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Rooted in the Church&rsquo;s tradition of Eucharistic devotion, these prayers help engage the heart in frequent, intimate conversation with Christ before receiving or during adoration.</p>\n<!-- Conversion Bullets -->\n<ul style=\"margin: 1.5rem 0; padding-left: 1.25rem;\">\n<li>Offers Newman&rsquo;s profound Eucharistic prayers that express love for Christ&rsquo;s presence in the Blessed Sacrament.&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Focuses on God&rsquo;s mercy, perfections, and personal communion with Christ.&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Rich in tradition‑rooted language that deepens devotion before Mass or during Eucharistic adoration.</li>\n<li>Accessible prayers suitable for both seasoned devotees and those growing in Eucharistic love.&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Compact format makes it a practical companion for daily prayer or time spent before the Blessed Sacrament.&nbsp;</li>\n</ul>\n<!-- FAQs -->\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.4rem; margin-top: 2rem;\">FAQs</h3>\n<p><strong>What is the focus of the prayers in this book?</strong><br />The prayers center on the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, inviting the faithful to speak with Christ about His mercy, love, and personal presence.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>How can I use this book in my prayer life?</strong><br />It can be used before Mass, during Eucharistic adoration, or in personal devotion to foster a deeper habit of turning the heart toward Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- Key Themes (moved to bottom) -->\n<div style=\"background: #fafafa; border: 1px solid #E2E2E2; padding: 1.5rem; margin-top: 2rem;\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; margin: 0 0 .5rem;\">Key Themes</h3>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 1.25rem;\">\n<li>Eucharistic devotion and contemplative prayer</li>\n<li>Newman&rsquo;s tradition‑rooted spiritual reflections</li>\n<li>Focus on God&rsquo;s mercy, love, and presence</li>\n<li>Integration of prayer with personal Eucharistic preparation</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n</section>\n<p><a href=\"https://tandirection.com/pursuit-of-perfection/the-mental-sufferings-of-christ/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Read more about <em>The Mental Sufferings of Christ</em> on TAN Direction. </a></p>","show_backorder_message":true,"tags":[],"warranty":"","price":{"without_tax":{"formatted":"$16.95","value":16.95,"currency":"USD"},"tax_label":"Tax"},"height":"7.00","detail_messages":"","availability":"","page_title":"Prayers Before the Eucharist","cart_url":"https://tanbooks.com/cart.php","show_backorder_availability_prompt":true,"max_purchase_quantity":0,"show_quantity_on_hand":true,"mpn":null,"upc":"9781505116427","options":[{"id":5260,"type":"Configurable_PickList_Set","display_name":"Format","required":true,"state":"variant_option","partial":"set-rectangle","condition":true,"values":[{"id":10389,"label":"Paperbound","selected":true,"data":"Paperbound"},{"id":10390,"label":"eBook","selected":false,"data":"eBook"},{"id":10391,"label":"MP3 Audio Download","selected":false,"data":"MP3 Audio Download"}]}],"related_products":[{"id":2511,"sku":"TE6472","name":"Prayers Before the Eucharist (eBook)","url":"https://tanbooks.com/digital/ebooks-audiobooks/prayers-before-the-eucharist-ebook/","availability":"","rating":0,"brand":null,"category":["eBooks"],"summary":"When thinking of Saint John Henry Newman, many associations come to mind: scholar, writer, intellectual. 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You didst make a dwelling place special for Yourself. She did not receive You without first being prepared for You; for from the moment that she was at all, she was filled with Your grace, so that she never knew sin. And so she went on increasing in grace and merit year after year, till the time came, when You sent the Archangel to signify to her Your presence within her. So holy must be the dwelling place of the Highest. I adore and glorify You, O Lord my God, for Your great holiness.