Why do Catholics have communion every week?
Your question points out an essential difference between the Catholic tradition handed down from the Apostles and the beliefs of many non-Catholic Christians. Those churches that observe the “Lord’s supper” only once in a while often do so as a mere commemoration of the ritual Jesus described in the gospel. For them, sharing bread and wine (or, more frequently, grape juice) is a way of occasionally obeying Jesus’ command to “do this in remembrance of me.” They do not believe it is necessary to observe this command every week _ after all, what they share is only bread. As I hope you realize, the Catholic approach is substantially different. Our Sunday celebration of the Eucharist conforms to the instruction contained in St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians and follows the same basic outline described by St. Justin Martyr in the year A.D. 150. Each week _ each day, in fact _ Catholics bring bread and wine to the altar of God. But unlike many non-Catholic Christians, Catholics belie
