National Eucharistic Revival
Together Sunday
Have you made your personal invitation yet? Together Sunday is this Sunday, November 24, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. Worship is better together and a simple invitation to one Catholic who has stopped attending Mass could be life-changing.
Eucharistic Encounters: What’s the Glory of the Catholic Church?
What’s the glory of the Catholic Church? Is it the buildings, the cathedrals, the stained glass windows? The architecture? The music? Is it St. Peter’s Basilica? The sculptures of Bernini, the music of Palestrina? I think that the glory of the Church is the saints. Join Father Rocky as he shares the story of St. Damien of Molokai.
What do I do when I feel nothing in prayer?
Read Fr. John LoCoco’s personal insight about prayer: “The first and most important thing that I learned was how to shift my perspective about my time in prayer: I am not going to him, but he is coming to me.”
Together Sunday
Have you made your personal invitation yet? Together Sunday is one week away on Sunday, November 24, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. Worship is better together and a simple invitation to one Catholic who has stopped attending Mass could be life-changing.
Eucharistic Encounters: What’s the Best Way to Receive Holy Communion?
Join Father Rocky as he invites us to fervor and hunger for the Holy Eucharist.
Together Sunday
A common reason many Catholic stop going to Mass is they felt like attending church did not matter. You probably have a friend, family member, neighbor, or co-worker who fits this description. He or she may live a busy life and other activities just take a higher priority. Share with one Catholic the reason you go to Mass every week and invite that person back to Mass on Sunday, November 24, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. Worship is better together, and a simple invitation could be life-changing.
Eucharistic Encounters: Generous, Courageous, and Charitable
“I wouldn't touch a leper for a million dollars” he said to Mother Teresa and she said “I wouldn't touch a leper for $2 million but I will for the Love of Christ.” Join Father Rocky as he reflects on the Eucharistic as the center of one’s life.
Together Sunday
Did you know that 70% of Catholics who stopped going to Mass did so not because of a lack of belief or a bad experience but for practical reasons such as a move or a change in life circumstance? Many Catholics may be waiting for a personal invitation back to Mass. Invite one Catholic back to Mass on Sunday, November 24, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. Worship is better together, and a simple invitation could be life-changing.
It Was His Last Communion: Eucharistic Encounters
Years ago, Father. Rocky received a phone call from a friend in Boston. They hadn’t spoken in 20 years, and he said, “Father, could you please visit my friend? He’s down at the University of Chicago in the hospital, and I think he’s dying. He needs to see a priest.” Watch It was his First Communion. It was his Last Communion. It was his only Holy Communion as Father Rocky shares this encounter (4:14).
Together Sunday
This year, parish communities are going to make a special effort to invite Catholics who do not attend church regularly to come back to Mass. They have designated Sunday, November 24, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, as Together Sunday. The entire parish community is invited to join in this welcoming back of neighbors, friends, and family. Please prayerfully consider one person whom you can personally invite back to Mass, pray for that person, and then invite him or her to join you for Mass on Sunday, November 24.
of St. Pope John Paul II (2:58).
Eucharistic Encounters: Stories about the Transformative Power of Showing up for Jesus
John Paul II did something that hadn’t been done for over 100 years: now, it’s a staple of Eucharistic Revival in our parishes. Watch What It Means to Show Up for Jesus as Father Rocky recounts this story of St. Pope John Paul II (2:58).
Eucharistic Encounters
A dad comes to Father Rocky with a dilemma; the advice he receives was advice he and his family, would never forget. If you want your children to always practice the faith, listen to “Do You Know How Much That Will Cost?”
Thanks!
More than a dozen parents helped to facilitate and pray at Eucharistic Adoration last Thursday (Sept. 26). Hundreds of students and dozens of faculty-staff members came to pray and rest in the Lord throughout the day. Certainly, God is active and moving in our St. Xavier community.
The Greatest Love Story: Restored
Jesus has opened the door for you, and through his Church, he invites you into a personal relationship with God, but God won’t force you to choose him.
Christ comes to us in the Eucharist, offering himself to us: Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity. He nourishes us, offering himself as “our daily bread.” It is easy for us to overlook this extraordinary gift. Even people who go to Mass each Sunday forget that Jesus is not merely symbolically present, but truly and substantially.
It’s time for us to entrust ourselves to the One who gave his life for us and invites us to encounter him in the Eucharist. It’s time for a Eucharistic Revival.
The Greatest Love Story: Fallen
The original harmony between us and God was shattered when sin entered the world. Even though God’s understanding is beyond human reason, Adam and Eve refused to trust his omniscience and took it upon themselves to be their own gods, choosing themselves above their creator.
We continue to turn our back on God, selfishly distorting the good gifts he has given us. Our sin has torn at the very fabric of creation, allowing disease, darkness, and death to inundate our world. Our relationship with God has been ruptured. Refusing to follow God’s plan of love, we have been enslaved to sin.
The Greatest Love Story: Created
You are not an accident. The God who created the universe, who set the moon and stars in place, loves YOU and chose YOU, even before the world was formed.
He knows you better than you know yourself, and he loves you simply because you are YOU. There are no conditions on his love: at every moment you are infinitely loved by him. You are dear to him.
Be an Instrument of the Good Shepherd
Jesus showed us just how deeply he cherishes every soul when he shared the parable of the Good Shepherd, who left the ninety-nine to seek out the one lost sheep. During this Year of Mission, he is inviting each of us to be his hands and feet in a special way, reaching out to those who are lost or have wandered away from his Church and accompanying them on their journey home. We call this initiative Walk With One.
It Starts with a Step of Faith
By virtue of your baptismal calling, YOU have a role to play in God’s plan to bring people you know and love into relationship with Christ. That’s what the third year of the National Eucharistic Revival—the Year of Mission—is all about! You are invited to be an instrument of God this year through a special form of one-on-one accompaniment called Walk With One.
Start by visiting the Walk With One resource page
The Congress
The Congress fulfilled, in a moment, the vision of the Eucharistic Revival. Together we encountered the living Jesus Christ, experienced renewal, and were sent out “for the life of the world.” Throughout those five days, our Church experienced a new Pentecost and was anointed for the Year of Mission to come.
Would your son like to be involved in the ongoing Eucharistic Revival? Email Mrs. Julie Brown, Mr. John Getgey, Fr. Rick Millbourn, S.J., or Mrs. Daniela Luzardo.
Revival is not something we do.
It’s God stirring up the hearts of his people.
In response to our prayers, the Holy Spirit is filling us with grace and zeal—setting our hearts ablaze with his love and sending us out to share it with the world.
The National Eucharistic Revival movement is the joyful, expectant, grassroots response of the Church in the United States to the divine invitation to be united once again around the source and summit of our faith in the celebration of the Eucharist.
Through the Eucharist, God desires to heal, renew, and unify the Church and the world.
A Historic Outpouring of Grace
The 10th National Eucharistic Congress was a profound moment for the whole Church in the United States as our Catholic family united in prayer; 60,000 Catholics gathered in Indianapolis for this generational event, and countless more across the nation joined us via livestream.
The National Eucharistic Congress was one moment. Now our Year of Mission begins.