Word Made Flesh, True Bread of Heaven: The Mystery of the Liturgy and the Eucharist
From the website, Word on Fire: Father Barron explores the ancient practices of the Church’s worship that endure to this very day, and the notion that all value is summed up in the liturgy, the supreme act by which we commune with God.
Considered by the Catholic Faith to be the source and summit of its identity and mission, the Eucharist is the central practice of the Church’s culture. Father Barron describes all the parts of the Mass, and shows how the Sacred Liturgy embodies the whole of the Faith in such diverse places as Jerusalem, Rome, Chicago, Orvieto, and Mexico City.
Considered by the Catholic Faith to be the source and summit of its identity and mission, the Eucharist is the central practice of the Church’s culture. Father Barron describes all the parts of the Mass, and shows how the Sacred Liturgy embodies the whole of the Faith in such diverse places as Jerusalem, Rome, Chicago, Orvieto, and Mexico City.
Opening PrayerPreface I of the Most Holy Eucharist
It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord. For he is the true and eternal Priest, who instituted the pattern of an everlasting sacrifice and was the first to offer himself as the saving Victim, commanding us to make this offering as his memorial. As we eat his flesh that was sacrificed for us, we are made strong, and, as we drink his Blood that was poured out for us, we are washed clean…. Resource Components for Week 7
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Scripture ReadingMatthew 26:17-30
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