Be Transformed
The Healing Power of the Sacraments
by Bob Schuchts
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Pub Date Mar 03 2017 | Archive Date Apr 17 2017
Description
Whether it is the wound of past hurts, the strain in our relationships, or the stress of daily life, we all need to be comforted and made whole by Christ. In a follow-up to his bestselling Be Healed, Bob Schuchts explains how the sacraments can fuel your emotional and spiritual healing and bring you closer to God.
Based on more than thirty-five years as a therapist and decades of experience leading retreats, Schuchts shows how the seven sacraments can transform your perspectives and well-being in ways you’ve never imagined.
You’ll discover that each sacrament can help you heal from wounds that can impede your relationships and sense of self-worth. With Schuchts’ gentle help, you’ll learn how:
· Baptism can heal feelings of rejection.
· Confirmation gives courage in the face of powerlessness.
· Holy Eucharist reminds you that you are never abandoned.
· Reconciliation releases you from the clutches of shame.
· Holy Orders restores faith in God’s providence.
· Marriage can heal wounds of mistrust.
· Anointing of the Sick cures hopelessness.
Be Transformed offers all of the tools you need to understand, undergo, and implement a fresh understanding of the sacraments, including reflection questions, scripture meditations, prayers, and inspiring stories. You’ll come away hungry for the sacraments in a way you never knew possible.
Features & Benefits
· Bob Schuchts's first book, Be Healed, has sold more than 12,000 copies since its release in February of 2014.
· Schuchts is the founder of the John Paul II Healing Center in Tallahassee, Florida, which draws thousands of Christians annually for conferences and retreats.
A Note From the Publisher
Schuchts and his wife, Margie, have two daughters and eight grandchildren. They live in Tallahassee.
Advance Praise
“With the gentleness gained from years of ministering to the
needs and wounds of others, Bob Schuchts introduces you to the healing power of
the sacraments in a powerfully eye-opening way. Be Transformed explains
how the graces from all seven sacraments impact your daily life and how they
can heal deep wounds of rejection, confusion, and abandonment. In doing so, you
come to understand your true identity in Christ. After reading this book, you will realize that
your deepest longings are themselves a longing for the sacraments.”
Christopher
West
Founder
and president of The Cor Project
Cofounder of the Theology of the Body
Institute
“For many people, the sacraments
stand at a distance as a formality to the Christian life. Not fully understanding
the ministry of Christ, the apostles, and the Church over the past two thousand
years, many are unaware of what and who the sacraments really are and the
powerful role they play in the life God designed for each of us. In this book,
Bob Schuchts has recaptured the meaning and beauty of the sacraments and the
powerful work of Christ through them. Be
Transformed is a book that will stand the test of time and truly transform
people’s lives. This book has renewed my faith in Christ and the Church and
instilled in me a new vigor for the sacraments, and I’m certain it will for
you!”
Paul George
Founder of Adore Ministries
“This book helped me understand
sacramental life in the Church in new ways with every passing chapter. Over the
years, I have been profoundly impacted and led into healing by Bob Schuchts and
his ministry—this book is, naturally, a continuation of that. As a convert to
the Catholic faith who struggles with scrupulosity, my eyes are still opening
to the goodness and abundant grace of the sacraments. Schuchts is intersecting
sacramental theology, which can sometimes be approached hyper-academically,
with the dedication to the inner healing work of the Spirit. This book has been
a gift to my life!”
Audrey Assad
Catholic singer, songwriter, and musician
“What a beautifully simple and transforming book! Sadly, many
Catholics don’t understand and, more importantly, don’t experience the full
grace and power contained in the sacraments. God desires to transform, heal,
and make holy his people, and he so often chooses to bring this about in the
sacraments of the Church. With each sacrament, Bob Schuchts marvelously reveals
the often-unseen healing grace contained within the sacraments. He goes on to
show that this grace is present for all people who open their hearts to receive
it.”
Rev. Dave Pivonka, T.O.R.
Author of Breath of God
“Be Transformed offers a fresh and original way of understanding the
ancient Catholic tradition that the sacraments heal the wounds of fallen human
nature. In a world where so many have experienced deep hurts, this book is
exactly what is needed! Through personal testimonies and clear explanations,
Schuchts shows how every one of the sacraments can be the means of a personal
encounter with the Lord Jesus, the physician of our souls and bodies.”
Mary Healy
Author of Men and Women Are from
Eden
“Bob Schuchts has masterfully illumined the healing and restorative power
of the sacraments—these transforming rivers of grace that bring us into the
abundant life. For lifelong Catholics or anyone who has ever wondered, ‘Does
anything really happen to me when I receive the sacraments?’ this book is for
you!”
Sr. Miriam James Heidland, S.O.L.T.
Catholic speaker and author of Loved
As I Am
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781594716812 |
| PRICE | $16.95 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Paul G, Reviewer
This book takes a lot of the sort of insights in Be Healed and applies them in a structured way to the sacraments. A great deal of the content is mapping Schuchts' "seven deadly wounds" onto the sacraments that convey the graces most directly concerned with healing them.
I was most engaged with the chapters on confirmation, marriage, and anointing of the sick, the last most of all. In Schuchts' interpretation, anointing of the sick combats the wound of hopelessness, and I feel that very keenly. "Nothing I do will ever matter. It will never be good enough. I can't get better." And, of course, eternal life is far too much to hope for. The exercises at the end of that chapter I actually applied to my sense of hopelessness about my vocation as a...what? Writer? Scholar? Farmer? Consultant? What should I do with my desire to tell stories? To solve complex problems in physical science? To be economically self-reliant and an example in that for others? I don't know, and I'm sure I'll make the wrong choice. Thinking about how God intends to heal me of hopelessness has given me perspective on that.
The chapter on marriage is not going to do much by itself if your marriage is in trouble. There are certainly notes that it strikes that you could take to other sources devoted specifically to the subject of troubled and broken marriages.
