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## [Becoming Christ's Mercy: Renewal in Eucharistic Ministry, Part 2](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/becoming-christs-mercy-renewal-in-eucharistic-ministry-part-2)
Posted by [Megan Shepherd](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/author/megan-shepherd) on Jul 14, 2020 10:40:53 AM
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During the Year of Mercy, I sought to deepen my own practice of mercy through my service as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion. That summer during [Notre Dame Vision](https://mcgrath.nd.edu/about/centers-initiatives-and-programs/notre-dame-vision/), I encountered a young man profoundly moved by his reception of the Eucharist. [As I prayed with this encounter](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/becoming-christs-mercy-renewal-in-eucharistic-ministry-part-1), I experienced a profound renewal of my call to serve as an Extraordinary Minister, and I committed to serving regularly at my parish’s Sunday Mass.
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## [Becoming Christ's Mercy: Renewal in Eucharistic Ministry, Part 1](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/becoming-christs-mercy-renewal-in-eucharistic-ministry-part-1)
Posted by [Megan Shepherd](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/author/megan-shepherd) on Jul 9, 2020 7:04:00 AM
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I glanced up as the young man approached, next in line for Communion. He lifted his face, his eyes brimming with emotion as I held up the host and said, “The Body of Christ.” Looking into his eyes as I placed the host on his outstretched hand, he held my gaze with an intensity that took my breath away. He breathed out a soft “Amen” as he closed his hand around the host and lifted his clenched fist up to his chest. Grasping the Bread of Life, clinging to the source of love, he took a deep breath and with every fiber of his being uttered “Thank you!” as tears filled his eyes and flowed freely down his face. His response evoked something deep within me and I could only watch in awe as he consumed the host, a smile breaking across his face as he turned to make his way back to his seat. An encounter of no more than a few seconds, yet one in which God’s abundant mercy and love touched both his heart and mine.
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## [Missing Him](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/missing-him)
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As dioceses across the country are beginning to re-open our churches and return to the public celebration of the Eucharist, some people are wondering what will happen. Will people have gotten used to staying home on Sunday? Will they wake up to the fact that the Eucharist never really mattered that much to them, since they so quickly got used to not receiving it? Or will they wake up to the fact of how much they value the Eucharist, because, once deprived of the opportunity to participate, they found they developed a hunger for it more quickly than they expected?
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