of a sin that I did not commit?