From Eucharistic Adoration to Evangelization

by Alcuin Reid

Publisher:

Burns and Oates

, 2012

Overview

Edited by Dom Alcuin Reid, this collection of essays and homilies discusses the relevance of Eucharistic adoration for liturgy, spirituality, and mission today. Written by Pope Benedict XVI, cardinals, bishops, and other religious, this volume links the spiritual practice of Eucharistic adoration to various facets of the spiritual life including reading of Scripture, social justice, works of mercy, devotion to Mary, evangelization, and more.

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Key Features

• Links Eucharistic adoration to various aspects of the spiritual life
• Presents works by Church leaders such as Pope Benedict, cardinals, and bishops
• Offers valuable insights into this spiritual practice for all Catholics

Contents

• “Adoration and the New Evangelization” by Bishop Dominique Rey
• “A Mystagogical Catechesis of Eucharistic Adoration” by Dom Mark Daniel Kirby, OSB
• “Loving Jesus in the Eucharist with Mary: The Foundation of Religious Life” by Mother Adela Galindo
• “Eucharistic Adoration as a Way of Life: A Pastoral Perspective” by Bishop Giovanni D’Ercole
• “Homily for the Solemn Mass of St Aloysius Gonzaga” by Mauro Cardinal Piacenza
• “Celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi” by Monsignor Guido Marini
• “Adoration and the Sacred Liturgy” by Bishop Athanasius Schneider
• “Eucharistic Adoration and Sacred Scripture” by Bishop D. José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre
• “The Eucharist, Adoration and Healing” by Father Nicholas Buttet
• “Homily: Eucharistic Adoration, Self-Offering and Martyrdom” by Francis Cardinal Arinze
• “Adoration in the Formation and Life of Priests” by Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke
• “Addressing Objections to Adoration” by Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith
• “Adoration as the Foundation of Social Justice” by Peter Cardinal Turkson
• “From Adoration to Serving the Poor” by Sister Joseph MC
• “Adoration as the Heart of Diocesan Life” by Antonio Cardinal Cañizares Llovera
• “Spiritual Fruits of Adoration in Parishes” by Father Florian Racine
• “Homily for the Solemn Mass of Corpus Christi” by Pope Benedict XVI

Top Highlights

“Jesus identifies Himself with them by His deliberate choice to be there, not forcing our attention, allowing anyone to receive, handle or even neglect Him. He can be thrown, insulted, whatever; and so also is the condition of the Poor of this world.” (Page 181)

“The term Adoration derives from the Greek proskenesis: submission, abandon to God, norm to follow; and from the Latin ad-oratio: kiss, submission which becomes love, freed from our will and to be completely guided by the love of Christ.” (Page 65)

“St John-Mary Vianney wrote: ‘When God wanted to give a food to our soul which would sustain it in the pilgrimage of life, He cast His gaze over all of creation and found nothing which would be worthy of it. Thus He withdrew into Himself and resolved to give His Very Self to us’. The Eucharist actualizes this gift.” (Page 7)

“Once when I arrived at a new mission, fresh from experience of painful and humiliating failure, feeling heavy and useless; on the first day my Superior introduced me to a man we were caring for. He immediately took my hand and led me to another, who was dying. He said; ‘Norman, we have a new Sister and she understands us’. In that moment, I became aware of how my own personal sufferings bonded me to them in their suffering. I saw the cross as precious, a sign of greater love. Miracles happen in the times of our greatest sufferings. This is true even if we do not suffer well.” (Page 185)

“One day a co-worker asked me, regarding a new patient in our home: ‘Did you confront him with his sin?’ I said: ‘Certainly not!’ A person imprisoned in darkness and sin (‘dark holes’) cannot be frightened or threatened or accused into life, but he can be loved into life.” (Page 185)

Product Details

• Title: From Eucharistic Adoration to Evangelization
• Author: Alcuin Reid
• Publisher: Burns and Oates
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Pages: 232
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Catholic Church › Liturgy
• ISBNs: 9781441102270, 1441102272
• Resource ID: LLS:CHRSTCDRVNGLZTN
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:20:42Z

About Alcuin Reid

Dom Alcuin Reid is a monk of the Monastère Saint-Benoît in the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon in France. He studied theology and education in Melbourne, Australia, and was awarded a PhD from King’s College, University of London. He has lectured internationally and has published extensively on the sacred liturgy, including Looking Again at the Question of the Liturgy with Cardinal Ratzinger, The Monastic Diurnal, The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described, and A Bitter Trial: Evelyn Waugh and John Carmel Cardinal Heenan on the Liturgical Changes. His writings have been translated into Italian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Lithuanian, Polish, and Croatian.