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13 DENVER CATHOLIC | FEBRUARY 23-MARCH 8, 2019 ccdenver.org/TheMission The Mission's 30th Anniversary Saturday, March 9, 2019 Windsong Estate | 2901 Saddler Blvd. | Fort Collins, CO 80524 6:00 p.m. Cocktails 7:00 p.m. Dinner & Program EMCEE Patrick M. Brady FirstBank Regional President Northern Colorado and Arizona FEATURING The Great Salmon Famine The Great Salmon Famine is a five-piece fusion funk band based out of Fort Collins. Attire: Colorado Casual HONORING Brian Soukup and Sister Mary Alice Murphy SERVING LARIMER COUNTY AND BEYOND MT. OLIVET CATHOLIC CEMETERY 12801 W. 44th Ave., Wheat Ridge, CO (303) 424-7785 ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER MORTUARY Serving the greater Denver area (303) 425-9511 ST. SIMEON CATHOLIC CEMETERY 22001 E. State Hwy. 30, Aurora, CO (720) 859-9785 Peace of Mind for your Family with Pre-Planning More info at cfcsColorado.org A Ministry of The Archdiocese of Denver present in the Eucharist: as a gesture. It's very, very ancient. I realized that for the early Church, the gesture of sign- ing with the Cross the bread and wine was not just a "symbolic action," but an e• ective action. That made me think about a common discussion regarding the absence of the imposition of hands on the bread and wine, an epiclesis, in the Roman Canon. My proposal is that the Sign for the Cross that has always been done in the Roman Rite is the equivalent of the epiclesis, in so far as it sanctifi es the bread and the wine, invoking God. The third one is related to the third way of presence of the Cross in the Eucharist, which is in the form of a visible object. Should we place a Cross on the altar? I argue that it makes sense to keep the ancient tradition of having a Cross visible on or next to the altar, because it helps us understand the Eucharist more as the renewal of the sacrifi ce of Christ, and that we are fed from the Cross. DC: Cambridge University Press is a very prestigious publishing house in academia, how is someone pub- lished there, and what was that pro- cess like for you? FDC: I know someone who was in the process of publishing a book with Cam- bridge, so I asked her about the experi- ence, and she said they were very kind and open from the beginning. I emailed the editor for humanities, and a few days later she said she wanted to take a look at the manuscript, so we started the process. It's very lengthy but very detailed-oriented. The editor has to fi nd it interesting, you present a formal proposal, and then you send the text. If the editor approves, they send it to two independent, anonymous peer reviewers — which is the standard for academic press — who write a review and give their opinion. They have to approve, but you still get good feed- back from experts who probably have more experience than you. If they are favorable, then the fi nal step is the approval of the syndicate of the press, which meets at Cambridge. Thank God they liked it and approved the book for publication. DC: You mention that even though your book is primarily academic, it can also help people in prayer and preaching. How so? FDC: The book clearly comes from aca- demic research, but I think it's under- standable. I think that one of the more important contributions is the presen- tation of a lot of beautiful, wonderful texts from the Early Church, some of which have never been translated into English and that are present in the book for the fi rst time in English. There are a lot of beautiful texts that I'm sure will be very benefi cial for any Catholic who wants to pray and also for priests and deacons who will fi nd jewels in what the great saints and ancient books of liturgy contain. BOOK SIGNING EVENT Holy Name Parish March 5, 7 p.m. Read the full interview at denvercatholic.org

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