"Ecclesia De Eucharistia" recalls JP2's first mass, 2/11/1946 in Krakow: Ave, verum corpus natum de Maria Virgine! Become poets of Christ in the Eucharist & rediscover encyclical by IOANNES PAULUS II
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ETERNAL WISDOM
“Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary’s which purifies the monotony of your sins!” ~ St. Josemaria Escriva
Thanksgiving prayer recommended by St. Ignatius of Loyola to recite after receiving the Holy Eucharist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass | Prayer is granted a partial indulgence:
ANIMA CHRISTI
Soul of Christ, sanctify me.
Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, inebriate me.
Water from the side of Christ, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
O good Jesus, hear me.
Within thy wounds hide me.
Do not permit me to be parted from thee.
From the malignant enemy protect me.
At the hour of my death call me.
And bid me come to thee,
so that with thy saints I may praise thee
for ever and ever.
Amen.
“Do not be afraid! I am the Angel of Peace. Pray with me.”
Prostrating himself with his forehead touching the ground, he gave the children the following prayer:
My God, I believe; I adore; I trust, and I love Thee. I beg pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not trust, and do not love Thee.
Meu Deus, eu creio, adoro, espero e amo-Vos. Peço-Vos perdão para os que não crêem, não adoram, não esperam e não Vos amam.
Pray the Chaplet to the Divine Mercy today: ask for remission of temporal punishment given to souls when you visit a cemetery.1 You can receive a plenary indulgence for souls! Fr. Chris explains this in this Live stream (now playing), that we can still visit the cemetery2 to apply plenary indulgence to the souls in Purgatory when you devoutly visit and pray for the departed between November 1 and November 8.3 If bedridden, Fr. Chris suggests you think like St. Faustina: “be asked to be mystically transported to a cemetery to pray for loved ones.” We can give the grace of our prayers to our loved ones every day for the next five days. Amen.
Fr. Chris is beginning the First Friday devotion as of now at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy. Catch it again later if you miss it. If you already went to / offered First Friday Devotion mass, read on and God bless.
The Rosary Hour Podcast Team
THE ROSARY HOUR PODCAST NEWSLETTER [FIRST FRIDAY | 2nd EDITION]
EXCERPT FROM
"Ecclesia De Eucharistia"
by: St. Pope John Paul II
EXCERPT FOR EDUCATIONAL USE PURPOSES ONLY:
59. Ave, verum corpus natum de Maria Virgine! Several years ago I celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of my priesthood. Today I have the grace of offering the Church this Encyclical on the Eucharist on the Holy Thursday which falls during the twenty-fifth year of my Petrine ministry. As I do so, my heart is filled with gratitude.
For over a half century, every day, beginning on 2 November 1946, when I celebrated my first Mass in the Crypt of Saint Leonard in Wawel Cathedral in Krakow, my eyes have gazed in recollection upon the host and the chalice, where time and space in some way “merge” and the drama of Golgotha is re-presented in a living way, thus revealing its mysterious “contemporaneity”. Each day my faith has been able to recognize in the consecrated bread and wine the divine Wayfarer who joined the two disciples on the road to Emmaus and opened their eyes to the light and their hearts to new hope (cf. Lk 24:13-35).
Allow me, dear brothers and sisters, to share with deep emotion, as a means of accompanying and strengthening your faith, my own testimony of faith in the Most Holy Eucharist. Ave verum corpus natum de Maria Virgine, vere passum, immolatum, in cruce pro homine! Here is the Church's treasure, the heart of the world, the pledge of the fulfilment for which each man and woman, even unconsciously, yearns. A great and transcendent mystery, indeed, and one that taxes our mind's ability to pass beyond appearances. Here our senses fail us: visus, tactus, gustus in te fallitur, in the words of the hymn Adoro Te Devote; yet faith alone, rooted in the word of Christ handed down to us by the Apostles, is sufficient for us. Allow me, like Peter at the end of the Eucharistic discourse in John's Gospel, to say once more to Christ, in the name of the whole Church and in the name of each of you: “Lord to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (Jn 6:68).
