Ave Maria Meditations
The 2021-2024 strategic plan for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) centers on the theme ‘Created Anew by the Body and Blood of Christ, Source of our Healing and Hope,’ and a key priority of this plan focuses on a National Eucharistic Revival with the overarching goal of renewing the Catholic Church by enkindling a living relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist… The National Eucharistic Revival will have a strategic three-year focus for formation and missionary discipleship beginning at the grassroots level in individual parishes and dioceses along with other Catholic institutions…
Jesus is really present in our midst: present in our tabernacles by the Eucharist, present in our souls by grace. But who recognizes Him? Only those who believe!
Revive, then, your faith; you will find Jesus and will know Jesus according to the measure of your faith in Him. Sometimes He conceals Himself from you, and you think that you will never find Him, never feel Him again. This is the time to redouble your faith, to walk in pure faith. “Blessed are they that have not seen and have believed.” ( Jn 20:29)
Search was Mary’s faith… “Blessed art thou, O Mary, that has believed the Lord; those things will be fulfilled in thee, which were spoken to thee.” (Lk 1:45) Even Mary lived by faith; she had to believe in the words of the Angel, and when she agreed to become the Mother of God, she had to accept a mystery which she did not understand. But Mary did believe, and by her faith, God’s words were accomplished in her. And so shall they be in you; you will see all your hopes fulfilled, you will be able to realize your ideal of intimate union with God, if you have faith in Him and in His promises.
+Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen
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