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Child's Guide to First Holy Communion 5 reviews
Elizabeth Ficocelli
Paulist Press, 2003
Child's Guide to First Holy Communiion
I was raised Catholic and wanted to get Mary a book that would have her understand the importance of Holy Communion! I felt the book was creative, simple and got the point across about God's Love. I even enjoyed it. It brought memories of my own Holy Communion!! Does she write any other books? My Son Michael is being confirmed next year and would love a book that would explain Confirmation ...
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The How-To Book of the Mass: Everything You Need to Know but No One Ever Taught You52 reviews
Michael Dubruiel
Our Sunday Visitor, 2002
How to enjoy mass by understanding what's going on....
Very good - Would love to have all my confirmation students read this. It really stops you and makes you think about all the stuff you do automatically and the meaning behind it.
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How To Get The Most Out Of The Eucharist6 reviews
Michael Dubruiel
Our Sunday Visitor, 2005
The Eucharist and its Place in Our Lives
When attending Mass it is very easy to get distracted and I am as guilty of this as anyone. My mind sometimes wanders off to things that I need to get accomplished at home or to some disruption that might be going on in my family. Also competing with the Mass for my attention are things right there in the Church as I think about that sour note that the organist just hit, the word that a Lector ...
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Catholic for a Reason: Scripture and the Mystery of the Family of God (Catholic for a Reason)21 reviews
Emmaus Road Publishing, 1998
Much needed
Today the number of Catholics that do no go to mass, or do not have a clear idea why go to mass at all, is immense. Catholic for a reason is an excellent tool in helping those Catholics to come to know and love the Faith they received at baptism. Great book!
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Catholics and the Eucharist: A Scriptural Introduction13 reviews
Stephen B. Clark
Charis Books, 2000
Highly Recommended
I found this book engaging, inspiring, and informative. The book's theology flows out of Holy Scripture, the Divine Lirturgy (both East and West) and Christian tradition. The result is that one learns not only about Holy Communion but about God Himself and His intention for His children (a little Christian history too). A confession: I'm not even Catholic; I'm Greek Orthodox. But I have found Mr. ...
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201 Inspirational Stories Of The Eucharist20 reviews
Sister Patricia Proctor
Poor Clare Sisters, 2004
This book is better than chocolate!
This book should be mandatory reading for all Catholics to remind us what a wonderful gift we have in the Eucharist! We HAVE the real presence! and we sometimes take Him for granted. This will inspire you and bring you to a deeper prayer life. After reading this you can never thank Jesus enough for what He's done for us! We are so blessed by Him!
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A Key to the Doctrine of the Eucharist6 reviews
Abbot Vonier, Peter Kreeft, ...
Zaccheus Press, 2003
The Key to "A Key"
The Key to the understanding of "A Key to the Doctrine of the Eucharist" is the first sentence of Chapter Ten. It should stand at the head of the book. "In theological matters the spark that illumines always comes from under the hoof of hard thinking." The hard thinking is accompanied by a certain "hard reading" because of the subject matter and at times because of the vocabulary. I am ...
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Torture and Eucharist: Theology, Politics, and the Body of Christ (Challenges in Contemporary Theology)9 reviews
William T. Cavanaugh
Wiley-Blackwell, 1998
All Belongs to God
Cavanaugh's book shows what Radical Orthodoxy is all about--he traces some of the myths that drive Western nation-states to medieval theological hiccups; he delves the resources of Christian liturgy for strength to resist the all-envious nation-state; he points to times and places that the Church has really "gotten it right" and taken a stand against the idols and empires in the name of Christian ...
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The Healing Power of the Eucharist5 reviews
John H. Hampsch
Charis Books, 1999
The Healing Power of the Eucharist - Fr Hampsch
Without question, Fr. Hampsch's book, "The Healing Power of the Eucharist" was an awaking for me. While my belief in the power of the Eucharist was always present, it no doubt was enhanced through the points brought out in this text. One of the most powerful and distinct books I've ever read, Fr. John makes it very clear that we can, with "expectant" faith, rely upon the Eucharistic Jesus for ...
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7 Secrets of the Eucharist10 reviews
Vinny Flynn
MercySong / Ignatius Press, 2007
A life-changing little book
I bought this book based solely on Fr. Benedict Groeschel's praise, and he is absolutely right. This can truly be a life-changing read, and although it can be read very quickly it deserves to be pondered prayerfully and deliberately. It is not a theological treatise on the Eucharist, nor is it a history of Eucharistic devotion or doctrine, so it is not the best place to start for someone who ...
