Be Transformed: The Healing Power of the Sacraments

by Bob Schuchts

Publisher:

Ave Maria Press

, 2017

Overview

Winner of a 2018 Catholic Press Association Award: Sacraments. (First Place).

How can Christians grow spiritually in the midst of our sinfulness? How can we transform our lives in a way that allows us to share in the resurrection of Jesus?

God has already given us the perfect solution—the sacraments.

Whether it is the wound of past hurts, the strain in our relationships, or the stress of daily life, we all need to be comforted and made whole by Christ. In this follow-up to his bestselling Be Healed, Bob Schuchts explains how the sacraments can fuel your emotional and spiritual healing and bring you closer to God.

Based on more than thirty-five years of experience as a therapist and decades spent in parish ministry, Schuchts demonstrates how each of the seven sacraments can be a life-changing encounter with Christ, communicated through the power of the Holy Spirit. He pairs each healing sacrament with one of the seven deadly wounds that emanated from original sin in the Garden of Eden. We perpetuate and deepen those wounds each time we sin, but the sacraments are God’s remedy for sin. They give us a way to restore us to wholeness in Christ.

In Be Transformed, you’ll discover how each sacrament can help you heal from wounds that can impede your relationships and sense of self-worth. With Schuchts’s help, you’ll learn how:

Baptism makes us beloved children of God, healing our wounds of rejection

Holy Communion heals our wounds of abandonment by inviting us to share in Jesus’ abiding presence

Confirmation overcomes our powerlessness through the power of the Holy Spirit

Holy Orders heals wounds of confusion and disorder by re-establishing God’s authority in our lives

In marriage, God’s faithful love heals wounds of fear and mistrust

Reconciliation restores purity and releases us from shame

Anointing of the Sick provides enduring hope to overcome our hopelessness

Be Transformed offers all of the tools you need for a fresh understanding of the sacraments, including reflection questions, scripture meditations, prayers, and inspiring stories. You’ll come away hungry for the sacraments in a way you never knew possible.

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Key Features

• Demonstrates how each of the seven sacraments can be a life-changing encounter with Christ
• Includes reflection questions, scripture meditations, prayers, and inspiring stories
• Teaches how each sacrament can help to heal from wounds that can impede relationships and sense of self-worth

Contents

• Unveiled Faces
• God's Powerful Blessings
• The Father's Beloved
• Anointed with Power
• The Father's Authority
• God's Faithful Love
• Pure and Undefiled
• Raised to Life

Parise for Be Transformed: The Healing Power of the Sacraments

With the gentleness gained from years of ministering to the needs and wounds of others, Bob Schuchts introduces you to the healing power of the sacraments in a powerfully eye-opening way. Be Transformed explains how the graces from all seven sacraments impact your daily life and how they can heal deep wounds of rejection, confusion, and abandonment. In doing so, you come to understand your true identity in Christ. After reading this book, you will realize that your deepest longings are themselves a longing for the sacraments.

Christopher West, Cofounder and president of the Theology of the Body Institute

Bob Schuchts has recaptured the meaning and beauty of the sacraments and the powerful work of Christ through them. Be Transformed is a book that will stand the test of time and truly transform people’s lives. This book has renewed my faith in Christ and the Church and instilled in me a new vigor for the sacraments, and I’m certain it will for you!

Paul George, Founder of Adore Ministries

Be Transformed offers a fresh and original way of understanding the ancient Catholic tradition that the sacraments heal the wounds of fallen human nature. In a world where so many have experienced deep hurts, this book is exactly what is needed!

Mary Healy, Author of Men and Women Are from Eden

Product Details

• Title: Be Transformed: The Healing Power of the Sacraments
• Author: Bob Schuchts
• Publisher: Ave Maria Press
• Print Publication Date: 2017
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 171
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Sacraments › Catholic Church; Healing › Religious aspects--Catholic Church
• ISBNs: 9781594716812, 9781594716829, 1594716811, 159471682X
• Resource ID: LLS:BETRANSFORMED
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:12:31Z