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Our God is present with us today and every day in the Eucharist. Based on the words of St. Alphonsus, this Novena to the Body and Blood of Christ provides insight and guidance for praying in the presence of Jesus' in adoration or preparation for receiving the Blessed Sacrament. God calls us to turn to him in times of need or when we seek comfort. He is always in our hearts and available through the celebration of Mass. We are invited to unite with Jesus through the Eucharist, and we are expected to share Him with the world though encounters with one another. Knowing we have God's presence within us can be enough to bring about that transformation. This product is non-returnable

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David Werthmann has a Master of Arts degree in Pastoral Studies from The Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri, and has done further graduate studies in pastoral liturgy at Santa Clara University. He has been a teacher, pastoral minister, liturgical musician, and free-lance writer for nearly 30 years. Saint Alphonsus Liguori (b. 27 Sept. 1696, d. 1 Oct. 1787) is best known for his Moral Theology writings. Alphonsus founded the Redemptorist Congregation. He made great pastoral reforms in the pulpit and confessional, replacing the pompous oratory of the time with simplicity. For nearly ninety years he had been a model of holiness, prayer, and mortification. Alphonsus fought against Jansenism, which later became condemned as heretical. He spent twenty-six years on the road preaching in the Kingdom of Naples. Saint Alphonsus was made bishop of Palermo at age 66. His life was filled with illness, eight times, he was administered the sacrament of dying. He was declared Venerable, 4 May, 1796; was beatified in 1816, and canonized in 1839. In 1871, was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX.

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