All Things Eucharist
“This is my body…this cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you.”
Matthew 26:26-28
Mark 14:22-24
Luke 22:14-20
Cf. 1 Corinthians 11:23-25
Jesus offers us something very special in the Eucharist and the Mass. Because the Eucharist is so important, we are in the midst of a three-year Eucharistic Revival in our country. This page is meant to direct to everything Renewal of Faith offers on the Eucharist and the Mass.
Fr. Jeff recently completed a series of bulletin articles to help us better understand and appreciate what goes on at Mass. You can find them here.
The Eucharist is the Greatest Gift that God offers us. Mass is where we receive this gift today. Eucharistic Adoration and Processions are extension of what we celebrate in the Mass. In March, Fr. Jeff concluded a series of three presentations, The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist to help us understand the gift we are given.
In his homily for Christmas 2022, Fr. Jeff talked about the gift that Jesus is to us. He introduced the idea leading to this series of presentations, the Eucharistic as the greatest gift. You can read the text of his homily on his blog at http://blog.renewaloffaith.org/blog/?p=8774 or you can view it here (double-click on video to go full-screen).
The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist was not the first time Fr. Jeff offered presentations to help us understand the Eucharist and the Mass.
- For more on the Eucharist as a Sacrament, see Fr. Jeff's previous series - Sacraments: Channels of God’s Grace – https://www.renewaloffaith.org/sacramentsvideo
- For more on celebrating the Eucharist at Mass, see Fr. Jeff's previous series - Uncovering the Treasures of the Mass – https://www.renewaloffaith.org/massvideos
- For more on the use of the Bible say Mass - "Fr. Jeff's homily on the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, The Sunday of the Word of God."
Fr. Jeff recently read Timothy P. O’Malley’s new book, Becoming Eucharistic People: The Hope and Promise of Parish Life (Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press. 2022, part of the Engaging Catholicism series). This book was written with our national Eucharistic Revival in mind. Fr. Jeff wrote the following articles inspired by hat O'Malley wrote:
- "What Does It Mean to be a Eucharistic People?"
- "Understanding Eucharistic Culture"
- "Appreciating the Depth of the Mass"
Here are other articles related to the Eucharist and the Mass on Renewal of Faith:
- "The Liturgical Year"
- "The Evangelizing Mass"
- "The Mass"
- Video
- Why Should I Go to Mass Weekly? (1 hour 18 min.)
- "The Liturgical Books for Mass" (12 minutes)
- "Church Vestments" (18 minutes)
- "So What's on the Altar?" (7 minutes)
- "Church Tour" (19 minutes)
- Blog articles on the Mass
- Blog articles on the Eucharist
Resources for the Eucharistic Revival can be found at:
- Diocese of Rochester - https://eucharisticrevival.dor.org/
- USCCB - https://www.eucharisticrevival.org/
Created 8/7/23