Receiving the Lord: Prayers for Communion / Bishop Peter J. Elliott

Receiving Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist is the central moment in our lives. He gives us Himself, and in this giving, He dwells in us. Sharing His divine life in this intimate union, Holy Communion, we need to pray, to pray well, personally, sincerely, honestly. This booklet is an aid to Eucharistic prayer. It includes passages of Scripture, and from the writings of the saints as well as reflections on the centrality of Holy Communion in our lives. This book will help the reader make the most of the Church’s greatest sacrament.

Peter J. Elliott was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne in 2007. He was received into the Church while reading theology at Oxford in the 1960s. He gained his Doctorate of Sacred Theology with a thesis on the sacramentality of marriage, and then worked for the Pontifical Council for the Family in Rome. He is well known as a writer and speaker on theology and liturgy.