Excerpt from my Book

It is on the Eucharist of course.

I have been writing a book on the Eucharist that will serve both as a pastoral journey and a catechism on everything you need to know about the Eucharist.

Now, obviously, not everything gets covered in detail, but it is a good overview of all the dimensions of the Eucharist.

Enjoy this little piece from my book and tell me what you think:

Excerpt:

Worship without sacrifice is not worship at all.

This is not a sentiment—it’s a biblical pattern. From the first pages of Scripture, worship involves offering: not simply praise or presence, but something costly. Cain and Abel both came to God with gifts, but only one came with a heart aligned to heaven. Only one understood that worship is not about what we say or sing, but about what we give.

And so, from Genesis to Leviticus, from David to Malachi, the story of God’s people is marked by sacrifice. But all of it—all the blood, all the fire, all the offerings—points to a single place: the Cross.

Christ is not only the High Priest who intercedes—He is the Lamb who is slain. He does not offer something outside Himself; He offers His very body. And this is why the Eucharist is not merely a memory—it is a mystery. A participation. A place where we meet Christ not as idea, not as feeling, but as food.

And when we approach the Table, we are not coming to consume—we are coming to be consumed. We are not spectators of a ritual—we are participants in a self-offering. The Eucharist is where Christ gives Himself again, and where we are invited to do the same.

This is why, when the Church forgets the sacrificial nature of the Eucharist, her worship becomes hollow. When the meal becomes only a symbol, when the presence is only imagined, when the sacrifice is only in the past—then the Church forgets how to offer herself. She forgets that worship is not about inspiration—it is about transformation.

The Church Fathers understood this. Basil the Great called the Eucharist the “food of discipleship.” Ignatius of Antioch called it the “medicine of immortality.” Chrysostom taught that when we receive it worthily, our souls become like burning altars. None of them reduced the Eucharist to memory. All of them knew: here is Christ, and here we are drawn into Him.

And so the question is not whether we feel something at the Table. The question is: will we offer ourselves at the Table?

Because the Eucharist is not for spiritual elites. It is for those who are hungry. It is for the Church. And it is the only place where the mystery of worship, sacrifice, communion, and mission come together in a single act of grace.

Come with empty hands. Come with reverence. Come to the place where the Lamb is slain, and the Church becomes the Church.

This is just one piece of the vision unfolding in my book. If this resonates with you—if you're hungry for deeper, richer, more rooted worship—stay tuned.

The table is being set.

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