The Holy Eucharist

by Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori

Publishers:

Benziger Brothers; R. Washbourne; M. H. Gill & Son

, 1887

Overview

Centered on the Holy Eucharist, this collection of St. Alphonsus Liguori’s writings include the following six works:

• The Sacrifice of Jesus Christ
• Visits to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin
• Meditations for the Octave of Corpus Christi
• Novena to the Sacred Heart
• The Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ
• Meditations

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Key Features

• Includes Liguori’s works on the Eucharist
• Presents the wisdom of a modern Doctor of the Church

Contents

Top Highlights

“We should listen to the Gospel as if we heard the words of our divine Saviour instructing us himself, and we should at the same time ask him for the necessary help to put in practice what he teaches. It is an ancient custom to stand during the reading of the Gospel, to show that we are ready to follow the precepts and counsels that our Lord points out to us.” (Pages 33–34)

“St. Augustine says that as at the Eucharistic Table our Saviour offers us to eat and to drink his body and his blood, we should also offer to him our body and our blood by giving ourselves entirely to him, being ready to sacrifice our life for his glory, should it be necessary.” (Page 35)

“To be exasperated at ourselves after a fault is not humility, but a subtle pride, as if we were anything else than the weak and miserable things that we are. St. Teresa said: ‘The humility that disturbs does not come from God, but from the devil.” (Pages 321–322)

“To be angry at ourselves after the commission of a fault is a fault worse than the one committed, and will be the occasion of many other faults; it will make us leave off our devotions, prayers, and communions; or if we do practise them, they will be done very badly. St. Aloysius Gonzaga said that we cannot see in troubled waters, and that the devil fishes in them. A soul that is troubled knows little of God and of what it ought to do. Whenever, therefore, we fall into any fault, we should turn to God with humility and confidence, and craving his forgiveness, say to him, with St. Catharine of Genoa: ‘O Lord, this is the produce of my own garden! I love Thee with my whole heart, and I repent of the displeasure I have given Thee! I will never do the like again: grant me Thy assistance!’” (Page 322)

Product Details

• Title: The Holy Eucharist
• Author: Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
• Publisher: Benziger Brothers
• Publication Date: 1887
• Pages: 511
• Christian Group: Catholic
• Resource Type: Topical
• Topic: Post-Reformation

About Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori

Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (September 27, 1696 – August 1, 1787) was an Italian Catholic Bishop, spiritual writer, scholastic philosopher and theologian, and founder of the Redemptorists, an influential religious order. He was canonized in 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI and declared a Doctor of the Church.