{"id":70960,"date":"2026-06-26T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=70960"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:21:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:21:45","slug":"more-excerpts-from-beninis-latest-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/more-excerpts-from-beninis-latest-book\/","title":{"rendered":"More Excerpts from Benini\u2019s Latest Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Fr. Marco Benini, June 26, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In this weekly series, Fr. Benini invites the reader to join him in a prayerful exploration of Eucharistic celebration as a daily encounter with Christ.\u00a0 Used with permission of Paulist Press,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulistpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.paulistpress.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>CHRIST SPEAKS<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGlory to you, O Lord\u201d\u2014\u201dPraise&nbsp;to you, Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d These phrases before and after the Gospel reading have often become routine. But they are&nbsp;actually confessions. They acknowledge that Christ is present in the Gospel proclamation.&nbsp;Otherwise&nbsp;it would make no sense to address him directly. The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy emphasizes that Christ \u201cis present in His word, since it is He Himself who speaks when the holy scriptures are read in the Church.\u201d His presence lies in the act of procla\u00admation. St. Augustine put this conviction into vivid words: \u201cThe Gospel is the mouth of Christ. He is seated in heaven yet does not cease to speak on earth\u201d (Sermon 85).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the proclamation a process of communication and revelation takes place. \u201cThe more God reveals himself the more deeply does he conceal himself in men,\u201d<sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;wrote the theologian Hans&nbsp;Urs&nbsp;von Balthasar. God has not only spoken in a human&nbsp;way but has also expressed himself as a human being: \u201cAnd the Word became flesh\u201d (John 1:14).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The evangelists wrote down the message of salvation and the good news of a fulfilled life that Christ proclaimed. The spoken word became a book. Origen therefore compared the development of scripture to the incarnation: just as the word of God was once veiled in the veil of flesh, so now it is veiled in the letter, yet its divinity is hidden therein. In the proclamation, this process is reversed. The written word is spoken to us anew. The word of God has a \u201csacramentality\u201d and becomes audible again through the sign of human words and gestures.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not primarily a question of what the historical \u201coriginal sound\u201d of Jesus was and what was compiled by the evange\u00adlists. More important is that in the proclamation we hear Christ speaking to us\u2014to me! A student once expressed this in very practical terms: \u201cEvery time I hear the Gospel at Mass, I close my eyes and imagine Jesus standing in front of me and reciting the words.\u201d Maybe it is worth trying.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>From: Marco Benini, Were Not Our Hearts Burning? Understanding the Mass \u2013 Living the Eucharist, Paulist Press: New York \/ Mahwah, NJ, 2026, p. 39 f.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can purchase Benini\u2019s book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulistpress.com\/Products\/5776-1\/were-not-our-hearts-burning.aspx#:~:text=Marco%20Benini%20invites%20the%20faithful,living%20presence%20of%20Christ%20Jesus!%22\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FR. 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