There is one place above all where we can come to know the love of God—the Eucharist. It is called the sacrament of charity, the sacrament of love. And it was out of love that Jesus Christ set up this great sacrament in the Church. It was in order to remain with us always, in order to bring us back to himself in eternity.

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In this episode, Fr. James Brent O.P., talks about the Marian apparition at Knock (in Ireland) which he says is also a Eucharistic apparition—and that Eucharistic Adoration is essentially a sustained beholding of the Lamb of God. It is the perfect response to John the Baptist’s prophetic command: metanoeite! Mind your God!

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When we receive holy communion in a certain state, when we are well disposed with certain qualities of mind and heart, then holy communion will have a great effect on us. When our minds and hearts lack those qualities or are not well disposed, then the effects of holy communion on us will be less. The effects of holy communion run deeper, grow stronger, and last longer when we approach with the proper spiritual dispositions. But what are the proper dispositions?

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When we receive holy communion, the sacrament has certain effects on us—spiritual or supernatural effects. Just as food nourishes a child and causes the child to grow strong in bodily life, so holy communion nourishes our souls and causes us to grow strong in the spiritual life, the life of grace. 

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As Catholics, we believe and confess that the Eucharist is the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, not a new or additional sacrifice, but the same sacrifice. How can it be so? In this episode of Contemplata, Fr. James Brent, O.P. further explains how the sacrifice Christ offered at Calvary is the same sacrifice on the altar at every Mass. 

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Jesus fulfilled the law of sacrifice in a unique way when he offered himself to the Father on Calvary. In his sacrifice, we find the three elements common to all sacrifice. First, we find an inward or spiritual sacrifice—the offering of his heart to the Father. Second, we find an outward act of sacrifice—a definite gesture expressing the gift of his heart. Third, we find a thing offered. In this episode of Contemplata, Fr. James Brent, O.P., considers each of these. 

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In this episode, Fr. James Brent, O.P., discusses sacrificial worship—human beings have, written in their hearts, a desire to offer sacrifice to God. Jesus taught us that the one sacrifice that would please God is not something we make up, but it is he, himself. He is the one true sacrifice that offers himself up to the Father. 

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St. Paul tells us that Jesus Christ is the wisdom of God. To provide food for us, food that lasts eternally, the heavenly Father sent his Son into the world—the very wisdom of God. 

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God is always working to recover our hearts by grace—primarily through his Word, through prayer, and through the Eucharist. More than anything else, the Eucharist forms us for eternal life. In this episode of Contemplata, Fr. James Brent, O.P., begins a series on the Eucharist.

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All of the teachings and all of the practices of the holy Catholic Church are given to the world for the recovery of the human heart. In this episode of Contemplata, Fr. James Brent, O.P., talks about a certain pathos of the human heart—that ever since the Fall, the heart has been embattled. But there is hope for recovering the heart.

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