Three Mountains, A Road and A Well - Encountering Jesus in Unexpected Places

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Three Mountains, A Road, and A Well might sound more like a travel book than a spiritual one. Well, maybe it is both! This book covers some of Jesus’ travels—to the Mount of Olives (twice), Mount of the Beatitudes, and Mount Tabor; along with His trip to Samaria where he encounters a woman at a well, and His trip along the Road to Emmaus on Easter Sunday, right after His Resurrection. I invite you to join Him on His journeys, and help you discover the journey meant for you.

Encountering Jesus in the Expected Place: The Eucharist

As Brother Augustine so accurately described the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, “Since the 13th century, there has hardly been a saint who has not had a devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, especially due to the influence of St. Francis and St. Clare.

Though many have attacked the Sacrament, the Church has remained faithful, even in the modern era, when some seem to be embarrassed by the Blessed Sacrament.” (The frightening statistic that the Pew Foundation found in their research is that only about one third of all Catholics interviewed actually believe in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.) “While it is a mystery that can never be fully understood, it can be divided into three ways of examining it: as a sacrifice, as a meal, and as a presence. In this talk, we will be looking at the Eucharist under the aspect of presence. We will review what we mean by presence, then how that presence forms us as Christians and followers of Francis. Many treat the presence of Christ in the sacrament as a lesser element or as a mere consequence of the sacrificial aspect. But the reality is much deeper. What do we then