Eucharistic Adoration/Revival

Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist  shines fresh light on the Last Supper by looking at it through Jewish eyes. Using his in-depth knowledge of the Bible and ancient Judaism, Dr. Brant Pitre answers questions such as: What was the Passover like at the time of Jesus? What were the Jewish hopes for the Messiah? What was Jesus' purpose in instituting the Eucharist during the feast of Passover? And, most important of all, what did Jesus mean when he said, "This is my body... This is my blood"?

To answer these questions, Pitre explores ancient Jewish beliefs about the Passover of the Messiah, the miraculous Manna from heaven, and the mysterious Bread of the Presence. As he shows, these three keys--the Passover, the Manna, and the Bread of the Presence--have the power to unlock the original meaning of the Eucharistic words of Jesus. Along the way, Pitre also explains how Jesus united the Last Supper to his death on Good Friday and his Resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Inspiring and informative,  Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist  is a groundbreaking work that is sure to illuminate one of the greatest mysteries of the Christian faith: the mystery of Jesus' presence in "the breaking of the bread."

Becoming Eucharistic People: The Hope and Promise of Parish Life

Winner of a first-place award in the future church category from the Catholic Media Association.

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We cant just talkabout Christs presence in the Eucharist; we have to believe it, celebrate it, and liveit both individually and as a community of the faithful. And we must cultivate a culture in our parishes that treats Real Presence not only as an important Catholic doctrine, but also as the most important part of parish identity.

InBecoming Eucharistic People, theologian Timothy P. OMalley, author of Real Presence, outlines four essential dimensions of a Eucharistic culture in a parish one that fosters reverence and unity among the faithful, includes every dimension of human life in the mystery of Christs Body and Blood, and invites people back to parish life or to become Catholic for the first time.

OMalley director of education at the McGrath Institute of Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, academic director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, and a member of the executive planning team for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops" Eucharistic Revival shows what it means to foster a parish culture where the Eucharist infuses the worldview, priorities, and practices of its members. OMalley leads you through discovery and discernment about how to create a parish culture where each person is called to holiness and receives the spiritual, theological, and pastoral help they need to meet Christ fully present in the Eucharist and to become a witness to him in the world.

OMalley will help you reflect on four essential facets of a Eucharistic parish culture:

• liturgies of joyful reverence that celebrate the gifts of diversity;
• formation that engages the mind, imagination, understanding, and will;
• a rich life of popular piety and the vibrancy of the domestic Church; and
• a commitment to solidarity with your neighbor.

O"Malley says that when we reflect Christ"s Real Presence to others, our parishes will become sacred spaces in which every person is led to deeper communion with God and with their neighbors.

Online resources, including ideas for parish retreats, teaching resources, and videos based on this book and the US bishops Eucharistic Revival are available from the McGrath Institute for Church Life.

Books in the Engaging Catholicism series from the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame help readers discover the beauty and truth of the Catholic faith through a concise exploration of the Churchs most important but often difficult-to-grasp doctrines as well as crucial pastoral and spiritual practices. Perfect for seekers and new Catholics, clergy and catechetical leaders, and everyone in between, the series expands the McGrath Institutes mission to connect the Catholic intellectual life at Notre Dame to the pastoral life of the Church and the spiritual needs of her people.<

Pages: 160

Trim size: 5 x 7 inches

ISBN: 9781646801565

Available March 2023

Created with an understanding of today's realities for children, this kid-sized eucharistic contemplation booklet is filled with activities, prayers, and practices to introduce the reverent practices of listening, reflecting, respecting, and adoring. Using traditional and even some nontraditional practices such as coloring and brief stories, this booklet is perfectly suited for use in any Catholic school, home, or parish setting €�to help build lifelong devotion to the practice of eucharistic adoration.

24 pages

5.5 � x 8.5 �

Grow closer to Christ in the Eucharist with My Daily Visitor: Eucharist. This handy devotional with 40 reflection themes helps you to pray and reflect on the source and summit of our Catholic Faith.

