The Eucharist: Mystery of Presence, Sacrifice, and Communion

I am just an ordinary 65-year-old Catholic Kansan who loves the Eucharist. When I first stumbled upon this book, I couldn't wait to sink my teeth into it. What an exceptional reading experience! Dr. Feingold discusses the Eucharist and all that it means to the Catholic Church from numerous directions and perspectives with an engaging emphasis on the details that make it clear to the reader that the Church has put enormous amounts of thought and effort into her Eucharistic theology. This book should serve as the intellectual foundation of the Eucharistic revival now going on in the Catholic Church in America. If one finds the 607 pages of text daunting, I suggest taking a patient and prayerful approach to reading it. It is well worth the time and effort.

Good book

glorious book! a feast for the soul who truly longs for the Lord Jesus in the most holy Eucharist

The whole truth. I loved it

Get it. It’s covers everything. Very easy to read and understand. It will answer all your questions and then some.

I had to purchase Feingold's text for a course I am taking on the Eucharist — in short, Feingold's text is accessible and deeply insightful. From the first few pages, the author manages to write in a way that is both engaging and yet intellectually challenging. The author encourages us to think beyond the obvious and to witness the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. It's a superb text that I highly recommend.

This book is the stuff of dreams. It provides a theological and spiritually enriching walk through the Eucharist. Is perfect for Holy Hours and Homilies. The people in the pews need to hear/read this. Its also designed to be a textbook. I recommend this for liturgical theology course, especially in seminaries.

What an incredible book. Very scholarly and yet a great read. It does great into a great deal of philosophy and theology. One should be aware that this would be a great book for an advanced classroom as in a seminary. With that in mind, I found it an excellent work on the Catholic understanding of the Eucharist!

A great resource for all those who is interested in learning the truth of the Jesus’ true Eucharistic presence.

This should be required reading for all Ministers of the Eucharist especially those who during the worst days of the Covid19 epidemic assiduously sanitised their hands both before and after distributing the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

(English version below.) Selten schreibe ich Buchrezensionen und noch seltener, wenn ich das Buch noch nicht einmal zu Ende gelesen habe (befinde mich derzeit auf Seite 220). Bei Lawrence Feindgolds 'The Eucharist' mache ich jedoch eine Ausnahme. Es ist wirklich außergewöhnlich: mit seinen feinen Erwägungen, seiner ausgewogenen Argumentation und den unzähligen Quellenangaben und Fußnoten genügt es vermutlich höchsten akademischen Ansprüchen. Gleichzeitig ist das Buch absolut zugänglich auch für Laien und liest sich durchaus spannend (selbst als Nicht-Muttersprachler und mit sehr guten Englisch- und grundlegenden Eucharistiekenntnissen ist Feingold's Buch gut lesbar). Und trotz des akademischen Anspruchs, den das Buch eindeutig geltend macht, ist es vom Glauben getragen und vermag diesen zu vertiefen. In diesem Sinne also ein wahrhaft katholisches Buch, das intellektuelle Auseinandersetzung und Glaubensvertiefung miteinander vereint. Absolut empfehlenswert! ///// I rarely do write book reviews and even rarer do I write book reviews while I have not read the whole book yet (I am currently on page 220). But with Lawrence Feingold's 'The Eucharist' I make an exception. It is really an extraordinary book: with its fine considerations, its balanced arguments and its countless sources and footnotes it probably satisfies the highest academic standards. At the same time the book is absolutely accesible and exciting for lay people (even as non native speaker and with a decent knowledge of the english language Feingold's book is readable). And despite the academic tone the book has, it is obviously leavened by the author's and capable of deepening the readers faith and devotion. In this sense it is a truly catholic book that combines satisfaction of the intellect with the deepening of faith. Highly recommended!