Drudge points to a fascinating article about Joe Eszterhas, the screenwriter for various Hollywood thrillers, who will be publishing Crossbearer: A Memoir of Faith, on
Sept. 2. His "Damascus-style" turnaround is riveting reading. The following (on the importance of the Eucharist to him) may interest some readers:
. . .
Mr. Eszterhas told The Blade that despite his mixed feelings over the
[Roman Catholic] church and the abuse scandal, the power of the Mass trumps his doubts
and misgivings.
"The Eucharist and the presence of the body and blood of Christ is, in
my mind, an overwhelming experience for me. I find that Communion for
me is empowering. It's almost a feeling of a kind of high."
. . .And he complains about priests' homilies being boring and pointless.
When Mr. Eszterhas visited a nondenominational megachurch, he heard a
sensational sermon. But he felt empty afterward, missing Holy Communion
and the Catholic liturgy.