60. At the dawn of this third millennium, we, the children of the Church, are called to undertake with renewed enthusiasm the journey of Christian living. As I wrote in my Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte,
“it is not a matter of inventing a 'new programme'. The programme already exists: it is the plan found in the Gospel and in the living Tradition; it is the same as ever. Ultimately, it has its centre in Christ himself, who is to be known, loved and imitated, so that in him we may live the life of the Trinity, and with him transform history until its fulfilment in the heavenly Jerusalem”.103
The implementation of this programme of a renewed impetus in Christian living passes through the Eucharist.
Every commitment to holiness, every activity aimed at carrying out the Church's mission, every work of pastoral planning, must draw the strength it needs from the Eucharistic mystery and in turn be directed to that mystery as its culmination. In the Eucharist we have Jesus, we have his redemptive sacrifice, we have his resurrection, we have the gift of the Holy Spirit, we have adoration, obedience and love of the Father. Were we to disregard the Eucharist, how could we overcome our own deficiency?
61. The mystery of the Eucharist – sacrifice, presence, banquet – does not allow for reduction or exploitation; it must be experienced and lived in its integrity, both in its celebration and in the intimate converse with Jesus which takes place after receiving communion or in a prayerful moment of Eucharistic adoration apart from Mass. These are times when the Church is firmly built up and it becomes clear what she truly is: one, holy, catholic and apostolic; the people, temple and family of God; the body and bride of Christ, enlivened by the Holy Spirit; the universal sacrament of salvation and a hierarchically structured communion.
The path taken by the Church in these first years of the third millennium is also a path of renewed ecumenical commitment. The final decades of the second millennium, culminating in the Great Jubilee, have spurred us along this path and called for all the baptized to respond to the prayer of Jesus “ut unum sint ” (Jn 17:11). The path itself is long and strewn with obstacles greater than our human resources alone can overcome, yet we have the Eucharist, and in its presence we can hear in the depths of our hearts, as if they were addressed to us, the same words heard by the Prophet Elijah: “Arise and eat, else the journey will be too great for you” (1 Kg 19:7). The treasure of the Eucharist, which the Lord places before us, impels us towards the goal of full sharing with all our brothers and sisters to whom we are joined by our common Baptism. But if this treasure is not to be squandered, we need to respect the demands which derive from its being the sacrament of communion in faith and in apostolic succession.
By giving the Eucharist the prominence it deserves, and by being careful not to diminish any of its dimensions or demands, we show that we are truly conscious of the greatness of this gift. We are urged to do so by an uninterrupted tradition, which from the first centuries on has found the Christian community ever vigilant in guarding this “treasure”. Inspired by love, the Church is anxious to hand on to future generations of Christians, without loss, her faith and teaching with regard to the mystery of the Eucharist. There can be no danger of excess in our care for this mystery, for “in this sacrament is recapitulated the whole mystery of our salvation”.104
62. Let us take our place, dear brothers and sisters, at the school of the saints, who are the great interpreters of true Eucharistic piety. In them the theology of the Eucharist takes on all the splendour of a lived reality; it becomes “contagious” and, in a manner of speaking, it “warms our hearts”. Above all, let us listen to Mary Most Holy, in whom the mystery of the Eucharist appears, more than in anyone else, as a mystery of light. Gazing upon Mary, we come to know the transforming power present in the Eucharist. In her we see the world renewed in love. Contemplating her, assumed body and soul into heaven, we see opening up before us those “new heavens” and that “new earth” which will appear at the second coming of Christ. Here below, the Eucharist represents their pledge, and in a certain way, their anticipation: “Veni, Domine Iesu!” (Rev 22:20).
In the humble signs of bread and wine, changed into his body and blood, Christ walks beside us as our strength and our food for the journey, and he enables us to become, for everyone, witnesses of hope. If, in the presence of this mystery, reason experiences its limits, the heart, enlightened by the grace of the Holy Spirit, clearly sees the response that is demanded, and bows low in adoration and unbounded love.
