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\"\"Review: Brad Roth, The Hunger Inside: How the Meal Jesus Gave Transforms Lives<\/em> <\/a>(Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, 2022). $16.99<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether by coincidence or providence, while engaging Brad Roth\u2019s insightful book exploring various Christian traditions\u2019 understandings of the \u201cthe meal Jesus of Nazareth gave his followers,\u201d I also encountered Pope Francis\u2019 Desiderio Desideravi<\/em> \u201con the liturgical formation of the People of God.\u201d\u00a0 I was profoundly heartened and touched that a Mennonite pastor and the bishop of Rome could both ground their reflections about the Eucharist in desire.<\/em>\u00a0 Reading both in tandem has enriched my experience and understanding of eucharistic catechesis and mystagogy.<\/p>\n

Roth\u2019s first chapter reveals the trajectory of his entire book.\u00a0 Entitled \u201cWe Who Are Nothingness Can Never Be Filled\u201d, the author concentrates on the many longings in human life disclosing an ultimate desire for God<\/em>:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not enough to simply claim that above all else human beings long for God\u2026. [I]t could so easily be an unrequited longing, a desire for something that is simply beyond what\u2019s available to us.\u00a0 Or we could imagine that we have within ourselves the capacity to sate our hungers\u2026. [W]hile we may be able to recognize our truest hunger, we cannot meet it on our own terms.\u00a0 What we need is never taken, only received as gift.\u00a0 And Jesus in his love has given humanity a means to fulfill our longings: his table [p. 12].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the same first chapter Roth clearly articulates both the organization and raison d\u2019\u00eatre<\/em> of his work:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m writing because I want to lead us into a deepening understanding of the meaning of the Lord\u2019s table.\u00a0 I intend to do that by taking a fresh look at how God is at work through the material universe and then interacting with the abiding themes of sacrifice, communion, hospitality, thanksgiving, remembrance, real presence, marriage supper, and mission\u2026. [p. 8]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here we have an outline of the topics and chapters that make up the book.\u00a0 What is distinctive in Roth\u2019s writing is his attempt to acknowledge various trajectories in eucharistic understanding among the multiple Christian traditions.\u00a0 In an irenic and deeply appreciative way grounded in his own Mennonite heritage, he attempts to articulate differing doctrines and emphases from \u201chigh church\u201d traditions (e.g., Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran) and \u201cmore freeform\u201d worship settings (e.g., Baptists, Anabaptists, Evangelicals).\u00a0 He does not claim to judge which tradition is \u201ccorrect\u201d on these issues, but rather invites all traditions to consider what insights from other traditions may contribute to a deeper experience of the mystery of the Eucharist:<\/p>\n

My hope is that by hearing stories of how communion has challenged and formed and changed the lives of others you can start to see the deep power Jesus\u2019 meal holds \u2013 and perhaps be open to some of its varied and ancient expressions [p. 22].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Throughout the work, Roth combines Scriptural insights, personal testimonies, stories from his ministry, and citations of poets, philosophers and theologians in a tour-de-force of what Catholics might call \u201ccatechesis\u201d and \u201cmystagogy.\u201d\u00a0 The author invites us to adopt a symbolic-sacramental worldview, outlines how that symbolic-sacramental worldview plays out in the Church\u2019s worship, and constantly reminds us that worship is a necessary response to the hunger for an encounter with the living Christ.<\/p>\n

Supplementing and deepening these insights, Pope Francis\u2019 apostolic letter highlights the desire God has<\/em> for us<\/em>, a desire revealed in creation and history, embodied in Christ, and made available to us through the Supper of the Lord:<\/p>\n

We may not even be aware of it, but every time we go to Mass, the first reason is that we are drawn there by his desire for us.\u00a0 For our part, the possible response \u2013 which is also the most demanding asceticism \u2013 is, as always, that surrender to this love, that letting ourselves be drawn by him [art. 6].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Citing texts from Irenaeus, Leo the Great, Augustine, Paul VI, Francis of Assisi, and especially Romano Guardini, Pope Francis invites us to take seriously our symbolic-sacramental worldview:<\/p>\n

So the question I want to pose is how can we become once again capable of symbols?\u00a0 How can we again know how to read them and be able to live them?… Above all we must require confidence about creation.\u00a0 I mean to say that things \u2013 the sacraments \u201care made\u201d of things \u2013 come from God.\u00a0 To Him they are oriented, and by Him they have been assumed, and assumed in a particular way in the Incarnation, so that they can become instruments of salvation, vehicles of the Spirit, channels of grace\u2026. If created things are such a fundamental, essential part of the sacramental action that brings about our salvation, then we must arrange ourselves in their presence with a fresh, non-superficial regard, respectful and grateful [art. 45-46].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And like Roth, Pope Francis reveals his desires for a renewal of the Church\u2019s life throughout his apostolic letter by means of a renewed formation for<\/em> the Liturgy and from<\/em> the Liturgy.\u00a0 The letter\u2019s concluding words articulate the pope\u2019s heart-cry that seems to echo the passion Roth expresses in his own treatment of the Lord\u2019s Supper:<\/p>\n

Let us abandon our polemics to listen together to what the Spirit is saying to the Church.\u00a0 Let us safeguard our communion.\u00a0 Let us continue to be astonished at the beauty of the Liturgy.\u00a0 The Paschal Mystery has been given to us.\u00a0 Let us allow ourselves to be embraced by the desire that the Lord continues to have to eat His Passover with us [art. 65].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I cannot think of better guides to the renewal of the Church\u2019s life through the renewal of the Church\u2019s worship than these two authors.\u00a0 May their insights and passion bear fruit for future generations of Christians!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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