"The Church draws her life from the Eucharist. This truth does not simply express a daily experience of faith, but recapitulates the heart of the mystery of the Church. In a variety of ways she joyfully experiences the constant fulfilment of the promise: "Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age" (Mt 28:20), but in the Holy Eucharist, through the changing of bread and wine into the body and blood of the Lord, she rejoices in this presence with unique intensity."
- John Paul II, Ecclesia de Eucharistia
Fulfilled in Your Hearing: The Homily in the Sunday Assembly www.usccb.org/plm/fiyh.htm
Issued by the Bishops' Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry in 1982, Fulfilled in Your Hearing represents a major contribution by the United States Bishops on preaching and preaching preparation. The document is available online in Adobe Acrobat format.
New Advent www.newadvent.org
A great site for Catholic information. Please note that the Catholic Encyclopedia is the 1913 Edition so some information is no longer valid.