For each entry, Aleteia.org editor-in-chief Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, OP, offers a brief reflection on a particular quote from a saint and concludes with a prayer. Reflection themes include the Real Presence, the Virgin Mary, forgiveness of sin, sacrifice, breaking of the bread, the Lambs Supper, the new covenant, and more. This devotional also contains a collection of prayers before the Eucharist written by saints.

Perfect for Eucharistic adoration, prayer groups, and personal quiet time, My Daily Visitor: Eucharist will help enliven your relationship with Jesus in the holy Eucharist.

"Worship of God in the Mass is the most distinctive activity of Christ's church, the summit toward which all its activity is directed and the font from which its life flows. From the procession to the altar and the Sign of the Cross to the final blessing and sending forth, the eucharistic liturgy of the church is a mosaic of words, images, and actions drawn from sacred Scripture. Explore the biblical foundations of each part of the Mass and learn how the saving truths of Scripture are made present for us in the eucharistic liturgy."    

144 pages

6" x 9"

In this transformative new book, best-selling author S. James Meyer introduces us to a whole-life encounter with the living Christ, awakening a fresh awareness that the Eucharist is about life, love, and relationship.  Living with Real Presence  reminds us that our lives, Christ's life, and all lives are united in a sacred communion with our Creator and creation. A spiritual journey for personal reflection or small-group discussion, Meyer's “Eucharistic living � is a timely call for Catholics to engage in the National Eucharistic Revival.

128 pages

5.5" x 8.5"

You are invited here to explore the biblical springs of the Eucharist. Through this exploration, you will enrich your understanding of this sacrament and deepen your appreciation of the great gift it is.

Through texts from the Old Testament, the gospels, and New Testament letters, you will discover that the Eucharist unites the prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of our lives as an offering in union with Christ. Through meditation on these texts, you will learn to cultivate a Eucharistic life of prayer and active commitment in the world.

6 X 9" -- 144 pages

Celebrating Eucharist is THE perfect resource for helping children participate more fully at Sunday Mass. It includes ALL the CHANGES in the Mass prayers and rites (launched on the First Sunday of Advent).

Celebrating Eucharist assures children that they have the love and support of a community of believers as they gather for Mass EVERY WEEK to express their faith in Jesus.

Celebrating Eucharist is filled with lovely, colorful, whimsical, and appealing artwork €�just right for children ages five to eight.

5 X 6.25" -- 36 pages

In this inspiring booklet, Cunniff helps us understand meaning of the communal celebration of the Eucharist and the role and responsibility as a member of the assembly. She offers a deeper understanding of the communion rite and the practical, theological, and ritual dimensions of this ministry. With prayers and reflections written specifically for extraordinary ministers, readers will find themselves newly refreshed in love for the Eucharist.

32 pages, 5.5 � x 8.5 �

“Jesus, I am in your presence. � The prayers and reflections in this powerful book capture the awe, joy, and wonder of every moment in the presence of the living God. Each page takes the reader to a new aspect of Eucharistic Adoration and leads to a deeper celebration of the Eucharist. Transcendent and yet deeply human, this is the perfect companion for anyone who wishes to spend time in the real presence of Christ.

32 pages, 4 � x 6 �

“Active participation in Eucharistic worship is the primary way in which we experience our transformation in Christ. �

Reviving and enlivening our encounter with the person of Jesus is a lifelong journey. In these five sessions, Cardinal Blase Cupich proposes five strategies to help Catholics deepen this encounter through a profound experience of the Eucharist €�one that leads to living rich, faith-filled lives. Perfect for parish-wide and small group sharing, each session features thoughtful questions for reflection and conversation, and encourages Catholics to ponder and pray about their participation in Christ's abundant gift of the Eucharist and its connection to daily life in a complex world.

32 Pages | 5.5" x 9.5"

"Here, then, is our heaven on earth--the Most Blessed Sacrament."
”  St. Alphonsus Ligouri

This book was conceived and written by the great St. Alphonsus Liguori to help us grow in the knowledge and love of God and in appreciation for what He has done for us. Designed to be prayed in front the Blessed Sacrament each day over the course of a month, users of this powerful book cannot help but grow closer to Christ.  

