Transforming Your Life Through the Eucharist

Transforming Your Life Through the Eucharist
Author: John Kane
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1999
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780918477903

Fr. Kane explores the humility shown by Christ in the Eucharist, opening the way for you to receive more spiritual fruit from Communion.

The Power of Daily Mass

The Power of Daily Mass
Author: Bert Ghezzi
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2015-01-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1594715637

Bestselling author, speaker, editor, and media personality Bert Ghezzi has been a leading figure in American Catholic life for more than forty years. In The Power of Daily Mass, he reveals how the Eucharist is the center of his daily life and calls him to witness the Real Presence of Christ to others in his work and relationships. Ghezzi shows how frequent participation in the Mass offers participants courage and hope to face everyday challenges, provides direction and encouragement through the scriptures, allows time to reflect and talk to the Lord, and is an opportunity to intercede for family and friends. Using quotations from saints and testimonies from fellow daily Mass attendees, Ghezzi encourages Catholics to grow closer to Jesus and receive Christ’s power for daily Christian living through the Eucharist. Ghezzi highlights how more frequent participation in weekday Mass is a wonderful way to grow in love for the Lord and receive the guidance for living that can only come from scripture and the Eucharist.

7 Secrets of the Eucharist

7 Secrets of the Eucharist
Author: Vinny Flynn
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2006
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781884479311

No matter how much or how little you already know about the Eucharist, the "secrets" revealed here will bring you to a new, personal "Emmaus" experience, again and again. Perfect for personal devotion, catechesis, study groups, book clubs, and theological studies, The Seven Secrets of the Eucharist will rekindle the "Eucharistic amazement" called for by Pope John Paul II.

Real Presence

Real Presence
Author: Timothy P. O'Malley
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-03-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1646800567

Winner of a first-place award for popular presentation of the faith and second-place in pastoral ministry, catechetical resource from the Catholic Media Association. Many Catholics don’t believe that Jesus is really present in the Eucharist. Rather, they see the bread and wine of Holy Communion as mere symbols of Christ’s body and blood. Is that disbelief just a misunderstanding or is it a blatant rejection of one of the central beliefs of the faith? In Real Presence, University of Notre Dame theologian Timothy P. O’Malley clears up the confusion and shows you how to learn to love God and neighbor through a deeper understanding of the doctrine of real presence. A 2019 study by the Pew Research Center found that almost seventy percent of Catholics don’t believe that Jesus is really present in the Eucharist. O’Malley offers a concise introduction to Catholic teaching on real presence and transubstantiation through a biblical, theological, and spiritual account of these doctrines from the early Church to today. He also explores how real presence enables us to see the vulnerability of human life and the dignity of all flesh and blood. O’Malley leads you to a deeper understanding and renewed faith in Catholic teaching about transubstantiation and real presence by helping you learn how the doctrine of real presence is rooted in divine revelation and how the Church’s teaching regarding transubstantiation is spiritually fruitful for the believer today; how to make your own the doctrine of real presence by worshipping Christ in the Eucharist and therefore making a real assent to real presence; how the Eucharist, although not the exclusive presence of Christ in the Church’s liturgy and mission, is crucial in growing our capacity for recognizing those other presences; and the important relationship between Eucharistic communion and adoration.

Living the Mass

Living the Mass
Author: Dominic Grassi
Publisher: Loyola Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2011-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0829436197

Second Place, Liturgy category Catholic Press Association book awards, 2012 “This little book is a gem!” From Sunday Mass to Monday mayhem: Can the central act of Catholic worship transform our daily lives? In the United States, only 25% of self-proclaimed Catholics attend Mass on a weekly basis. Many Catholics believe that far more people would attend if only the homilies were better, or the music were more inspiring, or . . . the list goes on. But best-selling authors Fr. Dominic Grassi and Joe Paprocki are convinced that the real problem lies not in the Mass itself but in a lack of understanding of how the Mass prepares each person to live day in and day out as a baptized Catholic Christian. In Living the Mass, Grassi and Paprocki show how each part of the Mass relates to our baptismal call, closing the chasm between Sunday Mass and daily life. This newly revised edition takes into account the changes in the new Roman Missal, yet rather than isolating those texts or commenting on them, the authors have integrated the changes seamlessly into the book. This assimilation ensures that readers stay focused on the core message of the book—how the Mass as a whole changes us—rather than become sidetracked by the Missal’s new texts. Ideal for the countless Catholics who attend Mass simply out of habit, for the many who haven’t been to Mass in a while, or for anyone seeking to join the Catholic Church, Living the Mass compellingly demonstrates how the one hour spent at Mass on Sunday can truly transform the other 167 hours of the week.

