Christ is really present in the Holy Eucharist! And therefore, the Holy Eucharist is the greatest gift in this world. But many have lost faith in Christ’s presence at every Mass.
This compelling book provides the most convincing proofs for the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist from Scripture, Tradition, and scientific investigations of Eucharistic miracles.
Accompanied by Church Fathers Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus of Lyons and Cyril of Jerusalem, Fr. George Elliott leads the reader to an encounter with our Lord like a first century Christian. Dr. Stacy Transacos analyzes the popular Eucharistic miracles reported in Bolsena and Lanciano, Italy, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a twenty-first-century chemist’s objectivity. Together, Fr. Elliott and Dr. Trasancos lead you from the burning faith of the saints to the light of the Gospels, to modern science, and right back to the Word.
With well researched details and thought provoking questions at the end of each chapter, this book will convict and empower you to evangelize to the world that the Holy Eucharist is not a symbol but truly flesh, bone, hands, and feet. “Behold,” Christ said, “It is I."
ENDORSEMENTS
“Three things help to distinguish Behold, It Is I from other (good) books on the Eucharist: its sheer scope, looking at the evidence from Scripture, the Church Fathers, and the scientific evidence (particularly in regard to Eucharistic miracles); its measured approach, in terms of what we can (and can’t) prove; and the helpful summaries (and starter questions) at the end of each chapter. A great resource for someone trying to grow in understanding and devotion for the Holy Eucharist.”
— Joseph Heschmeyer, Apologist, Catholic Answers
“Dr. Stacy Trasancos and Fr. George Elliott present an informative, inspiring, and confirmatory volume showing the complementarity of faith and reason in assenting to the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Built on the foundation of faith given in the scriptures as well as the testimony of four early Church Fathers, they then consider the scientific investigation of three Eucharistic miracles, one of which occurred in 1996 in Buenos Aires when Pope Francis was archbishop. Though the evidence of the host transformed into part tissue has significant probative value, Trasancos cautions that the evidence is incomplete, meaning that it should be treated as ‘seeds that affirm our faith more than irrefutable proofs to convince the doubter.’ Nevertheless, when these miracles are seen within the context of scripture and church tradition, they constitute what St. John Henry Newman called ‘an informal inference’—a complementary, mutually corroborative network of evidence that enables us to reasonably assent through faith to the truth that Jesus Christ is really present in the Eucharist. This book will enrich your faith in the source and summit of our religious life.”
— Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, SJ, PhD
President of Magis Center of Reason and Faith and author of For God So Loved the World
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- Publication Date:
- 10-19-21
- Product Format:
- Hardcover
- Pages:
- 240
- SKU:
- 2892
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- Bishop Joseph E. Strickland
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18 Reviews
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Behold, It Is I
I was clearly educated in reading this study of our faith in the Real Presence of Christ in the Euch…
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Well-organized and thorough discussion
This is a thoughtful, well-organized presentation on the real presence.
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Behold, it is I
In the process of reading it but so far it has been very helpful.
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love the book :)
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Very pleased with purchase.
Good book
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Excellent book! Just what I was looking for, as the author does a wonderful job explaining the Eucharist. I have a young man that doesn’t believe that the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Jesus. So this book is so helpful.
Great Book!
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A Profound Book
As fewer Catholics believe in the Real Presence, this book is a cry from every parent;s heart. This …
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Highly recommended!
As someone who is very familiar with the New Testament passages that support Catholics; belief in th…
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Quick and engaging read
An engaging book on the eucharistic presence of our Lord in the blessed sacrament through scripture.…
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