Visits to the Blessed Sacrament  provides a wealth of spiritual treasures, including:  

• • 31 days of meditations and fervent prayers of love by St. Alphonsus toward Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
  • A daily "Visit to Our Lady," short prayers of confidence in the enormous power of Our Mother s help
  • An act of Spiritual Communion for each day, reigniting our love for Our Lord even when we cannot receive His Body and Blood in the Eucharist

• True Stories
• Various Prayers
• An Act of Contrition
• A Sacred Heart Reading
• A Spiritual Communion
• And so much more...

"I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. �  (John 6:51-52)

There is no greater gift that God has given his Church than this: that the Eucharist is a visible sign of the self-sacrificing love, which continues to save the world from sin.

On many occasions throughout the history of the Catholic Church, God has provided us with visible proof of the reality of the Presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist.

In her book,  Eucharistic Miracles,  Joan Carroll Cruz documents 36 miracles that occurred from 800 A.D. to the present day.  This book tells of consecrated Hosts that have turned to human flesh, bled, levitated, and have become hard as flint when received by a person in mortal sin. It details the official investigations that have been made into these miracles by scientists throughout the world, as well as the locations of the miracles that can still be venerated today.  Eucharistic Miracles  also recounts miraculous Eucharistic phenomena in the lives of saints: saints who lived with only the Eucharist for sustenance, experienced raptures, ecstasies, levitations, visions, locutions, and much more ¦

Photographs of the miracles, the churches they took place in, the art they inspired, and the people involved are included ”these add the final touch to a comprehensive, detailed, and extraordinary overview of these Eucharistic miracles.

Eucharistic Miracles  is a superb compilation of God's visible testimony of the truth of the Catholic Faith, proving the reality of one of its loftiest mysteries: the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist.

There were radical changes in the Order of Mass promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1969. Beyond the use of the vernacular, these included a more dialogic format of the Mass, the transformation of the offertory rite to a preparation of gifts, a complete revision of the lectionary, new eucharistic prayers, and communion under both forms. In Eucharistic Adoration after Vatican II, Edward Foley examines the relationship between Vatican II, liturgical prayer, and contemporary eucharistic adoration and devotions.

Edward Foley, Capuchin, is Duns Scotus Professor of Spirituality Emeritus and retired professor of liturgy and music at Catholic Theological Union. Foley has authored or edited thirty books, including A Handbook for Catholic Preaching (Liturgical Press), and his works have been translated into nine languages. A celebrated preacher and presenter, he received a major grant from the John Templeton Foundation for Preaching and the Sciences. A recipient of lifetime achievement awards from the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, the North American Academy of Liturgy, and the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, he has lectured in over seventy dioceses throughout the English-speaking world.

By John Thomas Lane

Praying in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass has been a part of Catholic tradition for centuries. This practice leads us to a deeper appreciation of Christ's presence in our lives and to fuller participation in the Mass. This resource traces the historical developments of this practice from the early Church through the post-Conciliar reform. Providing a theological and pastoral context for best parish practices, this book addresses the following:

• The Rite of Exposition and Benediction
• Celebrating the Liturgy of the Hours and other Eucharistic services during exposition
• The transfer of the Most Blessed Sacrament on Holy Thursday
• The Corpus Christi procession
• Perpetual exposition
• Perpetual adoration
• Holy hours and Forty Hours
• Youth and exposition
• Eucharistic congresses and their significance for the parish

978-1-61671-243-3 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 112 pages | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2015

Eucharistic Meditations offers extracts from the Writings and Instructions of Saint John Vianney

Saint Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney, known affectionately as The Curé d'Ars, was a peasant priest. In the aftermath of the French Revolution and Napoleonic rule, in a time of anti-clericalism and social and economic disarray, he was appointed parish priest of the obscure and dispirited village of Ars.

