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The Healing Power of the Eucharist
In The Healing Power of the Eucharist , Father John Hampsch reflects upon the spiritual, emotional, and even physical healing that is available to us through the transforming power of this sacrament. He recounts miraculous stories and explains the teaching of the Church concerning the real presence of Christ. A Servant Book.
154 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1999
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July 6, 2014
(Reread June 6 - July 2, 2014) Worthwhile reread. My earlier review doesn't emphasize the healing aspect of the sacrament, but in fact that's what the book is all about, the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual healing properties of the Eucharist. Has changed how I pray and I've already passed my copy on to a friend. Most highly recommended!
(Original Review, July 7, 2009) “The only thing God does not know is how He could possibly give us a gift greater than Himself.” ~St. Augustine, 4th Century Father and Doctor of the Church
A beautiful book about a most beautiful subject! If you are a regular communicant – or even if you're not and you read this book with an open heart – The Healing Power of the Eucharist may have you in tears by its end.
The incredible resource we have available at every Mass is nothing less than Our Lord Himself and yet so many try to ignore or deny this. Fr. Hampsch stresses repeatedly: God wants so much more for us than we want for ourselves.
The Healing Power of the Eucharist is inspirational, insightful, full of good background material and written in accessible, everyday language. It can be read in a few hours; I tried to savor it. It would make an excellent book for Adoration and/or to prepare for Mass. My favorite part was the description of our glorified bodies. WOW!
A must read! Thank you Wanda!
(Original Review, July 7, 2009) “The only thing God does not know is how He could possibly give us a gift greater than Himself.” ~St. Augustine, 4th Century Father and Doctor of the Church
A beautiful book about a most beautiful subject! If you are a regular communicant – or even if you're not and you read this book with an open heart – The Healing Power of the Eucharist may have you in tears by its end.
The incredible resource we have available at every Mass is nothing less than Our Lord Himself and yet so many try to ignore or deny this. Fr. Hampsch stresses repeatedly: God wants so much more for us than we want for ourselves.
The Healing Power of the Eucharist is inspirational, insightful, full of good background material and written in accessible, everyday language. It can be read in a few hours; I tried to savor it. It would make an excellent book for Adoration and/or to prepare for Mass. My favorite part was the description of our glorified bodies. WOW!
A must read! Thank you Wanda!
August 11, 2017
I started out highly motivated, but the fervor evaporated with every chapter I read. I came to a point where I simply could not bear it anymore.
Now the author would probably attribute that to a lack of faith and absence of true love for the Lord on my part, but let me assure you, that's not the case.
The points I give it anyway are for the fact that the book is actually well written and does give a good insight into parts of the catholic theology.
However, and I cannot stress this enough, I found it rather judgemental where modern catholics, believers of other denominations/religions or non-believers are concerned. While the former are "merely" lacking "god's greatest gift to us" in their lives, the latter are just about "beyond saving". Why the eucharist is supposed to be more and better than any other way of experiencing God's love and presence in our lives, I still do not understand.
I hoped this book would motivate me to revisit this aspect of my spirituality, but it left me rather shocked instead.
Now the author would probably attribute that to a lack of faith and absence of true love for the Lord on my part, but let me assure you, that's not the case.
The points I give it anyway are for the fact that the book is actually well written and does give a good insight into parts of the catholic theology.
However, and I cannot stress this enough, I found it rather judgemental where modern catholics, believers of other denominations/religions or non-believers are concerned. While the former are "merely" lacking "god's greatest gift to us" in their lives, the latter are just about "beyond saving". Why the eucharist is supposed to be more and better than any other way of experiencing God's love and presence in our lives, I still do not understand.
I hoped this book would motivate me to revisit this aspect of my spirituality, but it left me rather shocked instead.
August 24, 2016
Fr Hampsch, CMF give us this small book filled with data, stories and light theology about the Eucharist. Read this book to understand the real meaning of Eucharist and join his journey through the ages to explore the healing found in Eucharist.
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