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Jesus, Make Me Fully Alive

Jesus, Make Me Fully Alive

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Publisher: Ave Maria Press
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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
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Winner of a 2025 Excellence in Publishing Award from the Association of Catholic Publishers: General Prayer (First Place).

Modern life moves fast—packed with work, classes, family, sports, and endless social commitments. In the midst of that noise, many still feel restless and disconnected, searching for peace and deeper purpose.

In Jesus, Make Me Fully Alive, Fr. Tim Anastos invites readers to rediscover the joy of prayer through Eucharistic Adoration. As associate chaplain at the St. John Paul II Newman Center in Chicago, he has seen firsthand how time spent with Jesus transforms anxiety, insecurity, and spiritual fatigue into love, freedom, and renewed life.

“Living in this world can easily drain us of life and joy, making us half alive, like zombies,” writes Fr. Anastos. “Holy Hours are not just for the pope or the saints or ‘holy people.’ They are meant for you.”

Whether you can spend a few minutes in intentional prayer or a full hour before the Blessed Sacrament, this book offers thirty guided Holy Hour exercises designed to help you encounter Christ personally. Each exercise includes practical tools and inspiration to deepen your prayer life, such as:

  • Real-life examples from Fr. Anastos’s own experience with Adoration

  • Simple ways to pray with Scripture through lectio divina

  • Imaginative prayer and spiritual journaling prompts for reflection before the Eucharist

Supported by the Eucharistic Revival movement and grounded in Catholic tradition, Jesus, Make Me Fully Alive is a fresh, approachable guide for anyone seeking a more vibrant and authentic friendship with Christ.

About the Authors

Fr. Tim Anastos is a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and assistant chaplain at the St. John Paul II Newman Center at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He serves as a eucharistic preacher for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and is the creator of Reel Homilies, one-minute reflections on the Sunday Mass readings produced with Spirit Juice Studios.

The Most Rev. Andrew Cozzens is bishop of the Diocese of Crookston and chairman of the board for the 2024 Eucharistic Revival Congress, as well as chairman of the USCCB Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis.