Teaching As Eucharist
Take, Thank, Bless, Break, Give

Joanmarie Smith CSJ
80 pages
Resurrection Press
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Teaching As Eucharist outlines practical strategies that can be used by teachers at all levels; and in presenting profound ideas in clear and straightforward prose, she inspires al of us who teach to reflect on the sacredness of our task.

These deeply moving meditations for catechists and teachers are inspired reading. The Eucharist , so central to our faith, here becomes the source and sustenance of the teaching ministry.... This is a lovely gift book for all proclaimers of the gospel.

Teaching As Eucharist is a wonderful gift for any catechist. With a forward by Gloria Durka, it is a spiritual reflection on the analogy of teaching as the act of eucharist. Joanmarie Smith explores the five actions of Eucharist: Take, Thank, Bless, Break and Give. She shows how each of these actions is the same in eucharist as in teaching.

At the end of each of the five explorations she includes reflections on what was covered in the chapter. It is in these reflections that the praying catechist will discover the depth and breadth of the analogy.

Joanmarie loves words; she confesses as much. The words that are examined in Teaching As Eucharist are powerful and precise. The reader will never again listen to the words of institution in a careless or blasé manner after finishing this book.

At the same time the catechist/reader will never be able to separate what she does as catechist from who she is as worshipper and participant in the Eucharist. The catechist's teaching will now become an extension of his spiritual life as a eucharistic person. This is a small but powerful book.

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