Eucharist With a Small "E" Review

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(More customer reviews)The premise of Miriam Therese Winter's new book, eucharist with a small "e," is stated simply enough in her Preface: "[to promote] a deeper integration of the sacred and the secular, [to] see the basic realities of life as elements of eucharist, and [to] invite the world to join in celebrating the liturgy of life." Indeed, this is a "small book with a big agenda."
Winter, professor of liturgy, worship, and spirituality at Hartford Seminary, tackles this big agenda in small steps by acknowledging, recovering, and celebrating eucharist with a small "e." With the art of a masterful storyteller, Winter re-tells the stories about Jesus and the stories told by Jesus, connecting them to her readers' stories in ways that challenge us to see through "a new lens that refracts a wider and more empathetic understanding of the world in which we live." She takes us on a journey through the origins of the Eucharist, to the importance of meals in Jesus' parables and in his life, to Pentecost, where she summarizes two "streams" of Eucharist - with a small "e" and with a capital "E." In the final section of the book, Winter guides us with everyday stories of thanksgiving and sacramentality. After Pentecost, it is up to us to open up to the Spirit of formation and transformation in a childlike way as we celebrate eucharist with a small "e."
Winter succeeds in crafting a book that is meant for "people in the pews and people who have left the pews yet long for something sacramental." In 158 pages, she fulfills her large agenda, without footnotes, bibliographies, theories, or arguments. It is a small book whose larger meaning will continue to unfold upon reading and re-reading.

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Imagine a spirituality rooted in doing what Jesus did, writes the author, one that adds a sacramental dimension to our everyday lives. Miriam Therese Winter opens our eyes to a new way of following Christ. eucharist with a small e , like the sacrament itself, was modeled by Jesus and manifests what Jesus is about. It empowers us to continue what Jesus began, to identify with those who are hungry and thirsty, are sick or in prison, and to fill their needs on the spot where we re standing because, in truth, we are all one