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Spirits in Spacesuits: A Manual for Everyday Mystics4 reviews
Sean O'Laoire
Trafford Publishing, 2003
We Are All Students
There is no paucity of religious and spiritual teachers/guides in the United States and throughout the world, and arguably most of them lead substantial congregations, whom they reach by various means, such as large gatherings, whether in or outside a building, through best-selling books, audio tapes, and CDs; through radio and/or television broadcasts; via the Worldwide web. Most teachers ...
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Secrets of the Eucharist4 reviews
Michael Harold Brown
Faith Publishing Company, 1997
Secrets of the Eucharist
Michael Brown has written a very prayerful, thought-provoking book. This compilation of quotes, visions, and experiences that saints and holy men and women have had surrounding the Eucharist is very spiritually moving.
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The Eucharist3 reviews
Sheed & Ward, 1968
Named in the Encyclopedia of Catholicism one of the three most important Catholic Theologians of the 20th century, here defends
This book from beginning to end defends and explains the Thomistic and official Church dogma of the transubstantiation.
This book bears the official Imprimatur of our Hierarchy, and also passed the official Censor Librorum, receiving the Nihil Obstat, which clearly designates there is nothing in this book which opposes official teaching of our magisterium, and that there is nothing in this ...
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Eucharist, Bishop, Church: The Unity of the Church in the Divine Eucharist and the Bishop During the First ...3 reviews
John D. Zizioulas
Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2001
Foundational Reading
Like the other reviewer I found this book to be very informative regarding the nature of ecclesiastical communion and the self-understanding (if such a reflective process even existed I have my doubts) of the Church in the early centuries. While ecclesiology as such is not strictly speaking a subject of dogma, since The Father Son and Spirit are the center, it is useful in an age when there is ...
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Dying We Live2 reviews
Edward S. Gleason
Cowley Publications, 1990
Giving life to the liturgy
This is a very powerful book which lends new insight into the Episcopal liturgy and the grieving process.
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The Eucharist Makes the Church4 reviews
Paul McPartlan
Eastern Christian Publications, 2006
Outstanding!
I would give this book to all my friends if I wasn't so poor. Maybe I'll sell my computer to do so...Really, though, McPartlan has done his homework and does a supurb job in presenting the Eucharistic theology of two respected theologians, one Roman Catholic (de Lubac), the other Eastern Orthodox (Zizioulas), showing how it is the Eucharist which is celebrated in communion with a bishop ...
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A Handshake From Heaven4 reviews
Carol Sbordon Bannon
Beavers Pond Press, 2008
Wonderful reading for children
I bought the book on line without ever having read it because I was looking for a book as a First Communion gift for my 8 year old son. I was so touched when I read it that I cried. The book is wonderfully illustrated but the whole concept of touching God through the Eucharist as a preliminary experience to joining God in Heaven was just beautifully done. Perhaps because I had a death in the ...
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The Blessed Eucharist, our greatest treasure3 reviews
Michael MuÌ?ller
Tan Books, 1973
The Most Thorough and Inspiring book on the Eucharist
This book will leave the reader with a whole new appreciation for the Eucharist. The inspiring stories of this precious sacrament are wonderfully told. Anyone who has someone who is making 1st communion or simply wants to know more about the Eucharist will find this book a great help.
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The Eucharist: Our Sanctification4 reviews
Raniero Cantalamessa
Liturgical Press, 1993
A life-changing, insightful little book.
This is my favorite book written about the spiritual life. Cantalamessa helped me see the Eucharist from dozens of perspectives that changed the way I attended daily Mass and how I live every day. I found that reading just one short chapter gave me enough to medidtate on for close to an hour. Very, very powerful.
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Dining in the Kingdom of God: The Origins of Eucharist according to Luke2 reviews
Eugene Laverdiere
Liturgy Training Publications, 2007
Great Buy: Understand the Eucharist; Helped my vocation
I read part of this book at a silent Jesuit vocational retreat in Grand Coteau, LA. It was very appropriate because I wasn't sure if I wanted to be a priest, but with a fuller understanding of what I will be doing this book certainly helped me with my vocation. Eugene magnificently traces the origins of the Last Supper and of the current Catholic Sacrament of the Eucharist to all of the meals ...
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