National Eucharistic Revival
Mark Your Calendar:
A Night of Eucharistic Revival
St. Xavier High School and the School of Faith invite you to an evening of revival with adoration, music, benediction, and silent meditation on Thursday, March 27, 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Holy Companions.
The Vigil Project will join us as a special musical guest and Dr. Mike Scherschligt will lead us in a rosary meditation.
We hope that students, family, alumni and friends of St. Xavier will join us for this Lenten evening of celebration, prayer, and adoration.
This event is free and open to the public.
Hope Does Not Disappoint: Eight Ways to Celebrate
Practice Hope:
In “Spes Non Confundit,” Pope Francis underscores that the hope the Jubilee offers is for the universal church. “In the heart of each person, hope dwells as the desire and expectation of good things to come, despite our not knowing what the future may bring,” he wrote. Hope, he said, comes from Christ, and Christians deepen their hope through prayer, the sacraments and growing in virtue. “For everyone, may the Jubilee be a moment of genuine, personal encounter with the Lord Jesus, the ‘door’ (cf. Jn 10:7.9) of our salvation, whom the Church is charged to proclaim always, everywhere and to all as ‘our hope’ (1 Tim 1:1),” he wrote.
Eucharistic Encounters:
Seven Words You Need to Know
Genuflecting, the Sign of the Cross, being quiet… are our customs at Mass just good manners? Fr. Rocky has seven words to assure you it’s all much more meaningful than politeness.
Desert Wisdom: Become Uncommonly Free
“In a year” may be the phrase of the moment for Catholic podcasts, but the wisdom of the fourth- and fifth-century ascetics known as the Desert Fathers is perennial. Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim has teamed up with Exodus 90 to produce "Desert Fathers in a Year," a new podcast that takes listeners on a journey of self-mastery with St. Anthony the Abbot and his spiritual progeny. Now is a great time to begin!
Access the full playlist or watch an introduction to the series.
Mark Your Calendar:
A Night of Eucharistic Revival
St. Xavier High School and the School of Faith invite you to an evening of revival with adoration, music, benediction, and silent meditation on Thursday, March 27, 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Holy Companions.
The Vigil Project will join us as a special musical guest and Dr. Mike Scherschligt will lead us in a rosary meditation.
We hope that students, family, alumni and friends of St. Xavier will join us for this Lenten evening of celebration, prayer, and adoration.
This event is free and open to the public.
Eucharistic Encounters: What is the Greatest Sacrament of All?
What does “august” actually mean, besides the name of a month on the calendar? Join Fr. Rocky as he considers how the Code of Canon Law uses the word in two places, answering the question, ‘what is the greatest Sacrament of them all?”
Hope Does Not Disappoint: Eight Ways to Celebrate
Review the Resources:
The Vatican, the USCCB and many dioceses have online resources with information about the church’s global and local celebrations of the Jubilee. They include information about the Jewish roots of jubilee years, their history in the Catholic Church, and how to spiritually prepare to receive the Jubilee Indulgence. The Vatican website (iubilaeum2025.va) includes a video of a choir performing “Pilgrims of Hope,” the Jubilee’s official hymn. With text written by Msgr. Pierangelo Sequeri, an Italian theologian and musicologist, the refrain focuses on the theme of hope: “Like a flame my hope is burning, may my song arise to you: Source of life that has no ending, on life’s path I trust in you.”
This Lent, Learn More About the Faith, So You Live It, Love It, and Never Leave It!
The 2025 Lenten season is less than a week away; Ash Wednesday is March 5. How will you observe Lent this year? Make the most of these 40 days of spiritual renewal!
In this free video series, Father Rocky takes you through the seven sacraments, from Baptism to the Anointing of the Sick. Get behind-the-scenes insights and little-known secrets you can only find here! These short video lessons are sent to your inbox each day of Lent – starting on March 5th – and are guaranteed to make your 2025 Lent better than ever. Sign up now!
