Renewing Our Eucharistic Love, with Dr Peter Kwasniewski, Dr Janet Smith, and Dan Burke

Recent decades have witnessed a rise in instances of Eucharistic abuse, from violations of liturgical norms to unorthodox practices that encourage irreverence and even habitual sacrilege. The coronavirus situation of 2020 elevated the problem to crisis levels, prompting a wave of sacramental manipulation, desacralization, and deprivation that has left almost no Catholic in the world unharmed. With Pew surveys showing that a majority of Catholics no longer believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, it is high time that we address this situation in earnest, through a dedicated effort to atone for Eucharistic abuses and to reintroduce proper respect and awe for the Holy Eucharist. To promote these good endeavors, Sophia Institute Press organized a panel discussion with Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, author of "The Holy Bread of Eternal Life: Restoring Eucharistic Reverence in an Age of Impiety" (Sophia, 2020), joined by Dr. Janet Smith and Dan Burke.