Eucharistic Revival 2022-2025

Let’s just pretend that the Mass we are attending is the last one that will be said for a century. What if, for whatever reason a shortage of priests, waning interest, persecution, the tabernacles were empty, the church doors locked? What if the sacraments were not available whenever we wanted or needed them? Would it make a difference to us? Yes, for most of us it would. We are a Eucharistic parish. We are very accepting of all members. We also feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick…you get the idea. We are not perfect but we do pretty good. This is our Eucharistic culture at Little Flower. Yet we are told by researchers that about 70% of us do not believe in the Real Presence (that means many of us do not believe that Jesus is present body, blood, soul, and divinity in the Eucharist.) We cannot assume we are immune to this statistic. It would be nice but not realistic. Therefore, we must take action to bring everyone back into the fold of believers. Why? Because there is power and awe in that. We must first convert ourselves and then we will be prepared to go out into the world and convert it one person at a time both in our silence and in our actions. Just imagine what we could do if we all prayed, worshipped, and adored Jesus as He is present to us body, blood, soul, and divinity. As we participate in these years of Eucharistic Revival laid out by the USCCB there will be many opportunities for each one of us to come to Him on bended knee and do some real soul searching. We hope you take advantage of some of them. This first year will be devoted to helping us discern what God wants of us in our given vocation in life and to pray for everyone to respond to the holiness our God is calling us to through that vocation.