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A Lenten Eucharistic Revival
St. Xavier High School and the School of Faith invite you to an evening of revival with adoration, music, benediction, and silent meditation on Thursday, March 27, 7:00-9:00 p.m., in the Chapel of the Holy Companions at St. Xavier.
- Special musical guest The Vigil Project
- Special rosary meditation by Dr. Mike Scherschligt
Hope Does Not Disappoint: Eight Ways to Celebrate the Jubilee
Perform Works of Mercy:
In “Spes Non Confundit,” Pope Francis asks Catholics “to be tangible signs of hope for those of our brothers and sisters who experience hardships of any kind.” He specifically mentions prisoners, a group he has highlighted by designating a Jubilee Holy Door at Rome’s Rebibbia Prison. He also mentions signs of hope are needed by the sick, the young, migrants, the elderly and grandparents, and the poor. The Holy Year should inspire Catholics to increase their exercise of the corporal works of mercy — feeding the hungry, giving water to the thirsty, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, visiting the sick, visiting the imprisoned and burying the dead.
Eucharistic Encounters: Does God Control the Weather
Does God really control the weather today, just like He did in the New Testament? Join Fr. Rocky as he shares several stories of horrendous weather pausing for the Holy Eucharist.
Be Transformed by Christ’s Love
Christ’s final utterances from the Cross may have been few and brief, but they are filled with His burning love for you, a love that has the power to transform your life. Join Scott Hahn and the St. Paul Center this Lent as together we contemplate Christ’s seven last “words,” unpacking the depth of love contained in them and allowing that love to reorient our lives.
“From the pulpit of the Cross, Christ preached to us words few in number, but burning with love, most useful and efficacious, and in every way worthy to be engraved on the heart of every Christian.”
St. Robert Bellarmine, S.J.
Doctor of the Church
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This Lent, Learn More About the Faith, So You Live It, Love It, and Never Leave It!
The 2025 Lenten season is less than a week away; Ash Wednesday is March 5. How will you observe Lent this year? Make the most of these 40 days of spiritual renewal!
In this free video series, Father Rocky takes you through the seven sacraments, from Baptism to the Anointing of the Sick. Get behind-the-scenes insights and little-known secrets you can only find here! These short video lessons are sent to your inbox each day of Lent – starting on March 5th – and are guaranteed to make your 2025 Lent better than ever. Sign up now!
Tired of Giving Up Chocolate for Lent?
Re-imagine your place in God's ever-evolving universe this Lent. This 10-week online retreat offered by the Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford combines personal prayer on materials provided, and weekly group discussion to deepen your understanding of faith and your walk with Christ. Cissy Eyre is an experienced Spiritual Director who has developed and led this retreat on several occasions.
Cissy Eyre will be facilitating this 10-Week Online Spiritual Retreat on Thursdays, 6:30-8:00 p.m., February 27 through May 1. Check out more details or register now
Be Transformed by Christ’s Love
Christ’s final utterances from the Cross may have been few and brief, but they are filled with His burning love for you, a love that has the power to transform your life. Join Scott Hahn and the St. Paul Center this Lent as together we contemplate Christ’s seven last “words,” unpacking the depth of love contained in them and allowing that love to reorient our lives.
“From the pulpit of the Cross, Christ preached to us words few in number, but burning with love, most useful and efficacious, and in every way worthy to be engraved on the heart of every Christian.”
St. Robert Bellarmine, S.J.
Doctor of the Church
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This Lent, Learn More About the Faith, So You Live It, Love It, and Never Leave It!
Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, is March 5. How will you observe Lent this year? Make the most of these 40 days of spiritual renewal!
In this free video series, Father Rocky takes you through the seven sacraments, from Baptism to the Anointing of the Sick. Get behind-the-scenes insights and little-known secrets you can only find here! These short video lessons are sent to your inbox each day of Lent – starting on March 5th – and are guaranteed to make your 2025 Lent better than ever. Sign up now! LLOTS Landing Page - Relevant Radio
Hope Does Not Disappoint: Eight Ways to Celebrate
Pray the Jubilee Prayer:
Pope Francis has issued a special Jubilee prayer. At 139 words in English, the prayer is easily incorporated into the daily prayers of an individual or a family. Among its stanzas is the phrase, “May the grace of the Jubilee reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope, a yearning for the treasures of heaven.” It can be found by searching “Jubilee Prayer” at usccb.org.
