Monday Motivation: Weekly Resources

Posted by The Editors on Jul 13, 2020 5:13:13 PM

Looking for new ideas or resources to engage your faith or your ministry? Here are our weekly curated links, including offerings in each of the following categories: Prayer for the Home, Educational Opportunities, Resources (for ministers, educators, parents, etc.), and Flourishing and Fun. 

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Topics: devotional prayer, liturgy, Mass, family life, science, coronavirus, COVID-19 Resources

Becoming Christ's Mercy: Renewal in Eucharistic Ministry, Part 1

Posted by Megan Shepherd on Jul 9, 2020 7:04:00 AM

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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Topics: Eucharist, Holy Communion, Mass, mercy, Notre Dame Vision, Year of Mercy, ministry, liturgical ministry

Missing Him

Posted by John Cavadini on May 22, 2020 11:00:43 AM

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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Topics: Eucharist, Holy Communion, liturgy, Mass, coronavirus, COVID-19 Resources

Monday Motivation: Weekly Resources

Posted by The Editors on May 4, 2020 7:02:00 AM

Looking for new ideas or resources to engage your faith or your ministry? Here are our weekly curated links, including offerings in each of the following categories: Prayer for the Home, Educational Opportunities, Resources (for ministers, educators, parents, etc.), and Flourishing and Fun.

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Topics: Catholic education, Mass, adult faith formation, Catolicismo hispano, coronavirus, COVID-19 Resources, Monday Motivation Weekly Resources, Marian devotion

Celebrating the Fifth Sunday of Lent

Posted by Timothy O'Malley on Mar 27, 2020 3:07:00 PM

Editorial Note: This post is part of a series intended for Catholics who are unable to participate in public celebrations of the Eucharist because of restrictions around COVID-19. Through prayerful reflection on the proper texts of the Mass each Sunday, we may still receive the fruits of Eucharistic communion.

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Topics: Eucharist, Lent, liturgy, Mass, coronavirus, COVID-19 Resources

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