Book Summary | Eucharistic Miracles: And Eucharistic Phenomenon in the Lives of the Saints

Book :  Eucharistic Miracles: And Eucharistic Phenomenon in the Lives of the Saints

Author: Joan Carroll Cruz

The Roman Catholic congregation celebrates the institution of the Holy Eucharistic every year on Maundy Thursday which comes in the holy week in the season of lent. Maundy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with his disciples. On this day, Christians observe the Last Supper and Two commandments of Jesus. It is also the day, when Jesus washed the feet’s of his disciples and started the servant leadership. During the Supper, Jesus took bread and wine and shared them with his disciples and instructed to do this in memory. Christians believe that, transformation happens during the Eucharistic celebration and the belief that the bread and wine converts into the body and blood of Jesus. The book captures the miracles happened during the Eucharistic celebration and mishandling of the body.

This book is about Eucharistic miracles collection. This book is divided into two parts. Part - I dealing with the Eucharistic Miracles, , Part - II dealing with Eucharistic phenomena in the lives of the saints. This book begins with a photo of consecrated hosts that have remained fresh and in-corrupt for 250 years. From the Basilica of St Francis in Siena. They were stolen in 1730 and then recovered.

The author has captured stories of Eucharistic miracles going back to the first Christian communities. And some that extend right up into our lifetimes up to the 17 century.  There are stories of saints and saintly people who lived for long periods on just the Eucharist for sustenance.

During COVID -19, pandemic, which happened during the season of lent, however the traditional celebration of the Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter were celebrated using digital technology where faithful attended the services from home. As the faithful couldn’t not receive the communion as they were not physically present in the Eucharistic celebration, they were asked to receive the bread spiritually. The last chapter of this book is on spiritual communion and prayer to receive it spiritually. The gifts of spiritual communion is jubilant of spirit, true charity, silence, joy in prayer and longing for God.

A good read to increase the faith and belief.