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Divino amor hecho carne: La sagrada Eucaristía como sacramento de caridad
En la Santa Eucaristía es donde mejor y con mayor plenitud conocemos el amor que Dios nos tiene. La Santa Eucaristía desvela la verdad sobre el amor de Dios por nosotros, y alimenta, dentro de nosotros, la libertad de amar como Dios ama. Si hemos perdido el sentido de reverencia y profunda gratitud ante el Sacrificio Eucarístico y la Presencia Real de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo en la Hostia consagrada, entonces no reconocemos la verdad que se halla ante nuestros ojos.
Verdaderamente, la Belleza ha de salvar al mundo, y en ningún otro campo esto está tan claro como en el campo litúrgico. Por mi parte, sobre todo en calidad de Prefecto de la Congregación para el Culto Divino y la Disciplina de los Sacramentos, agradezco de corazón y con afecto fraterno al cardenal Burke por esta hermosísima contribución al debate más delicado e importante de nuestros días. A todos, les deseo una lectura fructuosa de este precioso libro ofrecido a la Iglesia, que sitúa a la Eucaristía como fuente y culmen de la vida cristiana. «Aquí está», dijo San Juan Pablo II, «el tesoro de la Iglesia, el corazón del mundo, la prenda del fin al que todo hombre, aunque sea inconscientemente, aspira». No diré más sobre el libro, para dejar al lector que descubra todas sus virtudes, leyéndolo con calma y meditando sobre su contenido.
Cardenal Robert Sarah
Prefecto de la Congregación para el Culto Divino y la Disciplina de los Sacramentos.
Cardenal Raymond Leo Burke (Richland Center, Wisconsin, 1948)
Tras estudiar en Washington y después en Roma, fue ordenado sacerdote por San Pablo VI en 1975 en la Basílica de San Pedro. Volvió a Wisconsin para ser rector asociado de la Catedral de San José Obrero. En 1980 regresó a la Ciudad Eterna donde obtuvo un doctorado en Derecho Canónico en la Pontificia Universidad Gregoriana. En 1994 fue nombrado obispo de La Crosse, Wisconsin, y en 2003 arzobispo de San Luis, Missouri. En 2008 el Papa Benedicto XVI le nombró prefecto del Tribunal Supremo de la Signatura Apostólica y dos años después fue creado cardenal. El Papa Francisco le designó patrono de la Soberana Orden de Malta en 2014 y en 2017 volvió a formar parte del Tribunal Supremo de la Signatura Apostólica.
Verdaderamente, la Belleza ha de salvar al mundo, y en ningún otro campo esto está tan claro como en el campo litúrgico. Por mi parte, sobre todo en calidad de Prefecto de la Congregación para el Culto Divino y la Disciplina de los Sacramentos, agradezco de corazón y con afecto fraterno al cardenal Burke por esta hermosísima contribución al debate más delicado e importante de nuestros días. A todos, les deseo una lectura fructuosa de este precioso libro ofrecido a la Iglesia, que sitúa a la Eucaristía como fuente y culmen de la vida cristiana. «Aquí está», dijo San Juan Pablo II, «el tesoro de la Iglesia, el corazón del mundo, la prenda del fin al que todo hombre, aunque sea inconscientemente, aspira». No diré más sobre el libro, para dejar al lector que descubra todas sus virtudes, leyéndolo con calma y meditando sobre su contenido.
Cardenal Robert Sarah
Prefecto de la Congregación para el Culto Divino y la Disciplina de los Sacramentos.
Cardenal Raymond Leo Burke (Richland Center, Wisconsin, 1948)
Tras estudiar en Washington y después en Roma, fue ordenado sacerdote por San Pablo VI en 1975 en la Basílica de San Pedro. Volvió a Wisconsin para ser rector asociado de la Catedral de San José Obrero. En 1980 regresó a la Ciudad Eterna donde obtuvo un doctorado en Derecho Canónico en la Pontificia Universidad Gregoriana. En 1994 fue nombrado obispo de La Crosse, Wisconsin, y en 2003 arzobispo de San Luis, Missouri. En 2008 el Papa Benedicto XVI le nombró prefecto del Tribunal Supremo de la Signatura Apostólica y dos años después fue creado cardenal. El Papa Francisco le designó patrono de la Soberana Orden de Malta en 2014 y en 2017 volvió a formar parte del Tribunal Supremo de la Signatura Apostólica.
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Raymond Leo Burke
37 books27 followersOne of the world’s foremost authorities on Roman Catholic canon law, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke leads with an unwavering passion for the integrity of Catholic doctrine embodied in the words of Jesus Christ.
Born in June 1948 in Richland Center, Wis., Cardinal Burke’s path to the priesthood took him to Rome, where he was ordained by Pope Paul VI on June 29, 1975. One of his first assignments was teaching religion at Aquinas High School in La Crosse, Wis. His call to serve God has been expressed through a scholarly devotion to faith. He studied canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and later became the first American to hold the position of Defender of the Bond of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the church’s highest court. He now serves as a member of the College of Judges of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, of the Congregation for the Clergy, and of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts. He was appointed Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, on June 27, 2008.