Over the next forty years, he was the agent of a complete spiritual, social, and material reform of his parish, which became a joyful refuge and a place of pilgrimage. Men and women would travel for weeks simply to confess before the humble and holy man. His particular devotion to the Blessed Sacrament is manifest in this book of twenty-seven meditations, which had its first English edition two years before his canonization in 1925.

St. John Vianney is now celebrated as the patron of parish priests.  

ISBN: 9781594172731

Product #: 72731

Size: 5.5 x 8.5

Format: Paperback

Pages:136

• The Bishops deep spirituality, faith, knowledge, and love of the Eucharist will often leave you breathless. Meditate before, after, and during Adoration with a fervent desire to become a living host of Jesus, the perfect Host for all.

  • It will help to prepare you to pray before the Blessed Sacrament as you have never prayed before.
  • Before or during your Adoration time, read one or more of the 21 meditations based on Scripture and packed with prayers and quotes from Saints, Popes, theologians, and classical authors, which attest to the profound mystery and power of the Eucharist .
  • Keep this treasury close at hand to immerse yourself in the blessings and graces of Adoration that can overcome your worst fears and fulfill your deepest desires.
  • When time permits, follow your meditation with several of the Additional Prayers and Litanies at the end of the book or use them independently to increase your love and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.

• ISBN:9781953152602
• Pages:176
• Author:MOST REV. ARTHUR J. SERRATELLI, S.T.D., S.S.L., D.D.
• Size:4 3/8 X 6 3/4
• Color:BURGUNDY
• Binding:DURA-LUX

• Holy Scripture, a Novena to Jesus, and the Blessed Sacrament mainstays of our Catholic Faith are perfectly united in this elegant prayer book.
• It will help you understand, celebrate, and live the Eucharist and to adore Jesus truly present in the Blessed Sacrament.
• Anywhere in this book is a good place to start, but it is meant to be savored whether in Church, at home, or on your lunch hour.
• The goal is not to finish the book but to let the Spirit move you to what you need on a particular day.

ISBN:9781953152824

Pages:128

Author:MOST REV. ARTHUR J. SERRATELLI, S.T.D., S.S.L., D.D.

Size:4 3/8 X 6 3/4

Color:BURGUNDY

Binding:DURA-LUX

• Good things come in small packages and this carry-along booklet is proof.
• RCIA candidates, non-practicing Catholics, and daily communicants all have something to learn from the brief but orthodox responses to the 21 most-asked questions about the Eucharist.
• This little catechism is a most useful resource in the accurate transmission of the Catholic Faith.
• The plethora of prayers on the Eucharist can foster greater reverence and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.
• Be an evangelizer by passing on copies.

ISBN: 9781953152879
Pages: 48
Author: MOST REV. ARTHUR J. SERRATELLI, S.T.D., S.S.L., D.D.
Size: 4 X 6 1/2
Color: ILLUSTRATED
Binding: PAPERBACK

Deeply based on the Scriptures, the writings of the Saints, and the teachings of our two most recent Popes, this profound and remarkably readable book will introduce you to some of the "hidden" truths of the Eucharist � truths that have always been embraced by theologians, saints, and mystics, but have rarely been passed on to the average person in a meaningful way. In 7 Secrets of the Eucharist, these truths are finally made accessible to all, as author Vinny Flynn shows how each reception of Holy Communion can be a life-changing experience.

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, 7 Secrets of the Eucharist will rekindle the "Eucharistic amazement" called for by Pope John Paul II.

Author: Vinny Flynn

ISBN: 9781884479311

Pages: 140

Size: 7.5 x 4.7

Working mom Michelle Schroeder knows how busy we all are, so she packs a lot of info into this brief, easy-to-read booklet.

You will not only explore the nuts and bolts of Eucharistic Adoration but also discover great reasons and times to enter into the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, including when you need focus in prayer and when you just feel the need to be with Jesus.

In The Handy Little Guide to Adoration you will learn, as Michelle did, the life-changing benefits of Eucharistic Adoration.

ISBN: 9781681923215