Let us make our own the words of Saint Thomas Aquinas, an eminent theologian and an impassioned poet of Christ in the Eucharist, and turn in hope to the contemplation of that goal to which our hearts aspire in their thirst for joy and peace:
Bone pastor, panis vere,
Iesu, nostri miserere...Come then, good Shepherd, bread divine,
Still show to us thy mercy sign;
Oh, feed us, still keep us thine;
So we may see thy glories shine
in fields of immortality.O thou, the wisest, mightiest, best,
Our present food, our future rest,
Come, make us each thy chosen guest,
Co-heirs of thine, and comrades blest
With saints whose dwelling is with thee.
Given in Rome, at Saint Peter's, on 17 April, Holy Thursday, in the year 2003, the Twenty- fifth of my Pontificate, the Year of the Rosary.
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ADORATION PRAYER RECITED BY PE NUNO ROCHA, PASTOR AT LAPA / S. JOSÉ (PORTUGAL)4
Santíssima Trindade, Pai, Filho, Espírito Santo, adoro-Vos profundamente e ofereço-Vos o preciosíssimo Corpo, Sangue, Alma e Divindade de Jesus Cristo, presente em todos os sacrários da terra, em reparação dos ultrajes, sacrilégios e indiferenças com que ele mesmo é ofendido. E pelos méritos infinitos do Seu Santíssimo Coração e do Coração Imaculado de Maria, peço-Vos a conversão dos pobres pecadores. Ámen.
TRANSLATION:
Most Holy Trinity,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
I adore Thee profoundly.
I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul
and Divinity of Jesus Christ,
present in all the tabernacles of the world,
in reparation for the outrages,
sacrileges and indifferences whereby He is offended.
And through the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart
and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners.
(Tantum ergo) (Roman Breviary) | Plenary indulgence when recited on Holy Thursday and the feast of Corpus Christi. Otherwise a partial indulgence is granted for recitation.
SAINTS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT CELEBRATED THIS PAST OCTOBER
Blessed Carlo Acutis:
As a child of God, many already know of his personal devotion to the Eucharist. Like Carlos, let’s share his desire to teach the world with the online missionary work he left behind the power of Eucharistic adoration as an extension of the above prayer of the Angel of Peace taught to the children of Fátima in 1916:
ENGLISH: http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/en/Liste/list.html
This Eucharistic Miracles website contains information on each Eucharistic miracle. Just have your parish office print out each document and you have an INSTANT exhibit for your parish to display in an open space for people to learn about these amazing stories about the Real Prescence of Jesus Christ in our midst at every Holy Mass & in Adoration before the tabernacle / Blessed Sacrament.
PORTUGUESE: http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/pr/Liste/list.html
Este site dos Milagres Eucarísticos contém informações sobre cada milagre eucarístico. Basta que a sua secretaria paroquial imprima cada documento e você tem uma exposição INSTANTÂNEA para sua paróquia para exibir em um espaço aberto para que as pessoas aprendam sobre essas histórias incríveis sobre a Real Prescência de Jesus Cristo em nosso meio em cada Santa Missa ou em Adoração diante do tabernáculo / Santíssimo Sacramento.
ITALIAN: http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/it/Liste/list.html
Questo sito web dei Miracoli Eucaristici contiene informazioni su ogni miracolo eucaristico. Basta che il tuo ufficio parrocchiale stampi ogni documento e avrai una mostra ISTANTANEA per la tua parrocchia da esporre in uno spazio aperto per le persone per conoscere queste storie incredibili sulla Reale Presenza di Gesù Cristo in mezzo a noi ad ogni Santa Messa e in Adorazione davanti al tabernacolo / Santissimo Sacramento.
SPANISH: miracolieucaristici.org/es/Liste/list.html
Este sitio web de Milagros Eucarísticos contiene información sobre cada milagro eucarístico. Simplemente haga que su oficina parroquial imprima cada documento y tendrá una exhibición INSTANTÁNEA para que su parroquia la exhiba en un espacio abierto para que la gente aprenda sobre estas increíbles historias sobre la Presencia Real de Jesucristo en medio de nosotros en cada Santa Misa y en Adoración ante el tabernáculo / Santísimo Sacramento.
