It is truly the one Lord himself whom we receive in the Eucharist, or better: the Lord who receives us and makes us part of him.

—Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)

from his book On the Way to Jesus Christ

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FINDING THE REAL JESUS

In popular culture, Jesus makes no demands and never challenges people. The real Jesus is different, inconvenient, and bold—but he also answers the deepest questions of our existence and slakes our thirst for the infinite. Learn more in this book of meditations by the brilliant theologian who became pope in 2005.

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