A priest who recently spent 65 days on the road with the Blessed Sacrament during a national eucharistic pilgrimage has been tapped to head the papal missions in the U.S. — and he told OSV News he’s ready to help missionaries near and far “bring God to the ends of the earth” through the Eucharist.
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Adoration anchors one’s life in Jesus, pope says
The best way to ensure evangelization is about Jesus and not about oneself is to spend time in prayer and especially in Eucharistic adoration, Pope Francis told members of the Oblates of St. Joseph.
Rhode Islanders pray seeds of faith planted during street ministry at congress take root
Fruitful stories from the 10th National Eucharistic Congress will continue to surface in the days and years following, as revival sweeps across the nation by the grace of God. Some stories may never be fully told.
Adoring, receiving Eucharist makes Christians into missionaries, pope says
When Christians spend time with Jesus in adoration or receive him in the Eucharist, they cannot help but spread his love with others, Pope Francis said.
Pandemic is officially over, but will Communion chalices make comeback at Mass?
After the federal government declared a health emergency in 2020 over the COVID-19 pandemic, Catholic churches in the U.S. scrambled to figure out how to provide the Eucharist, the sacrament that is the “source and summit of the Christian life” while keeping people safe from contagion.
Christ on river, Christ down street
I’ll give the big events all I’ve got, but focus more of my attention on the daily opportunities God gives me to both see Christ living and active in my life and be Christ to the people I encounter where he has placed me.
The National Eucharistic Congress: A taste of heaven
To see 60,000 people — the largest procession in this country in almost 50 years — gathered to show their love and honor for Jesus Christ was powerful.
Eucharist satisfies hunger for hope, truth, salvation, pope says
When receiving the Eucharist, Catholics should respond with gratitude and awe that Jesus offers himself as nourishment and salvation, Pope Francis said.
U.S. bishops reflect on the Eucharistic congress: 5 days of ‘wonder, awe and adoration’
In this third and final year of the National Eucharistic Revival, the Year of Mission, “we are called to be Eucharistic missionaries in the world,” Bishop Rhoades said. “We are called to live Eucharistic lives — lives transformed by the Eucharistic love of Jesus.”
Priests say ‘edifying’ eucharistic congress has called the church ‘to something more’
Lucas Oil football stadium was packed July 17 with tens of thousands of people completely silent in prayer before a large monstrance holding the Eucharist.
Question Corner: What are the steps to receive Communion after divorce and remarriage?
This can be a hard truth, but it is good to understand that this inability to receive Communion is part of a consistent theological rationale, as opposed to being something arbitrary.
Is every Sunday a wasted opportunity?
The goal should be to help average adult Catholics know what it is they profess to believe, what it is they are participating in each Sunday, and what it means to be a baptized Christian in today’s world.