Kresta in the Afternoon – August 31, 2023 – Hour 2

Author: Bryant Schoenle Published on: August 31, 2023 Published in: Al Kresta

Guest Host Marcus Peter and Fr. Brian Carpenter René Girard and the Eucharist as the Eschatological Sacrifice.

The Heart of a Eucharistic Minister Living With Terminal Cancer

When doors are locked and keys are taken away, those homebound can still bask in the Real Presence and unite in a most intimate, incarnational way with our dear Jesus. Alyssa Murphy and her dad have spent years serving as Eucharistic ministers to the homebound, and as her dad faces a terminal cancer diagnoses his joy lies in the Eucharist. Alyssa joins us.

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Homebound and Homeward Bound: The Heart of a Eucharistic Minister Living With Terminal Cancer

Alyssa-Murphy — Alyssa Murphy is the Register's Managing Editor of Digital Assets. Starting her career on the airwaves in San Francisco, she has worked in all facets of media. Alyssa enjoys writing and covering stories that inspire and uplift. Register readers may be familiar with her voice from EWTN radio's Morning Glory. Alyssa currently lives in New Jersey just outside Manhattan with her husband Andrew and young daughter, Annabelle.

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René Girard and the Eucharist as the Eschatological Sacrifice

The French writer René Girard once observed that the “Eucharist is really related to sacrifice, but rather than representing the violence against the victim, of it being the victim that you eat, you eat the total refusal of violence, which is Christ.” We unpack the meaning of this passage with Fr. Brian Carpenter.

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René Girard and the Eucharist as the Eschatological Sacrifice