\r\n\r\nO my God, holiness becometh Your House, and yet You make Your abode in my breast. My Lord, my Savior, You come to me, hidden under the semblance of earthly things, yet in that very flesh and blood which You took from Mary. You, who first inhabited Mary’s breast, comes to me. My God, You see me; I cannot see myself. Were I ever so good a judge about myself, ever so unbiassed, and with ever so correct a rule of judging, still, from my very nature, I cannot look at myself, and view myself truly and wholly. But You, as You come to me, contemplate me. When I say, Domine, non sum dignus—“Lord, I am not worthy”—You whom I am addressing, alone understand in their fulness the words which I use. You see how unworthy so great a sinner is to receive the One Holy God, whom the Seraphim adore with trembling. You see, not only the stains and scars of past sins, but the mutilations, the deep cavities, the chronic disorders which they have left in my soul. You see the innumerable living sins, though they be not mortal, living in their power and presence, their guilt, and their penalties, which clothe me. You see all my bad habits, all my mean principles, all wayward lawless thoughts, my multitude of infirmities and miseries, yet You come. You see most perfectly how little I really feel what I am now saying, yet You come. O my God, left to myself should I not perish under the awful splendor and the consuming fire of Your Majesty. Enable me to bear You, lest I have to say with Peter, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”\r\n\r\nMy God, enable me to bear You, for You alone can. Cleanse my heart and mind from all that is past. Wipe out clean all my recollections of evil. Rid me from all languor, sickliness, irritability, feebleness of soul. Give me a true perception of things unseen, and make me truly, practically, and in the details of life, prefer You to anything on earth, and the future world to the present. Give me courage, a true instinct determining between right and wrong, humility in all things, and a tender longing, love of You.”\r\n\r\nThis volume is an excellent read. And it is one I will return to time and time again. You could randomly flip it open and read any of the sections. Or read it by jumping around the topics by chapter. Or just read it from beginning to end. But no matter how you choose to read it I am sure it will inspire and challenge you. And you will be thankful that you picked the volume up. \r\n\r\nI have read this book, and plan to reread it a chapter a month, each month before my monthly recollection, and really take some time to reflect upon the 12 devotions. And might end up doing that again and again over the next few years. Another excellent volume. One well worth picking up. ","date":"Dec 26th 2023"},{"name":"Steven McEvoy","rating":"5","title":"Excellent","text":"This is third of three new editions of works from this saint, available from Tan Books in new editions. The other two volumes that were released at the same time are Stations of the Cross and Prayers Before The Eucharist. The first was a reprint in new format, the second one was a new volume, and this one is an edited work. This book is drawn from Meditations and Devotions of the Late Cardinal Newman, originally published in 1916. The sections in this volume are:\r\n\r\nHope In God — Creator\r\nHope In God — Redeemer\r\nGod And The Soul\r\nSin\r\nThe Resurrection\r\nGod With Us\r\nThe Properties Of God\r\nThe Forty Days’ Teaching\r\nThe Ascension\r\nThe Paraclete\r\nThe Holy Sacrifice\r\nThe Infinite God\r\n\r\nThe twelve selections are each powerful and moving in their own way. Once I started reading this volume I could hardly put it down. In the editor’s introduction we are told:\r\n\r\n“When one thinks about John Henry Cardinal Newman, they remember the great English convert from Anglicanism, a great controversialist, writer, thinker, and above all—an intellectual. Brilliant in Greek and Latin, deeply learned in the Fathers and history, the last thing one would think of when they hear the name of Cardinal Newman is that of a mystic.\r\n\r\nThe publication of the Meditations and Devotions of the Late Cardinal Newman in 1893 rather changed this view. The meditations revealed a side of Newman with which the general English public was altogether unaware. Just as he was a profound thinker, he was possessed of a deep mystical love of Jesus Christ.”\r\n\r\nThis volume was composed with the intent for it to be used during visits to the blessed sacrament, or during adoration of the exposed sacrament. The editor states:\r\n\r\n“These prayers are perfectly suited for meditations on the Blessed Sacrament, not only because of the singular focus on God’s mercy, perfections, and love for us that transcends the depravity of our sins, but also because of the frequent familiar conversation which engages God in each meditation and moves the heart to greater devotion.”\r\n\r\nAfter the editor’s introduction we begin with a Prayer Before\r\nEucharistic Adoration. There are 56 meditations across the 12 chapters. With some chapters having as few as 3, and the most in a chapter is 9. And most of them are under 2 pages of text in the eBook edition. A sample is:\r\n\r\n“HOLY COMMUNION\r\n\r\nMy God, who can be inhabited by You, except the pure and holy? Sinners may come to You, but to whom should You come except to the sanctified? My God, I adore You as the Holiest; and, when You came upon earth, You prepared a holy habitation for Yourself in the most chaste womb of the Blessed Virgin. You didst make a dwelling place special for Yourself. She did not receive You without first being prepared for You; for from the moment that she was at all, she was filled with Your grace, so that she never knew sin. And so she went on increasing in grace and merit year after year, till the time came, when You sent the Archangel to signify to her Your presence within her. So holy must be the dwelling place of the Highest. I adore and glorify You, O Lord my God, for Your great holiness.