It begins.

     This weekend (June 11/12) marks the beginning of the second phase of the Eucharistic Revival, the phase that brings the revival to the people.  You might have heard or read something about this in the past months leading up to today.  It is here.  Today. 

     Bishop Andrew Cozzens, chairperson of the USCCB’s Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, says, “The Eucharistic Revival is intended to be far more than a series of events or a program.  It aims to be a movement that enkindles a living relationship with Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and renews the Church.

      “The Lord is calling us to witness to his great love and to be a light to the nations.  Our world is deeply in need of this witness. The Church herself needs to be strengthened in her Eucharistic life so that we can respond to our call to share the gift of Jesus’ love ‘for the life of the world’ (Jn 6:51).

     Our world is hurting. We all need healing, yet many of us are separated from the very source of our strength. Jesus Christ invites us to return to the source and summit of our faith in the celebration of the Eucharist. The National Eucharistic Revival is a movement to restore understanding and devotion to this great mystery here in the United States by helping us renew our worship of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.

     In the midst of tumult of scandal, division, disease, and doubt, JESUS IS PRESENT, reminding us that he is more powerful than the storm.  He desires to heal, renew, and unify the Church and the world.

     How will he do it?  By uniting us once again around the source and summit of our faith in the celebration of the Eucharist.  The National Eucharistic Revival is the joyful, expectant, grassroots response of the entire Catholic Church in the U.S. to this divine invitation.

     The National Eucharistic Revival is leading the Church in the United States back to our apostolic roots through encounter with and rediscovery of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.  Through moments of healing, conversion, and formation, the Church will be unified, so that she is more adequately equipped to live out her mission.    

     There will be many occasions to come in our community that will offer an opportunity for you to get involved in the revival and to deepen your understanding and devotion to Jesus in and through the Eucharist.  For now, it would be great if we could all start to include in our prayer the success of this Eucharistic Revival for our community, our nation, the world and ourselves.

For more information:  https://www.eucharisticrevival.org/