Living the Mass ─ A Deeper Look at the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist

In God’s Love for Us we encounter the Holy Eucharist as paschal mystery, the “Source and Summit of the Christian Life.” We encounter God’s love for us through what God has done and is doing for us in the Eucharist. The book presents the paschal mystery defined in a Trinitarian mode as the passion, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus and the sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. It also presents new theology on the paschal mystery based primarily on the abandonment text of Matthew 27:46.

God gives God’s self to us in love through the Mass as the ongoing work of redemption, and we imitate that love in response by living the Mass in everyday life—professing Christ, growing in virtue, overcoming sinful tendencies, increasing in knowledge of God, and exercising faith, hope, and love.

Br. Christopher Lucas was born on Christmas day outside Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1934. With a degree from Scranton University in mathematics, he worked as a mathematician, computer programmer and supervisor in industry. In 1982, he settled as a Trappist monk and five years later made solemn profession. He earned a master’s degree and taught theology in several Trappist houses over the following two decades. Br. Christopher has had a variety of jobs (Trappists favor manual labor), including serving for over 10 years as director for junior monks.