: the Communion elements
specifically
: the consecrated host
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As Justice Sonia Sotomayor (a graduate of Blessed Sacrament School and Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx) pointed out, government would have a hell of a time letting Catholics or Protestants set up a school but saying no to Jews or Muslims.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
After attending Monday afternoon’s service at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Veronica Dilao walked out of the downtown Sacramento church still overwhelmed with emotion over the death of Pope Francis.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Every summer, the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament, one of the largest celebrations of Portuguese culture, takes over the city for several days.
—Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The Blessed Sacrament Chapel’s tabernacle is supported by three legs, symbolizing the Holy Trinity.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Bishop Gumbleton will lie instate at Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, 9844 Woodward Ave.
—Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024
The drive provides warm clothing items for families in need at St. Charles Borromeo Church, Blessed Sacrament Church, St. Mary Church, The Convent of Mary Immaculate and The Thomas Merton Center in inner-city Bridgeport.
—Amanda Cuda, Connecticut Post, 3 Oct. 2024
The transformation of former churches – like Hill Memorial, Blessed Sacrament in Jamaica Plain, and St. Augustine’s Convent in South Boston – illustrates how adaptive reuse can unite communities in finding solutions to the housing crisis.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2024
Near Los Angeles, the Episcopal Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Placentia partnered with a nonprofit affordable housing developer – National Community Renaissance, also called National CORE – to develop 65 units for older people.
—Nadia A. Mian, The Conversation, 19 July 2024
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
After attending Monday afternoon’s service at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Veronica Dilao walked out of the downtown Sacramento church still overwhelmed with emotion over the death of Pope Francis.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Every summer, the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament, one of the largest celebrations of Portuguese culture, takes over the city for several days.
—Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The Blessed Sacrament Chapel’s tabernacle is supported by three legs, symbolizing the Holy Trinity.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Bishop Gumbleton will lie instate at Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, 9844 Woodward Ave.
—Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024
The drive provides warm clothing items for families in need at St. Charles Borromeo Church, Blessed Sacrament Church, St. Mary Church, The Convent of Mary Immaculate and The Thomas Merton Center in inner-city Bridgeport.
—Amanda Cuda, Connecticut Post, 3 Oct. 2024
The transformation of former churches – like Hill Memorial, Blessed Sacrament in Jamaica Plain, and St. Augustine’s Convent in South Boston – illustrates how adaptive reuse can unite communities in finding solutions to the housing crisis.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2024
Near Los Angeles, the Episcopal Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Placentia partnered with a nonprofit affordable housing developer – National Community Renaissance, also called National CORE – to develop 65 units for older people.
—Nadia A. Mian, The Conversation, 19 July 2024
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Blessed Sacrament
noun
Bless·ed Sacrament
ˌbles-əd- 
: the objects used in Communion
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