Eucharistic Encounters: Can You See Faith? Can You Hear Faith?
Join Fr. Rocky as he asks, “Can you SEE faith?” The story of Fr. Javier Sanchez Izquierdo just might tell us!
Pilgrimage
The Camino de Santiago de Compostela is a pilgrimage route in northern Spain that Christians have journeyed for over 1200 years. Students who are interested in walking the last five days of this pilgrimage in the 2025-2026 school year can sign up now for the opportunity to experience and learn about this historic journey. Santiago de Compostela is the observed burial place of St. James the Greater, son of Zebedee, brother of John, and apostle of Jesus. Millions of pilgrims have traversed this historic path for centuries; your son can be next to join this line of faithful pilgrims. The Walking the Way course is offered during both semesters (pilgrimage Oct. 10-19, 2025, and April 2-11, 2026). For more information about the experience, watch one of these videos, check out this Web Brochure or email Fr. Rick Millbourn, S.J.
Hope Does Not Disappoint: Eight Ways to Celebrate
Visit Your Cathedral:
Unlike the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy 2015-2016, diocesan cathedrals will not designate Holy Doors to correspond with the traditional Holy Doors in Rome and at the Vatican. However, cathedrals are where diocesan bishops will officially opened the Holy Year locally with Mass Dec. 29, the feast of the Holy Family. They will also be where bishops close local Holy Year celebrations Dec. 28, 2025. In the meantime, cathedrals are likely sites for diocesan Jubilee events. The Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan, for example, is planning seven pilgrimages to its Cathedral of St. Andrew over the course of the Holy Year for different groups, such as youth, parents and grandparents, and the Vietnamese and Hispanic communities.
Eucharistic Encounters: It was Dangerous Work, Really Dangerous
Join Fr. Rocky as he shares a story from the French Revolution’s chaotic aftermath takes us on the journey of a government inspector through a tuberculosis ward run by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart.
Eucharistic Encounters: Most Beautiful Adoration Chapel
Have you been to the most beautiful perpetual Adoration chapel in the world? Join Fr. Rocky as he shares it with you and the story behind its incomparable beauty.
Hope Does Not Disappoint: Eight Ways to Celebrate
Make a Pilgrimage:
In “Spes Non Confundit,” Pope Francis counts among the Jubilee Year’s “pilgrims of hope” those “who, though unable to visit the City of the Apostles Peter and Paul, will celebrate it in their local Churches.” “Pilgrimage is of course a fundamental element of every Jubilee event,” he wrote. “Setting out on a journey is traditionally associated with our human quest for meaning in life. A pilgrimage on foot is a great aid for rediscovering the value of silence, effort and simplicity of life.” While traditional pilgrimage routes to Rome and in Rome itself are expected to be well trod during the Holy Year, Catholics can also make pilgrimages to local holy sites, or even their own parishes, for prayer, confession or Mass. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops also provides special formularies and readings for a Mass for the Holy Year approved by the Holy See.
Many U.S. dioceses have designated particular parishes or holy sites to serve as pilgrimage sites during the Holy Year. These sites provide the opportunity for pilgrims to receive the Jubilee Indulgence, a grace that remits the temporal punishments of sin. The plenary indulgence can also be received through pious visits to sacred places and through performing works of mercy. Details about the indulgence are outlined in a special decree Pope Francis issued May 13.
Participation in the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Participation in the Holy Sacrifice identifies us with the Heart of Christ, sustains our strength along the pilgrimage of this life, makes us long for eternal life, and unites us even now with the Church in heaven, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and all the Saints. (CCC #1419)
Science & Faith: The Saint Albert Initiative
The St. Albert Initiative is a half-day program on science and faith for Catholic high school students, teachers, and parents, as well as interested members of the general public (high school age and above). It will feature short talks by Catholic scientists and the opportunity to meet, eat with, and ask questions of Catholic scientists in many fields and at various stages of their careers.
