'This is My Body' book study

Join our parish book study, This is My Body: A Call to Eucharistic Revival, by Bishop Robert Barron. Come along on this learning journey to better understand, appreciate, and apply the most fundamental precepts of our Catholic faith.

You’ll have two weekly opportunities to gather with fellow parishioners as we read and learn together what a gift the Eucharist is in our lives.

Sessions are on Tuesdays from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. and Wednesdays from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m.

Both classes will use the identical study guide; you can choose one of two slots to attend the four weeks of October. You’re not obligated to participate in all meetings; it’s a come-as-you-can meeting.

If you’re not interested in the book study meetings, you are most welcome to take home a copy and read it on your own time.

A recent Pew Forum survey revealed the startling statistic that 69% of Catholics do not believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. For the majority of Catholics today, the Eucharist is merely a symbol of Christ, and the Mass is merely a collectivity of like-minded individuals gathering to remember his life. 

This indicates a spiritual disaster, for the Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life.” In response to this crisis, Bishop Robert Barron, then the Chair of the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, began working with his brother bishops on a solution. From these conversations, the National Eucharistic Revival was born.

This Is My Body is designed to accompany that revival. In this brief but illuminating text, Bishop Barron offers a threefold analysis of the Eucharist as a sacred meal, sacrifice, and real presence, helping readers to understand the sacrament of Jesus’ body and blood more thoroughly so that they might fall in love with him more completely. 

Discover the profound truth flowing out of Jesus’ words at the Last Supper: “Take, eat; this is my body. . . . Drink from it, all of you; for this is my blood of the covenant.”

Download the study guide