Paschasius Radbert was born in France in the year 786. As an infant, he was left on the steps Notre Dame de Soissons and found by nuns who entrusted him to Benedictine monks at a nearby abbey. He had an unruly childhood, left the abbey, and after living a worldly life for a while, he returned to pursue monasticism. He eagerly threw himself into theological studies, and at this he excelled. He helped establish a new abbey, became the abbot, and never tired of preaching. He is most known for authoring a book entitled On the Body and Blood of the Lord which was the first defense of transubstantiation, the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
CHALLENGE
The book St. Paschasius wrote started the first controversy on the Eucharist, and cleared the way for a precise understanding of transubstantiation. Today, start some controversy of your own by changing how you speak about the Eucharist, especially around non-Catholics. Rather than referring to the Eucharist as “Communion” or “it,” replace those words with “Jesus in the Eucharist” and “Him.”
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