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"Do this in remembrance of me." You probably hear this statement weekly, but what does it really mean?

Catholics rightly consider the Eucharist to be the heart of our faith. At the Last Supper Jesus gave us his own Body to eat and Blood to drink, and gave us the commandment we hear in every Mass. But what did he mean by "Do this"? Is it simply remembering and making present what Jesus did at that Supper? Or does this command have larger implications?

Fr. Dan Crosby, OFM Cap., examines the Gospels' accounts of Jesus' Last Supper and the examples of the Church Fathers to reveal the reason we call it a celebration of the Eucharist. With the help of these 12 lectures you can uncover a fuller meaning and challenge in the gift of the Eucharist.

Discover how to become rooted in that fuller meaning through Scripture, the early Fathers and liturgy. Understand how to incorporate that fullness into your own life through the action of the words of institution themselves and the example of people like Francis of Assisi and Archbishop Romero. Fr. Crosby explains all you want to know about the revered tradition of the celebration of the Eucharist and its hope for the world.

We highly recommend this series. It is a staff favorite.

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About Your Presenter

Fr. Crosby is a member of the Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Joseph and Director of St. Anthony Retreat Center in Marathon, Wisconsin. Ordained in 1964, his life has been enriched by a variety of ministries and cultures, from college campus ministry and teaching to pastoring inner city and reservation parishes. After ordination, he did post-graduate work at St. Paul's University in Ottawa and earned a licentiate in theology as well as a Masters in Theology. Fr. Crosby spent three more years of post-graduate work at the Institute of Formative Spirituality at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh where he earned another Masters in Religion and Personality. For ten years he taught theology and spirituality in Indiana and Wisconsin and spent eighteen years ministering to the poor in inner-city Milwaukee as well as Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana. Wherever he has ministered, Fr. Crosby has worked to integrate scripture as well as the Franciscan vision into his life and preaching. He has been a spiritual director and well-received retreat master throughout the country.

Topic Titles

• Need for Conversion to Full Meaning of Eucharist
• First Eucharistic Account: 1 Corinthians 11
• Last Eucharistic Account: John 13
• Fullness Revealed in Early Fathers and Doctors
• Liturgy as Action and the Amen of the Entire People of God
• What Happened to this Awareness?
• Take, Bless: the First Two Steps to Becoming Eucharist
• Be Broken: the 3rd Step Toward Becoming Eucharist
• Share: The Final Step Toward Becoming Eucharist
• Francis of Assisi Gives Us a Glimpse
• Archbishop Romero Lived & Died for this Fullness
• Eucharist: Hope for the World