Doctorate in Canon Law (JCD) with specialization in jurisprudence, Pontifical Gregorian University,
Rome, Italy, 1984.
Diploma in Latin Letters, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1983.
Licentiate in Canon Law (JCL), Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1982
Master of Arts in Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1975.
Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB), Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1974.
Master of Arts in Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 1971.
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 1970.
Priesthood Ordination: June 29, 1975, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, by Pope Paul VI.
Episcopal Ordination: January 6, 1995, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, by the Venerable Pope John
Paul II.
Installed as eighth bishop of La Crosse at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman in La Crosse, WI, by Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, February 22, 1995.
Installed as eighth archbishop of St. Louis at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, St. Louis, by the Rev. Msgr. Leopoldo Girelli, consigliere of the Apostolic Nunciature in the United States, January 26, 2004.
Pope Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Burke Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in Rome, June 27, 2008.
Born in June 1948 in Richland Center, Wis., Cardinal Burke’s path to the priesthood took him to Rome, where he was ordained by Pope Paul VI on June 29, 1975. One of his first assignments was teaching religion at Aquinas High School in La Crosse, Wis. His call to serve God has been expressed through a scholarly devotion to faith. He studied canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and later became the first American to hold the position of Defender of the Bond of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the church’s highest court. He now serves as a member of the College of Judges of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, of the Congregation for the Clergy, and of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts. He was appointed Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, on June 27, 2008.
Doctorate in Canon Law (JCD) with specialization in jurisprudence, Pontifical Gregorian University,
Rome, Italy, 1984.
Diploma in Latin Letters, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1983.
Licentiate in Canon Law (JCL), Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1982
Master of Arts in Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1975.
Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB), Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1974.
Master of Arts in Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 1971.
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 1970.
Priesthood Ordination: June 29, 1975, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, by Pope Paul VI.
Episcopal Ordination: January 6, 1995, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, by the Venerable Pope John
Paul II.
Installed as eighth bishop of La Crosse at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman in La Crosse, WI, by Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, February 22, 1995.
Installed as eighth archbishop of St. Louis at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, St. Louis, by the Rev. Msgr. Leopoldo Girelli, consigliere of the Apostolic Nunciature in the United States, January 26, 2004.
Pope Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Burke Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in Rome, June 27, 2008.
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January 3, 2013
Cardinal Burke is the Episcopal Advisor of the organization Catholic Action for Faith and Family. He is a man faithful to the Church's teachings and doesn't mind telling people they are not living correctly, such as telling "Catholic" pro-choice politicians that they should not receive the Eucharist. I bring up this example, because this book is about the Eucharist and the Church's teachings on it.
Divided into two parts, this book covers two important works on the Eucharist - Ecclesia de Eucharistia by Blessed Pope John Paul II and Sacramentum Caritatis by Pope Benedict XVI. Each chapter in the book is then devoted to a section of one of these two major Church documents by putting them in understandable language for us laymen. I don't know if you've ever tried to read an Encyclical or an Apostolic Exhortation, but you can find yourself drowning in a sea of words quickly if you dive in without guidance.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am glad it was the first book I read for 2013. My favorite chapter was Chapter 20 "Becoming Whom We Receive in Holy Communion." In this chapter, I learned that by receiving Jesus in the Eucharist, we are called to become more like Jesus in our daily life. We are also truly called to change every aspect of our lives, not just show up on Sunday and be good for an hour, then live how we want to the rest of the week.
Overall, this book increased my appreciation of the Blessed Sacrament and created a longing in me to receive Jesus' Body and Blood more often than just Sunday Mass. It also created a sense of guilt in me that I have not been to Eucharistic Adoration in a long time and makes me want to go soon. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars and recommend you read this to increase your knowledge, reverence, and love of the most important sacrament in our Church, the Holy Eucharist.
This review was written as part of the Catholic book reviewer program from The Catholic Company.
Divided into two parts, this book covers two important works on the Eucharist - Ecclesia de Eucharistia by Blessed Pope John Paul II and Sacramentum Caritatis by Pope Benedict XVI. Each chapter in the book is then devoted to a section of one of these two major Church documents by putting them in understandable language for us laymen. I don't know if you've ever tried to read an Encyclical or an Apostolic Exhortation, but you can find yourself drowning in a sea of words quickly if you dive in without guidance.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am glad it was the first book I read for 2013. My favorite chapter was Chapter 20 "Becoming Whom We Receive in Holy Communion." In this chapter, I learned that by receiving Jesus in the Eucharist, we are called to become more like Jesus in our daily life. We are also truly called to change every aspect of our lives, not just show up on Sunday and be good for an hour, then live how we want to the rest of the week.
