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Overview
The Eucharist is an ongoing animation of our lives as Christians and Catholics. It is a way of thinking forged from the eucharistic presence of Christ — incarnate, crucified, and risen — that gives substance and direction to the way we conduct our lives. As a way of thinking, it is also a way of imagining intimately related to the imagination of Jesus himself.This book is for those who want a truly living Eucharist — one that deepens and broadens our experience of the paschal feast. Father Tony Kelly shows us how the Eucharist is more than a blueprint of the Church or of the life, death, and Resurrection of Christ. It is the greatest summit of creative and transforming existence in Jesus — the sustenance, hope, wonder, inspiration, community, and sacred abstraction that gives our lives momentum, direction, and shape.
A celebration of the centrality of the Eucharist in a life of faith, The Bread of God begins with a reflection of St. Irenaeus that, "Our way of thinking is attuned to the Eucharist, and the Eucharist, in turn, confirms our way of thinking." Father Kelly then examines the reality of our Eucharistic imagination — our way of thinking that links us to the mind of Christ, the mind of the Church, and to each of us in the body of Christ. Early chapters examine the Eucharist as promoted in the New Testament by Paul and John. Further chapters discuss more deeply the characteristics of the Eucharist: sacrifice, communion, judgment, praise, and love. Father Kelly concludes the book with insight into the Eucharist as a manifestation of the presence of the Holy Spirit.
A great way to invigorate the perpetual adoration experience and a beacon toward a life filled with the presence of Jesus Christ.
Synopsis
The Eucharist is an ongoing animation of our lives as Christians and Catholics. It is a way of thinking forged from the eucharistic presence of Christ incarnate, crucified, and risen that gives substance and direction to the way we conduct our lives. As a way of thinking, it is also a way of imagining intimately related to the imagination of Jesus himself.
This book is for those who want a truly living Eucharist one that deepens and broadens our experience of the paschal feast. Father Tony Kelly shows us how the Eucharist is more than a blueprint of the Church or of the life, death, and Resurrection of Christ. It is the greatest summit of creative and transforming existence in Jesus the sustenance, hope, wonder, inspiration, community, and sacred abstraction that gives our lives momentum, direction, and shape.
A celebration of the centrality of the Eucharist in a life of faith, The Bread of God begins with a reflection of St. Irenaeus that, "Our way of thinking is attuned to the Eucharist, and the Eucharist, in turn, confirms our way of thinking." Father Kelly then examines the reality of our Eucharistic imagination our way of thinking that links us to the mind of Christ, the mind of the Church, and to each of us in the body of Christ. Early chapters examine the Eucharist as promoted in the New Testament by Paul and John. Further chapters discuss more deeply the characteristics of the Eucharist: sacrifice, communion, judgment, praise, and love. Father Kelly concludes the book with insight into the Eucharist as a manifestation of the presence of the Holy Spirit.
A great way to invigorate the perpetual adoration experience and a beacon toward a life filled with the presence of Jesus Christ.