The Virtuous Caritative Fruit of the Eucharist | Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, O.P.

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🗓️ 27 May 2024

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Summary

This lecture was given on November 18th, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies.

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About the Speaker:

Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, O.P. (University of St. Thomas, Houston) is a member of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. She is an Associate Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston where she also teaches at St. Mary's Seminary. Her main area of research is medieval sacramental theology with a focus on Albert the Great and Aquinas. She has published a translation of Albert the Great's work On the Body of the Lord in the CUA Fathers of the Church Medieval Continuation series as well as a translation of Aquinas's Commentary on the Psalms for the Aquinas Institute. She has published articles in various journals including Logos, Antiphon, Nova et Vetera and Franciscan Studies.

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0:29.2	We're gonna talk about the effects of the Eucharist,
0:31.7	particularly the Karatadav effects,
0:33.7	the way in which the Eucharist deepens grace and charity
0:37.0	in our soul. We'll talk about this a little bit
0:38.9	objectively. We'll use some of the categories that Father laid out for us so helpfully in the last
0:44.9	class and we'll draw a little bit on what St. Albert actually says in his reflections on personal
0:50.1	experience in this realm. So Father Gregory mentioned that there are many quotes talking about
0:58.1	the Eucharist turning us into Christ, transforming us, and I wanted to start with one of those.
1:05.8	So I got that here. This is a quote from St. Augustine's Confessions. It's quoted extensively by the
1:11.6	Medieval's. I am the food of the strong. Grow and you will feed on me and you will not change me
1:18.9	into you like the food of flesh does, but you will be changed into me. So beautiful, beautiful
1:26.0	quote. So let's talk about being changed into Christ in the Eucharist.
1:31.4	Now, when Aquinas reflects on the effects of the Eucharist in his suma, he reflects first on the
1:37.2	reality of Christ's presence or the res at sacramentum, right? He recognizes that Christ Christ the Redeemer, we receive him, and therefore,
1:47.7	receiving his body, his body is this instrument of a deepening union with Christ in charity,
1:54.6	a deepening in sanctifying grace, right? And this is very profound and very incredible. We could just stay here. Sometimes when we
2:03.9	receive communion, this is just where our prayer goes, right? Lord, you are truly here. That can just
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