Overall, this book increased my appreciation of the Blessed Sacrament and created a longing in me to receive Jesus' Body and Blood more often than just Sunday Mass. It also created a sense of guilt in me that I have not been to Eucharistic Adoration in a long time and makes me want to go soon. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars and recommend you read this to increase your knowledge, reverence, and love of the most important sacrament in our Church, the Holy Eucharist.
This review was written as part of the Catholic book reviewer program from The Catholic Company.
July 10, 2021
El Cardenal Burke nos ofrece un resumen muy interesante de dos documentos escritos por los Papas Juan Pablo II y Benedicto XVI, sobre la Eucaristía; se trata de la encíclica Ecclesia de Eucharistia y la exhortación apostólica Sacramentum Caritatis, respectivamente.
A través de estos documentos el cardenal Burke nos ofrece una sinopsis de los puntos más importantes resultando un libro muy práctico para profundizar un poco en el gran misterio de la Eucaristía, y que puede ser de utilidad tanto para creyentes como para no creyentes, puesto que es muy sintético y está bien estructurado.
En resumen, un libro que aclara cosas y que deja el camino abierto por si el lector quiere profundizar más en el misterio de la Eucaristía.
Por último, he echado en falta más reflexiones propias del cardenal Burke, uno de los purpurados más destacados en la actualidad, pero está claro que en este libro los maestros son Juan Pablo II y Benedicto XVI.
A través de estos documentos el cardenal Burke nos ofrece una sinopsis de los puntos más importantes resultando un libro muy práctico para profundizar un poco en el gran misterio de la Eucaristía, y que puede ser de utilidad tanto para creyentes como para no creyentes, puesto que es muy sintético y está bien estructurado.
En resumen, un libro que aclara cosas y que deja el camino abierto por si el lector quiere profundizar más en el misterio de la Eucaristía.
Por último, he echado en falta más reflexiones propias del cardenal Burke, uno de los purpurados más destacados en la actualidad, pero está claro que en este libro los maestros son Juan Pablo II y Benedicto XVI.
March 12, 2024
Divine Love Made Flesh: The Holy Eucharist as the Sacrament of Charity by Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke is a thought-provoking read. The Holy Eucharist is at the center of the Catholic Christian faith. All other truths, sacraments, and celebrations revolve around it. The bread and wine consecrated by the priest during mass becomes the Holy Eucharist for Catholics, the true body and blood of Jesus Christ.
In Divine Love Made Flesh, Cardinal Burke uses the writings of Pope Saint John Paul II [referred to as “Blessed Pope John Paul II” in the hardback edition] and Pope Benedict XVI to explain to the reader how the Holy Eucharist is central to Catholics. There is so much to unpack here, and I can’t say I totally understand it all. Yes. The Holy Eucharist is a mystery of faith. A gift from Jesus Himself at the Last Supper, when Jesus took bread and wine, blessed them, and shared them with his disciples during the Passover meal, right before He was betrayed and handed over to be crucified.
The Holy Eucharist is the source and sustenance for Catholics. It feeds our souls. It makes us strong. And it makes us willing to be Christ’s voice and hands here on earth. Even without understanding all the information in Divine Love Made Flesh: The Holy Eucharist as the Sacrament of Charity by Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, I learned much. A perfect read in the Lenten season for Catholics.
In Divine Love Made Flesh, Cardinal Burke uses the writings of Pope Saint John Paul II [referred to as “Blessed Pope John Paul II” in the hardback edition] and Pope Benedict XVI to explain to the reader how the Holy Eucharist is central to Catholics. There is so much to unpack here, and I can’t say I totally understand it all. Yes. The Holy Eucharist is a mystery of faith. A gift from Jesus Himself at the Last Supper, when Jesus took bread and wine, blessed them, and shared them with his disciples during the Passover meal, right before He was betrayed and handed over to be crucified.
The Holy Eucharist is the source and sustenance for Catholics. It feeds our souls. It makes us strong. And it makes us willing to be Christ’s voice and hands here on earth. Even without understanding all the information in Divine Love Made Flesh: The Holy Eucharist as the Sacrament of Charity by Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, I learned much. A perfect read in the Lenten season for Catholics.
April 15, 2023
Un compendio de dos documentos del Magisterio sobre la Eucaristía, a saber, del Papa Juan Pablo II y otro documento del Papa Benedicto XVI. El resumen y las notas explican de forma ordenada lo que todo católico, especialmente los sacerdotes, deberían saber sobre la Eucaristía.
May 17, 2025
Unas preciosas reflexiones sobre lo más importante que tenemos: la Eucaristía. Sobre todo a través de cartas de san Juan Pablo II y Benedicto XVI.
March 25, 2016
Nothing but a clear and precise overview of Catholic teaching of the most Blessed Sacrament, through a commentary on the work of the two great popes of recent history, John Paul II and Benedict XVI, the former in his encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia and the latter in his apostolic exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis. This is not the longest of books and, with its arrangement of short chapters with subtitles, provides excellent material for prayer and meditation. Highly recommended.
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