Now, even more recently, the American Jesuit journalist and columnist Thomas Reese has discussed both the practice and the theory of the Roman Catholic Eucharistic liturgy in the following three columns in the National Catholic Reporter:
(1) "The Eucharist is about more than the real presence" (dated January 31, 2023):
(2) "The Jewish roots of the Eucharist" (dated February 6, 2023):
(3) "Eucharistic prayer is the most important and least understood prayer in the Mass" (dated February 14, 2023):
In light of the richness of the reflections by the Jesuits Ong, van Beeck, Pope Francis, and Reese about the Roman Catholic Eucharistic liturgy, can we hope to find further riches of reflection about the Eucharistic liturgy in the lengthy poem by the lay medieval Italian poet Dante - as explored by Nayar, who discloses that she is not a practicing Catholic (p. 207)? Yes, we can. Disclosure: I am not a practicing Catholic.
In any event, Nayar's 2014 exploratory book unfolds through the following parts:
"Preface" (pp. vii-xii);
Chapter 1: "The Immutable Feast of Dante's Comedy: Introduction" (pp. 1-16);
Chapter 2: "The Eucharist in the Time of Dante" (pp. 17-46);
Chapter 3: "Flesh Corruptible : Dante's Inferno" (pp. 47-94);
Chapter 4: "Betwixt and Between: Dante's Purgatory" (pp. 95-136);
Chapter 5: "Bread of Angels: Dante's Paradise" (pp. 137-204);
Chapter 6: "Conclusion" (pp. 205-211);
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