This initiative is named after St. Albert the Great, bishop, scientist, philosopher, theologian, teacher, and patron saint of natural science and scientists.
Eucharistic Revival
St. Xavier High School and the School of Faith invite you to an evening of revival with adoration, music, benediction, and silent meditation on Thursday, March 27, 7:00-9:00 p.m., in the Chapel of the Holy Companions at St. Xavier.
- Special musical guest The Vigil Project
- Special rosary meditation by Dr. Mike Scherschligt
Eucharistic Encounters: More Faith than Money
How is it that the poor can do such extraordinary things? Join Fr. Rocky as he recounts stories from his time in the Highlands of Michoacan, with no paved streets, no running water, yet more faith than anywhere he’d ever been
Hope Does Not Disappoint: Eight Ways to Celebrate Jubilee 2025
Read the Jubilee Document:
Issued in May, “Spes Non Confundit” is the papal bull of indiction Pope Francis promulgated for the 2025 Jubilee Year. With the Holy Year’s theme being “Pilgrims of Hope,” it includes a scriptural reflection on hope, as well as an explanation of the meaning of a jubilee year; ideas and encouragement for Christians living out the Holy Year; appeals for accompaniment, mercy and charity for various people in need; and some of the key events and anniversaries the Holy Year will observe.
Among Pope Francis’ words of wisdom is a reflection on patience, which he calls “both the daughter of hope and at the same time its firm foundation,” but which, he said, “has been put to flight by frenetic haste” in an age of “now.” “Were we still able to contemplate creation with a sense of awe, we might better understand the importance of patience” which “could only prove beneficial for ourselves and for others,” he wrote. “Patience, one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit, sustains our hope and strengthens it as a virtue and a way of life.”
Eucharistic Revival
St. Xavier High School and the School of Faith invite you to an evening of revival with adoration, music, benediction, and silent meditation on Thursday, March 27, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
- Special musical guest The Vigil Project
- Special rosary meditation by Dr. Mike Scherschligt
Eucharistic Encounters: The Value of the Mass
Join Fr. Rocky as he shares a story following a poor old widow, looking to exchange something for as much meat as it’s worth – and all but breaking the scale!
Hope Does Not Disappoint: Eight Ways to Celebrate Jubilee 2025
Go to reconciliation:
The idea of a jubilee or holy year is rooted in the jubilees marked by the Israelites, who saw every 50th year as a special time for forgiveness and reconciliation with God and others. They would leave their fields fallow, replenishing the soil, allow those under slavery to regain their freedom, return land to its former owners, and forgive debts that could not be repaid. Reconciliation and righting relationships are also at the heart of the church’s holy years, making the sacrament of reconciliation a key component of this year. In the papal bull announcing the year, Pope Francis called the sacrament of reconciliation “the essential starting-point of any true journey of conversion.”
Hope Does Not Disappoint
Read Pope Francis’ letter on hope:
“SPES NON CONFUNDIT. “Hope does not disappoint” (Rom 5:5). In the spirit of hope, the Apostle Paul addressed these words of encouragement to the Christian community of Rome. Hope is also the central message of the coming Jubilee that, in accordance with an ancient tradition, the Pope proclaims every twenty-five years.
“Everyone knows what it is to hope. In the heart of each person, hope dwells as the desire and expectation of good things to come, despite our not knowing what the future may bring. Even so, uncertainty about the future may at times give rise to conflicting feelings, ranging from confident trust to apprehensiveness, from serenity to anxiety, from firm conviction to hesitation and doubt.”
Continue to read Pope Francis’ words to the world
Eucharistic Revival
St. Xavier High School and the School of Faith invite you to an evening of revival with adoration, music, benediction, and silent meditation on Thursday, March 27, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
- Special musical guest The Vigil Project
- Special rosary meditation by Dr. Mike Scherschligt
Hope Does Not Disappoint: Jubilee 2025
On December 24 at 7:00 p.m. (Rome time), Pope Francis will open the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, initiating the holy year 2025.
