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The Hidden Manna has become a classic on Eucharistic teaching. Now in a second edition, accompanied by a new introduction by Fr. Kenneth Baker, a new preface from the author, new material from John Paul II, and the original foreword by Cardinal John O’Connor, this in-depth study lets the breadth and richness of the Church’s tradition speak for itself. Fr. O’Connor presents and comments on...

human body and its vocation to everlasting resurrection. The bread and wine of creation, says Irenaeus, become [Gk. ginetai] the very Body and Blood of Christ. Stating this, he is the first to mention explicitly the change that takes place in the bread and wine when they become Eucharist. By this change, earthly creation is raised to a new dignity in order to become the food and drink of Christians. Since this is the case, Irenaeus asks rhetorically, who can possibly deny that, having given Christian
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