The Eucharist – The Inner Life – January 10, 2025

Fr. Patrick Hyde joins Patrick to discuss the sacrament of the Eucharist.

· (2:55) Fr. Hyde shares his experience of consecrating bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ for the first time.

· (11:32) Fr. Hyde unpacks the sacramental theology of why Jesus gave us his Body and Blood in forms of bread and wine with the purpose of restoring humanity.

· (18:07) Walt – The way we receive the Eucharist has diminished. Do you agree?

· (23:58) Fr. Hyde speaks to what makes us a Eucharistic people and how we can better prepare for and give thanks for receiving the Eucharist.

· (32:17) Tom – How do we kindle the fire in our hearts to better prepare us to receive the Eucharist?

· (38:33) Email – Can you help me profound humility of Jesus in the Eucharist?

· (39:20) Fr. Hyde discusses how keeping the Eucharist at the forefront of our daily lives

· (45:06) Fr. Hyde gives advice on how we can share our devotion to the Eucharist with those who do not believe in the real presence.

ECCLESIA DE EUCHARISTIA

https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_20030417_eccl-de-euch.html

Patrick Conley was born, raised, and baptized in Wisconsin in a Protestant tradition. After meeting his wife, Kendra, through an Evangelical ministry at the University of Minnesota, they entered the Catholic Church in 2010. They listened to Relevant Radio, specifically The Inner Life, while preparing to enter the Church. Conley now holds a degree in theology from Oxford University and has served the Church in both academic theology and grassroots pastoral ministry. Conley teaches religion classes in a Catholic elementary school, serves as his parish Director of Religious Education, and is in formation for the permanent diaconate. He also hosts Practicing Catholic on Relevant Radio, exclusive to the Minneapolis area’s airwaves, and is a traveling presenter for the Catherine of Siena Institute apostolate. He lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife and their bulldogs, Georgie and Bingley.