"We must fan the flame of hope that has been given us and help everyone to gain new strength and certainty by looking to the future with an open spirit, a trusting heart and far-sighted vision. The forthcoming Jubilee can contribute greatly to restoring a climate of hope and trust as a prelude to the renewal and rebirth that we so urgently desire..." (Pope Francis)
“Jubilee 2025 invites you to be a pilgrim of hope. For Christians, hope is anchored in the encounter with Jesus whose life, death, and resurrection reveals God’s transforming love. Our hope in God is renewed constantly in the gift of the Holy Spirit, the love of the Father and the Son, who is given, even now, to the community of believers.” (USCCB)
For more information on the Jubilee or to follow the happenings, download the app Iubilaeum25.
Celebrate the Jubilee in Cincinnati
Join Archbishop Schnurr for Mass on Sunday, December 29, at 4 p.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains as we open the Jubilee Year. Each diocese throughout the world will celebrate together on this day the beginning of the Year of Hope.
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
For St. Xavier High School and the Jesuits of Cincinnati, our family home is on Sycamore Street downtown. This was the historic location of St. Xavier College (now the high school and university) and St. Francis Xavier Church supported the college from the first. While St. X has moved to Finneytown, the parish remains on Sycamore as our ever-welcoming mother inviting us home for the holidays.
If you are a regular or occasional participant in Mass at your parish, head there for Christmas. If you are not presently connected to a parish, please, come home for Christmas:
Christmas Eve – 4:00 pm, 5:30 pm, 12:00 am (Midnight Mass)
Christmas Day – 7:00 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am
As Advent continues, recall that Christmas, at its heart, is the celebration of Christ’s birth and the mystery of his incarnation. Mass is an opportunity to step away from the noise of the season and contemplate in awe and gratitude the great gift we have received: God himself. (OSV)
Eucharistic Encounters: That Should Be Your Intention
“You know what you need to do? You need to make that your intention at your next Mass.”
The next day he went to a 7:00 a.m. weekday Mass at his parish and made that his intention: “Lord, help me figure this out! I need a better situation; I don’t know what to do.” So he went to Mass, received Holy Communion, and spent a few minutes in thanksgiving afterwards. Then he drove in to work. Join Father Rocky as he shares this story of seeking God’s help.
Relic of St. Thomas Aquinas: Revivals & Relics
Join the Dominican Friars for the once in a lifetime opportunity to venerate the relic of the skull of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Revivals & Relics event occurs this evening (December 6). It will include preaching, music, and veneration of the relic.
December 6, Friday; 7:00 p.m.; St. Gertrude Church
Advent Lessons and Carols
In celebration of the Advent season, the St. Gertrude Church Capella, Novitiate Choir, Schola Cantorum, and Parish Choir present a contemplative service of readings that trace salvation history until the birth of Christ, interspersed with powerful musical meditations from the Church’s treasury of sacred music for Advent. All are welcome.
December 8, Sunday; 3:00 p.m.; St. Gertrude Church
To wassail is to sing Christmas carols; specifically, to offer Christmas carols as a form of gift to your neighbors. It’s a communal activity, one that can build up relationships during this season of waiting and watching. In return for a song, singers received food, drink, and merriment. This Advent, the Jesuit Media Lab community of writers is gifting YOU daily stories and songs as we await the coming of Christ. No need to offer gifts in return; just click and share your email address with them!
Eucharistic Encounters: Caddying for Christ
If you have a need, bring it to Jesus, because nothing is impossible with God. Nothing! So go to Mass, take it to Mass as your intention. We need a real revival in the Holy Eucharist in this country, because people need hope. We’ve got hope, right here with Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, the King of the Universe, the Creator of everything who always keeps us in existence, and a Good, Good Father. Join Father Rocky as he shares his story of making it to leadership camp for high schoolers sponsored by Opus Dei in Milwaukee. (3:20)
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.