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The Eucharist Foretold: The Lost Prophecy of Malachi
"From the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts."ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚€ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"Malachi 1:11 One Old Testament passage seized the imagination of the early Churchƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚€ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"and directed Christian hearts and minds toward the Eucharist. It was the oracle of Malachi 1:11, and it was cited (like Isaiah's Suffering Servant oracles) to prove the identity of the Messiah through His Church and His Sacrament.
In The Eucharist Foretold: The Lost Prophecy of Malachi, Mike Aquilina reveals that the Messiah's true identityƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚€ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"and the identity of the Eucharistƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚€ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"helps us find our identity as "catholic," and will lead us to discover our roots in the religion of ancient Israel. To the early Christians, Malachi's oracle defined who they were individually and as a Church.
In The Eucharist Foretold: The Lost Prophecy of Malachi, Mike Aquilina reveals that the Messiah's true identityƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚€ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"and the identity of the Eucharistƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚€ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"helps us find our identity as "catholic," and will lead us to discover our roots in the religion of ancient Israel. To the early Christians, Malachi's oracle defined who they were individually and as a Church.
176 pages, Hardcover
Published November 1, 2019
About the author
Mike Aquilina
129 books114 followersMike Aquilina is author or editor of more than thirty books, including The Fathers of the Church, The Mass of the Early Christians, and A Year with the Church Fathers. He has co-hosted eight series that air on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). He has co-authored books with Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., and theologian Scott Hahn. He is past editor of New Covenant magazine and The Pittsburgh Catholic newspaper. He appears weekly on Sirius Radio's "Sonrise Morning Show." Mike and his wife, Terri, have six children, who are the subject of his book Love in the Little Things.
In 2011 Mike was a featured presenter of the U.S. Bishops' Diocesan Educational/Catechetical Leadership Institute. He also wrote the USCCB's theological reflection for Catechetical Sunday in 2011.
His reviews, essays and journalism have appeared in many journals, including First Things, Touchstone, Crisis, Our Sunday Visitor, National Catholic Register, and Catholic Heritage. He contributed work on early Christianity to the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought.
Mike is a also poet whose works have appeared in U.S. literary journals and have been translated into Polish and Spanish. He shared songwriting credits with Grammy Award-winner Dion DiMucci on the forthcoming album "Tank Full of Blues."
In 2011 Mike was a featured presenter of the U.S. Bishops' Diocesan Educational/Catechetical Leadership Institute. He also wrote the USCCB's theological reflection for Catechetical Sunday in 2011.
His reviews, essays and journalism have appeared in many journals, including First Things, Touchstone, Crisis, Our Sunday Visitor, National Catholic Register, and Catholic Heritage. He contributed work on early Christianity to the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought.
Mike is a also poet whose works have appeared in U.S. literary journals and have been translated into Polish and Spanish. He shared songwriting credits with Grammy Award-winner Dion DiMucci on the forthcoming album "Tank Full of Blues."
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January 14, 2020
Catholics in America were more fortunate than many of us understood at the time when the Roman Missal was updated nearly a decade ago. The propriety of some of the changes is still debated in certain circles, but a clear winner certainly was Scriptural allusions once again made explicit. Think of the words the congregation says immediately before Communion (before vs. after): "Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed" vs. "Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed" (see Mt 8:8). The latter quotes Scripture precisely with only one word being changed, which was clear to any regular Mass-goer or anyone familiar with the Gospels.
Of less note was a certain change to the commonly used Eucharistic Prayer III (again before vs. after): “from east to west, a perfect offering may be made to the glory of your name” vs. “from the rising of the sun to its setting a pure sacrifice may be offered...” (Mal 1:11). Yet, this verse is the focus of this book.
For the person with a somewhat casual knowledge of the Bible, Malachi, at only four short chapters, and considered the last of the "minor prophets," would seem to be rather nondescript. Yet, Mike Aquilina, through his expert knowledge of the early Church and its most exalted writings and figures, exposes to us the vital importance of this one verse from Malachi (mentioned above) to an understanding of the Eucharist that extends back to the earliest days of Christianity.
From the first century Didache through Augustine in the early fifth century, Aquilina provides for us a constant and unambiguous thread: Malachi 1:11 and its context were clearly understood by many of the most influential Church Fathers as foretelling (from likely around 400 BC) the Eucharistic banquet that would be instituted by Jesus Christ.
Aquilina, as usual, expertly weaves together this tapestry while enlightening the reader on these early key figures and the times in which they lived. With later figures like Chrysostom and Augustine, he even gets into a fascinating discussion regarding the purported anti-semitism of these men.
In a day and age in which the level of understanding of the Eucharist, even among Catholics, is appallingly low, the author has done a great service in helping us gain an even greater appreciation for the great gift of the Mass. Additionally, this work serves as a great apologetic for those who believe that the Catholic understanding of the Eucharist is a later invention or just mistaken altogether.
The subtitle of the book is, "The Lost Prophecy of Malachi." While its significance may have been lost to us in our day (but remedied by this effort along with the revised missal), it certainly was not hidden from the early Church.
Once again, Aquilina proves that The Fathers Knew Best.
Of less note was a certain change to the commonly used Eucharistic Prayer III (again before vs. after): “from east to west, a perfect offering may be made to the glory of your name” vs. “from the rising of the sun to its setting a pure sacrifice may be offered...” (Mal 1:11). Yet, this verse is the focus of this book.
For the person with a somewhat casual knowledge of the Bible, Malachi, at only four short chapters, and considered the last of the "minor prophets," would seem to be rather nondescript. Yet, Mike Aquilina, through his expert knowledge of the early Church and its most exalted writings and figures, exposes to us the vital importance of this one verse from Malachi (mentioned above) to an understanding of the Eucharist that extends back to the earliest days of Christianity.
From the first century Didache through Augustine in the early fifth century, Aquilina provides for us a constant and unambiguous thread: Malachi 1:11 and its context were clearly understood by many of the most influential Church Fathers as foretelling (from likely around 400 BC) the Eucharistic banquet that would be instituted by Jesus Christ.
Aquilina, as usual, expertly weaves together this tapestry while enlightening the reader on these early key figures and the times in which they lived. With later figures like Chrysostom and Augustine, he even gets into a fascinating discussion regarding the purported anti-semitism of these men.
In a day and age in which the level of understanding of the Eucharist, even among Catholics, is appallingly low, the author has done a great service in helping us gain an even greater appreciation for the great gift of the Mass. Additionally, this work serves as a great apologetic for those who believe that the Catholic understanding of the Eucharist is a later invention or just mistaken altogether.
The subtitle of the book is, "The Lost Prophecy of Malachi." While its significance may have been lost to us in our day (but remedied by this effort along with the revised missal), it certainly was not hidden from the early Church.
Once again, Aquilina proves that The Fathers Knew Best.
June 8, 2025
Mike Aquilina does a splendid job of weaving together the Church Fathers’ understanding of Malachi’s procphecy of the Eucharist.
March 24, 2020
Great Book on the Eucharist
This book is well written and researched. You will find plenty of footnotes for what the author is stating. If you are looking for a book that explains how the early Church saw the Eucharist then this is an excellent starting point.
This book is well written and researched. You will find plenty of footnotes for what the author is stating. If you are looking for a book that explains how the early Church saw the Eucharist then this is an excellent starting point.
May 5, 2020
Great research, but a bit too erudite for my knowledge level.
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