The Power of Daily Mass: How Frequent Participation in the Eucharist Can Transform Your Life

by Bert Ghezzi

Overview

Bestselling author, speaker, editor, and media personality Bert Ghezzi has been a leading figure in American Catholic life for more than forty years. In The Power of Daily Mass, he reveals how the Eucharist is the center of his daily life and calls him to witness the Real Presence of Christ to others in his work and relationships. Ghezzi shows how frequent participation in the Mass offers participants courage and hope to face everyday challenges, provides direction and encouragement through the scriptures, allows time to reflect and talk to the Lord, and is an opportunity to intercede for family and friends.

Using quotations from saints and testimonies from fellow daily Mass attendees, Ghezzi encourages Catholics to grow closer to Jesus and receive Christ’s power for daily Christian living through the Eucharist. Ghezzi highlights how more frequent participation in weekday Mass is a wonderful way to grow in love for the Lord and receive the guidance for living that can only come from scripture and the Eucharist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594715631
Publisher:	Ave Maria Press
Publication date:	01/26/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

A popular Catholic author and speaker, Bert Ghezzi has written twenty-six books, including The Heart of Catholicism,Voices of the Saints, Mystics and Miracles, and Prayers to the Holy Spirit. Hundreds of his articles have appeared in the religious press.

Ghezzi has been involved in religious education for more than forty years. He has served as a leader and teacher in several Catholic renewal movements and has spoken at numerous educational and renewal conferences throughout the United States and Canada. He appears frequently as a guest on EWTN, which also features his television series Signs of Our Times. Ghezzi is often interviewed on Catholic radio and his two-minute spots on saints play regularly on EWTN radio.

After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame, Ghezzi worked for seven years as a professor at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. He has served as a senior editor for five publishing companies since 1975 and now works as an acquisitions editor for Our Sunday Visitor’s book division.

Bert and Mary Lou, his wife of fifty years, have seven children and sixteen grandchildren. The Ghezzis live in Winter Park, Florida. You can read Ghezzi’s blog at www.bertghezzi.com.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

1 Every Day with Jesus 1

2 Honoring the Saints 11

3 Daily Repentance 19

4 Taking the Word to Heart 25

5 Frequent Intercession 33

6 Offering Ourselves to God 41

7 Offering the Eternal Sacrifice 49

8 Our Daily Bread 57

9 Equipped for the Day's Service 65

Afterword 73

Appendix I Prayers before Mass 75

Appendix II Prayers after Mass 85

Appendix III The General Roman Calendar Adapted for the United States of America 93

Appendix IV Holy Days of Obligation in the United State of America 103

Appendix V Liturgical Feasts of Mary 105

Resources 107

Notes 109