22/10/2023
NO REVIVAL WITHOUT RECONCILIATION
We wait with great anticipation for the coming Eucharistic revival but it seems to perpetually
linger on the horizon. With so many activities and initiatives coming from both the diocesan
and parish level, framed with intrigue and depth, but too often these activities reveal a void that deep down inside we know we cannot fill. With each activity we encounter little to, honestly, no lasting impact on
our perspective and approach to the life of faith.
There is, however, something unusual in the works, something special, something that defies the boundaries of our Parochial paradigm and I would like to promote this coming event: the National Eucharistic Procession - our Emmaus! (https://www.eucharisticpilgrimage.org/).
This National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in conjunction with the National Eucharistic Revival, is meant to increase belief in the real presence and increase Mass attendance among Catholics, but a deeper theological scrutiny points to the hope of further sanctification and perfection of our human identity and communion with one another through Christ.
The precepts of the Catholic Church are not ranked by importance, as each works with the
others to help the faithful maintain a relationship with Christ. The order, however, reveals an obvious system: first we are to go to Mass, but this goes in hand with everything that comes next. Our relationship with liturgy must be authentic therefore the second precept of the Catholic Church instructs the faithful to utilize the Sacrament of Reconciliation; and this of course comes
before the third precept which instructs us to receive the Eucharist (at least during the easter season).
This revival will only be effective if we are first reconciled. Reconciled to one another through Christ!
Reconciliation always comes before Communion; it only makes sense to first be
reconciled and then enter into a deeper communion with authenticity.
We must turn language into Creed.
Join us as we accompany Jesus in the Eucharist on foot from the north, south, east, and west of the U.S. on his way to the National Eucharistic Congress.
