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The task of the Eucharistic Revival is to foster a culture where the church becomes ever more what the Church is called to be: a communion of love that keeps alive the memory of salvation offered by Jesus Christ, empowering men and women to live this Eucharistic life in the world.

Dr. Timothy O'Malley
Highlights for this Week.

The Eucharistic Revival Committee announces our Lenten Retreat Blessed, Broken, and Scared: Becoming Eucharist for a Starving World led by Brian Pusateri of Broken Door Ministries on Saturday, March 11th in Parish Hall. We will start at 8:30am and end at 3:00pm. Please register on EventBrite. 

For more information, contact Dan Carney at 202-702-1170 or [email protected].
A FREE WILL offering will be accepted.
 
 
PDF of the flyer for this event.
What is the Eucharistic Revival?

The US Catholic Church has entered a three-year movement focused on Eucharistic Revival that began in June on the Feast of Corpus Christi. Chartered by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the movement is designed to restore Catholic’s belief in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.

Our Eucharist Revival Committee at Immaculate Conception Parish includes the following members: Zach Huber, Darren Perreira, Maureen Seely, John Balmer, Matthew Hall, and Dan Carney. Please contact any of us with questions and comments about the program unfolding.

Previous Mentions.

This week, we would like to suggest another source of spiritual insight regarding the Eucharist. Te Rea/ Presence by St. Peter Julian Eymard is an excellent collection of reflections on Jesus’ immense love for us in the Holy Eucharist. The book contains dozens and dozens of reflections on various aspects of the Eucharist and how Jesus reveals His Divine Love and presence through it. All the reflections are short but powerful, making for excellent reading in private, before Mass, or in Eucharistic Adoration.

The Parish has renewed its subscription to Formed.org which contains a wealth of material to grow your knowledge of catholic faith and spirituality. The information to login to Formed is included below.  Once you have logged into Formed.org, click on the Programs tab and the link to Eucharistic Revival which will highlight a host of materials.
Go to Eucharistic Revival section on FORMED.ORG
How do new parishioners register for an account?
2. Select your parish (using zip code is easiest)
3. Register with your name and email address
4. Check that email account for a link to begin using FORMED
How do parishioners log into FORMED that previously had access?
2. In the upper right corner, select “Sign In”
3. A new “Sign In” screen appears and user enters their email address and
selects “Next”
4. A message appears for user to “Check your email”
5. Check that email account for a link to begin using FORMED

We would like to suggest another source of spiritual insight regarding the Eucharist. Te Rea/ Presence by St. Peter Julian Eymard is an excellent collection of reflections on Jesus’ immense love for us in the Holy Eucharist. The book contains dozens and dozens of reflections on various aspects of the Eucharist and how Jesus reveals His Divine Love and presence through it. All the reflections are short but powerful, making for excellent reading in private, before Mass, or in Eucharistic Adoration.

A story by Fr. Michael Metz published on the National Eucharistic Revival website and recommended by Maureen Seely. Fr. Metz draws upon Pope Benedict XVI’s thinking about how faith helps us in our relationship to the Eucharist. 
 
 
Blog: Standing at the Altar

"If Angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion."

~ St. Maximilian Kolbe
Link to Book: Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist

“The Holy Eucharist is the supreme proof of the love of Jesus. After this, there is nothing more but Heaven itself.”

~ St. Peter Julian Eymard

“How to get more out of Holy Communion” is a book that is highly recommended as spiritual reading. St. Peter Eymard, a saint who greatly loved the Eucharist, writes several chapters on how to properly prepare for Holy communion. Each chapter is short enough to be read in a few minutes before Mass, but each page will greatly increase your love for Jesus in the Eucharist. This is because St. Peter Eymard clearly reveals how much Jesus loves us, and how great He is to give Himself to us in the Eucharist every day and in our tabernacles!

 

Link to Book: How to get more out of Holy Communion
Word on Fire Catholic Ministries is an organization founded by Bishop Robert Barron to help bring about the New Evangelization of the world called for by Pope St. John Paul II. From their many excellent videos, online articles, books, and homilies devoted to proclaiming the Catholic faith, Word on Fire has collected much of their content related to the Eucharist onto a single webpage. This week, as you continue your study of the Eucharist along with our parish community, the Eucharistic Revival committee invites you to read the main text of the page on the Eucharist (which is short!) and explore at least one of the many videos, articles, homilies, and podcasts linked on the page. With a wide variety of lengths and levels of explanation, there is something there for everyone to learn more about the Eucharist!
 
Go to Word on Fire Webpage
Test your Knowledge of the Eucharist

VIDEO: THE HOUR THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE 
In this video,  Fr. Mike Schmitz shares his experiences and the true intimacy that the Lord offers us in the Eucharist.

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