How to Get More Out of Holy Communion

How to Get More Out of Holy Communion
Author: Saint Pierre Julien Eymard
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1928832083

Discover more Joy and grace in Holy Communion: You'll be surprised at how easy it is to break out of the dullness that obscures the glory of meeting our Lord in Communion. You'll learn how to approach Communion not as a duty, but as a preparation for heaven.

The Holy Hour, Calvary and the Mass

The Holy Hour, Calvary and the Mass
Author: Fulton J. Sheen
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-06-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781737189084

This special edition contains two of Sheen's most sought after books. There is the 1936 book, Calvary and the Mass: A Missal Companion along with Sheen's 1945, Holy Hour Prayer Book.Here you will find insightful meditations given by Fulton J. Sheen and other great writers on the topics of:WHY MAKE A HOLY HOURHOW TO MAKE THE HOLY HOURTHE INCARNATION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRISTHOW CHRIST LIVES IN US TODAYHOW THE DIVINE LIFE IS LOST AND OUR FINAL ENDTHE DUTY OF SELF-DENIALGIVING GLORY TO GOD IN THE WORLDTHE EUCHARIST, THE NEED OF OUR HEARTOUR BLESSED MOTHERFulton J. Sheen wrote, "There is no escaping the Cross, not even by denying it as the Pharisees did; not even by selling Christ as Judas did; not even by crucifying Him as the executioners did. We all see it, either to embrace it in salvation or to fly from it into misery.But how is it made visible? Where shall we find Calvary perpetuated? We shall find Calvary renewed, re-enacted, re-presented, as we have seen, in the Mass. Calvary is one with the Mass, and the Mass is one with Calvary, for in both there is the same Priest and Victim."The Seven Last Words are like the seven parts of the Mass. And just as there are seven notes in music admitting an infinite variety of harmonies and combinations, so too on the Cross there are seven divine notes, which the dying Christ rang down the centuries, all of which combine to form the beautiful harmony of the world's redemption.Each word is a part of the Mass.THE CONFITEORFather, forgive them for they know not what they do.THE OFFERTORYAmen, I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in paradise.THE SANCTUSWoman, behold thy son.THE CONSECRATIONMy God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?THE COMMUNIONI thirst.THE ITE, MISSA ESTIt is consummated.THE LAST GOSPELFather, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

The Basic Book of the Eucharist

The Basic Book of the Eucharist
Author: Lawrence George Lovasik
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2001
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1928832229

Based firmly on Scripture and Church teachings, The Basic Book of the Eucharist will help you understand what means to receive Communion worthily.

Holy Thursday

Holy Thursday
Author: François Mauriac
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780918477668

ln these pages, with simple piety and a novelist's mastery of language, Francois Mauriac carries the reader to Jesus in the tabernacle of the local Catholic church, enabling Christians to the tenderness found by all believers. As Mauriac says the sentiments in these pages, "These are the feelings of one Christian among a thousand others. Such is the invisible God he sees, the hidden God he discerns."

Saint Mary Magdalene

Saint Mary Magdalene
Author: Fr. Sean Davidson
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2017-02-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1621640922

Adoration is love, and eucharistic adoration is love of Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament. In the Gospels there are few people who understand love for Jesus as well as Mary Magdalene, which is the reason she is a prophetess of eucharistic love. This work is an extended meditation on the life of Saint Mary Magdalene, known as the "Apostle to the Apostles" because the Risen Christ appeared to her first and then sent her to announce the Resurrection to the apostles. Based on the biblical texts traditionally associated with Mary Magdalene, this book helps readers to learn from her inspiring example and to enter more deeply into adoration of Jesus Christ truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. In telling the story of Mary Magdalene's profound conversion after a life so steeped in sin that the Lord had to expel seven demons from her soul, this book shows how she is a shining witness to the transforming power of an encounter with Jesus Christ. Mary Magdalene is the perfect model for those who have experienced the redeeming love of Christ and who seek to deepen their devotion to him and to the Eucharist.