\r\n\r\nO my God, holiness becometh Your House, and yet You make Your abode in my breast. My Lord, my Savior, You come to me, hidden under the semblance of earthly things, yet in that very flesh and blood which You took from Mary. You, who first inhabited Mary’s breast, comes to me. My God, You see me; I cannot see myself. Were I ever so good a judge about myself, ever so unbiassed, and with ever so correct a rule of judging, still, from my very nature, I cannot look at myself, and view myself truly and wholly. But You, as You come to me, contemplate me. When I say, Domine, non sum dignus—“Lord, I am not worthy”—You whom I am addressing, alone understand in their fulness the words which I use. You see how unworthy so great a sinner is to receive the One Holy God, whom the Seraphim adore with trembling. You see, not only the stains and scars of past sins, but the mutilations, the deep cavities, the chronic disorders which they have left in my soul. You see the innumerable living sins, though they be not mortal, living in their power and presence, their guilt, and their penalties, which clothe me. You see all my bad habits, all my mean principles, all wayward lawless thoughts, my multitude of infirmities and miseries, yet You come. You see most perfectly how little I really feel what I am now saying, yet You come. O my God, left to myself should I not perish under the awful splendor and the consuming fire of Your Majesty. Enable me to bear You, lest I have to say with Peter, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”\r\n\r\nMy God, enable me to bear You, for You alone can. Cleanse my heart and mind from all that is past. Wipe out clean all my recollections of evil. Rid me from all languor, sickliness, irritability, feebleness of soul. Give me a true perception of things unseen, and make me truly, practically, and in the details of life, prefer You to anything on earth, and the future world to the present. Give me courage, a true instinct determining between right and wrong, humility in all things, and a tender longing, love of You.”\r\n\r\nThis volume is an excellent read. And it is one I will return to time and time again. You could randomly flip it open and read any of the sections. Or read it by jumping around the topics by chapter. Or just read it from beginning to end. But no matter how you choose to read it I am sure it will inspire and challenge you. And you will be thankful that you picked the volume up. \r\n\r\nI have read this book, and plan to reread it a chapter a month, each month before my monthly recollection, and really take some time to reflect upon the 12 devotions. And might end up doing that again and again over the next few years. Another excellent volume. One well worth picking up. ","date":"Dec 26th 2023"},{"name":"Kevin O’Brien ","rating":"5","title":"Newman.","text":"These meditations give a new insight into the mind of Newman but also a fresh sense of the interior life of Christ.","date":"Nov 1st 2023"},{"name":"Marny Benedict","rating":"4","title":"Wonderful resource","text":"I only became aware of St John Henry Newman shortly before his canonization, but he is a blessing. I appreciate his writing, which is for me a smooth blend of deep spirituality and good common sense. This book will be a wonderful companion in my time before the Blessed Sacrament. Thank you.","date":"Oct 26th 2023"},{"name":"Marianne","rating":"5","title":"Prayers before the Eucharist","text":"Treat yourself to this book and consider adding it to your time spent before the Blessed Sacrament or to your post-Communion Thanksgiving. One of my favorite books to date.","date":"Oct 13th 2023"},{"name":"Judith R Kimmerling","rating":"5","title":"A spiritual gem","text":"Altho a small book each chapter, even sentences are so dense with meaning that I find myself re-reading them. I will be giving this book as Christ-mas gifts.","date":"Sep 3rd 2023"},{"name":"John T.","rating":"5","title":"Excellent book","text":"I just order an extra. This is an excellent book to have with you for adoration. In fact it makes excellent reading anytime. Highly recommended","date":"May 24th 2023"},{"name":"Mary D.","rating":"5","title":"A Wonderful Book","text":"I love these prayers! They are rich and are such good food for spiritual growth. They made me look at my own spiritual life and relationship with God.","date":"Apr 19th 2022"},{"name":"Jan c.","rating":"5","title":"I love this book.....and take","text":"I love this book.....and take it with me when I go to. 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