What is The National Eucharistic Revival?
The Bishops of the United States have called for a three-year grassroots revival of devotion and belief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
This revival launched nationally on the feast of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) June 19, 2022.The National Eucharistic Revival aims to be a movement that renews the Church by enkindling a living relationship with Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
This three-year endeavor begins with the diocesan year to focus especially on prayer, building awareness, and formation across Diocesan Leaders of the Archdiocese.
The second year—the parish year—will be an opportunity for parishes to engage the Revival more deeply through small groups and families in their respective parishes.
The third year—the year of mission or sending—July 21, 2024 – Pentecost 2025 will be marked by a National Eucharistic Congress July 17 – 21, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. We look forward to assembling more than 80,000 faithful to reconsecrate their hearts to the source and summit of our faith.
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National Eucharistic Revival launches June 19
By Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone
In his work, “Western Culture: Today and Tomorrow,” Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI masterfully diagnoses the most influential problems that we face in our Western civilization. Yet, not giving over to despair, in the face of such challenges, Benedict offers an alternative vision for tomorrow based on uniquely Christian hope. Remembering Europe not merely as a geopolitical entity but as a project that stretches through time, he recalls the notion that throughout its history Europe was tasked with mission. In other words, at its best, Western civilization was not static, but a project, the striving after an ideal, even a hope. And the hope that it carried forward was a graced vision for what can be achieved through the proclamation of the Gospel both internally and brought to all corners of our world. As heirs to that civilization, Benedict invites us to recall this heritage which is no less than a mandate to mission.
The Eucharist is a sacrifice, but a unique kind of sacrifice…
The Eucharist is, like so many aspects of our faith, a great mystery. But to call something a mystery in the theological sense is not to say that we cannot understand anything about it. Instead, it is to say that we can never learn everything about it. A theological mystery is not unintelligible; it is infinitely intelligible. In other words, even though we can never fully comprehend it, can never just put it in a box and move on, we can always learn more about a theological mystery.
In our course together we will look at the multifaceted mystery of the Eucharist through several lenses. We’ll use Bishop Barron’s wonderful little book, titled simply Eucharist, as well as some of my own writings to look at themes like meal, sacrifice, real presence, transubstantiation, Christian Unity, and liturgy.
Prayer for the Eucharistic Revival
My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You! I beg pardon for those who do not believe, nor adore, nor hope, nor love You. Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly. I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference by which He is offended. And, through the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of You the conversion of sinners.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
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