{"product_id":"the-eucharist","title":"The Eucharist","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy François Mauriac \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs a novelist, \u003c\/b\u003eFrançois Mauriac battled with the mystery of evil. Here, in \u003ci\u003eThe Eucharist: The Mystery of Holy Thursday\u003c\/i\u003e, he brings into sharp relief the ever-new promise of God’s love—that He has come to save mankind. These pages offer a deeply moving meditation on two central mysteries of the Catholic faith—the sacrament of the Eucharist and the institution of the priesthood. Containing a veritable banquet of food for thought and prayer, \u003ci\u003eThe Eucharist\u003c\/i\u003e is capable of informing and inspiring the faithful, but also of enlightening those who have yet to encounter Christ or His Church.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eComparable to the hagiographical works of Mauriac’s compatriot Georges Ber­nanos, \u003ci\u003eThe Eucharist: The Mystery of Holy Thursday\u003c\/i\u003e is a profoundly personal act of faith in which the stuff of Catholic tradition is brought to rich, abundant life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is the belief of the most ordinary among the faithful. These are the feelings of one Christian among a thousand others, before the small Host. Such is the invisible God he sees, the hidden God he discerns.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eFrançois Mauriac)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrançois Mauriac (1885–1970) was a French Catholic novelist, poet, critic, and journalist. Critically acclaimed and respected, Mauriac received the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française for his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Desert of Love\u003c\/i\u003e; was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d’honneur; and named laureate of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 118pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1944418816\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68197673664697,"sku":"978-1944418816","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/ProductImages_359.jpg?v=1794089139","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/the-eucharist","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}