Because the Eucharist is the Lord's Supper given to his Church for a remembrance of me," it gives life to the world. "A Holy and Living Sacrifice," a spiritual theology, explores the rich insights of recent ecumenical, theological, and liturgical studies on the Eucharist.

Contested during the Reformation, the Eucharist as sacrifice - Christ's, the Church's, and ours - is seen today by many faiths as a central and vital symbol. Father Falardeau studies the notion of Eucharist as sacrifice in Scripture and theology and its ecumenical insights and implications for spirituality. He examines...