Online text: “Confession of Faith, Eucharist and Martyrdom”, by Bishop Dr. Abraham Mar Julios

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• “Confession of Faith, Eucharist and Martyrdom; With Special Reference to Early Church Fathers of the East”, by Bishop Dr. Abraham Mar Julios, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, September 27, 2017. May be read online on this page of Homiletic and Pastoral Review.

See also the texts listed on the posts “Online text and video: “Martyrdom for the Faith in Our Times”, by Cardinal Raymond Burke“ and “Online text: “Christian Martyrdom Never Expires”, by Prof. Fr. Nowosad Sławomir”, as well as these related texts:

• “Truth and Martyrdom: The Structure of Discipleship in Veritatis Splendor”, by Prof. John R. Berkman Ph.D., Sacred Heart University Review, Vol. 14, Iss. 1, Article 8 (1994). Available in pdf format on this page of the Sacred Heart University Review.

On the Feast of St. Stephen the Protomartyr in the Latin Church, of the one true and Catholic Church. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Online text: “The Ecclesial Fruit of the Eucharist in St. Thomas Aquinas”, by Fr. Giles Emery

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• “The Ecclesial Fruit of the Eucharist in St. Thomas Aquinas”, by Fr. Giles Emery, O.P., Nova et Vetera, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 2004): p. 43-60. Available on this page of the Spring 2004 issue of Nova et Vetera at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, as well as at Fribourg Open Library and Archive and at CORE.

On the Octave of Corpus Christi and the Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the Latin Church. For other texts and ebooks on various subjects, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Online text: “The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church”, by the Synod of Bishops General Secretariat

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• “The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church”, Lineamenta by the Tenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops General Secretariat, 25 February 2004. May be read online at the Holy See.

See also the texts under sub-list IV “On the Blessed Eucharist and the Sacrifice of the Mass” on the page Sacraments, and under sub-list III.B “About the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass” on the page Liturgy; as well as:

Online text: “The Sacramental Consummation of the Moral Life According to St. Thomas Aquinas”, by Dr. Thomas P. Harmon

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• “The Sacramental Consummation of the Moral Life According to St. Thomas Aquinas”, by Thomas P. Harmon, Ph.D., New Blackfriars, Vol. 91, No. 1034 (July 2010), pp. 465-480. Available at Academia.edu, uploaded by Dr. Harmon.

On the Feast of Saint Alphonsus Liguori in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, and of Saints Eusebius of Vercelli and Peter Julian Eymard in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite. See also the texts indexed on the pages Sacraments and Ethics and Moral Law. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Free ebook: “Sermons on the Blessed Sacrament; and Especially for the Forty Hours’ Adoration”, by Rev. J. B. Scheurer

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• Sermons on the Blessed Sacrament; and Especially for the Forty Hours’ Adoration, from the German of Rev. J. B. Scheurer, D.D. [?-?] edited by Francis Xavier Lasance [1860-1946] (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1900). With Imprimatur. May be read online (linked by this page of the Immaculata Library), and available in pdf, mobi, epub and other formats. at Internet Archive. Available in pdf format through this page of the Immaculata Library.
  • [N.B., The work is certain to be in the public domain in the United States. However, as we have found no information on the date of decease of the author Dr. Scheurer, we are not absolutely certain whether it is in the public domain in jurisdictions that reckon copyright periods based on the author’s lifetime.]

See also the related texts listed on the 05 July 2019 post on the Project, ‘Online ebook: “Manual of the Forty Hours’ Adoration for the Catholic Laity”‘, and in sub-list IV of the page Sacraments, as well as the following texts:

Online text: “The Place of Eucharistic Adoration in the Apostolate of the Laity”, by Jessica Leach

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• “The Place of Eucharistic Adoration in the Apostolate of the Laity in Light of Magisterial Teaching”, by Jessica Leach (2014). Thesis for the degree of Master of Philosophy (School of Philosophy and Theology), University of Notre Dame Australia. Available in pdf format at the University of Notre Dame Australia and at CORE.

See also the related texts listed with the posts “Online text: “The Lay Apostolate: Its Place and Role Today”, by Venerable Pope Pius XII” and “Online text: “The Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful”, by Pope John Paul II (with related texts)“, and under Part VII.B on the list subpage Church and Ecclesiology. 

On the Memorial of Saint Josemaria Escriva and Saint Pelagius of Córdoba in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite (calendars of Colombia, Finland, and the Personal Prelature of Opus Dei; and calendar of Spain). For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Worth-it ebook: “The Holy Eucharist as the Sacrament of Charity”, by Cardinal Burke

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• Divine Love Made Flesh: The Holy Eucharist as the Sacrament of Charity, by Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke (San Diego: Catholic Action for Faith and Family; San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2012). The ebook is available at Barnes & Noble. The printed book is available on this page of The Marian Catechist Apostolate.
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Posted on the Octave of Corpus Christi, the Vigil of the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Feast of Saint John of Sahagun and Saint Maximus of Naples.

Online text: Exhortation on the Eucharist “Sacramentum Caritatis”, by Pope Benedict XVI

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• Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Sacramentum Caritatis” on the Eucharist as the Source and Summit of the Church’s Life and Mission, by Pope Benedict XVI, 22 February 2007. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture.org, on this page of EWTN Library, on this page of Crossroads Initiative, and at the Holy See  (© Copyright 2007 – Libreria Editrice Vaticana). Excerpts may be read online on this page as part of Volume 13 (also available in pdf format) of Sacred Architecture (Institute for Sacred Architecture, 2007), at the Institute for Sacred Architecture.

On the Second Sunday after Pentecost, the External Solemnity of Corpus Christi, and the Feast of Saint Norbert of Xanten, in the Roman Rite. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Free ebook: “The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament”, by Rev. A. Tesnière

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• The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, by Rev. A. [Albert] Tesnière [1847-19090, Anne R. Bennett Gladstone (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1902). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet Archive.

Posted on the Feast of Corpus Christi in the Roman Rite. See also the texts indexed on the page Sacraments. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project. Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar!

Worth-it & free ebook: “A Defence of Catholic Principles”, by Rev. Demetrius A. Gallitzin

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• A Defence of Catholic Principles in a Letter to a Protestant Clergyman; to which is added, an Appeal to the Protestant Public, by the Servant of God Rev. Demetrius A. Gallitzin [born Prince Dimitri Dmitrievich Gallitzin, 1770-1840],
  • The text, together same author’s Letter to a Protestant Friend on the Holy Scriptures , is reprinted in the volume The Writings of Demetrius Augustin Gallitzin (Fitzwilliam, NH: Loreto Publications, 2011). The printed book may be purchased on this page of Loreto Publications, and on this page of Sunrise Marian Distribution.
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  • The ebook of the fourth edition, corrected and enlarged with ther permission of the author (New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1880) may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.
  • An earlier impression of the same edition (New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1837) is available at Google Books and Google Play Books.
  • Another impression of the same edition (Baltimore: Lucas Brothers, 1837) is available at Internet Archive and Google Play Books.
  • The ebook of the third edition (Dublin: D. Wogan, 1823) is available at Google Play Books . [Note: This is a very poorly scanned copy of the third edition].
  • A still earlier edition (Pittsburgh: S. Engles, 1816) is available at Internet Archive.

On the Feast of Holy Martyr Fidelis of Sigmaringen in the Roman Rite. See also the texts and ebooks listed on the Project page Apologetics and those posted under the category Protestantism. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.