This Saint’s devotion to the Eucharist can still inspire us today.5 Why not try to create a display about the Blessed Sacrament today or send a link to someone you know:
http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/download.html
(Download Exhibit in 19 Languages for cities with multiple cultures that converge, and/or make a sign with a QR code for each).
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque is a French saint who is honoured at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Paris, France at a chapel dedicated to her honour. Between 1673 and 1675 she received four visions of Christ’s heart in flames, burning with love for humanity, with instructions to promote a special feast and First Friday devotions. Why not start adoration on First Friday with all-day exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Have parishioners sign-up to be part of this tradition and invite youth groups from World Youth Day to assist in this powerful devotion. Her feast day is Oct. 16.
St. Ignatius of Antioch “stressed the need to heal Church conflicts, the authority of local bishops and the Eucharist as a source of unity.” Let’s pray to St. Ignatius when we approach the tabernacle for healing in the Church through Eucharistic Revival. His feast is celebrated each year on Oct. 17.
LIVE RECORD | ROCTV | 400-Year Anniversary of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament | ARQ. BRAGA
‘[CLICK HERE for Eucharistic Procession Video] in Portugal organized by Igreja Matriz inspiring worldwide Eucharistic processions (Procissão Eucarística - 400 anos da Confraria do Santíssimo Sacramento) on 21 October, 2023. 400 years of celebration.
21 OCTOBER 2023 - PROCESSION - FAITH IN ACTION & PUBLIC WITNESS
On the night of October 21st, 2023 Saturday, starting at 9 pm, after the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, a Eucharistic Procession marked the 400th anniversary of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the Mother Church of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. The participants carried the Real Presence into the streets, departing from Igreja Matriz, with the sound of the drums to awaken the population to the approach of this congregation of over 30+ confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament from the Archdiocese of Braga. The procession continued from the Mother Church and stopped by the main public square at City Hall where a large outdoor group listened to a reflection led by Padre Delfim Alfonso, who gave from the second floor windows a reflection on the sign of the Blessed Sacrament, teaching in a prayerful oration the way Christ comes to us in Love for the salvation of humanity to live a glorious life in Heaven, which is why we look to the Eucharist’s miraculous reality.
After this exhortation on the meaning of the Eucharist for the large crowd gathered, the procession passed through through the mirrored cobblestone Praça near the cafés towards the Chapel of S. Tiago at the juncture of Rua da Junqueira.
This procession with the exposed Blessed Sacrament returned to Rua dos Visconde – Municipal Museum, and concluded with Outdoor Adoration with the prayer led by Padre Nuno Rocha at the beginning of this video, and preceded by Fátima prayers taught by the Angel of Peace, which always precede Adoration:
"Meu Deus", three times.
Then, the crowd familiar with adoration sang the “Tantum Ergo” written by the Poet of the Eucharist, St. Thomas Aquinas, in Portuguese and the large assembly was given a blessing after adoration following this 3 hour meeting that included the Solemn mass led by Pe Avelino with all the confraternities present.
WHAT IS THE “TANTUM ERGO”, by: St. Thomas Aquinas featuring in this video all about?
Down in adoration falling,
Lo! the sacred Host we hail;
Lo! o'er ancient forms departing,
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith for all defects supplying,
Where the feeble senses fail.
To the everlasting Father,
And the Son who reigns on high,
With the Holy Spirit proceeding
Forth from each eternally,
Be salvation, honor, blessing,
Might and endless majesty. Amen.
V. You have given them bread from heaven,
R. Having all delight within it.
Let us pray.
O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament
left us a memorial of your Passion:
grant, we implore you,
that we may so venerate
the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood,
as always to be conscious of the fruit of your Redemption.
You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION | CORPUS CHRISTI | ADORATION
What is the Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament?
”Eucharistic Adoration (Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament) is the act of worshiping God as He is present in the consecrated Eucharist.”
In a longer 1 hour 20 minute talk, he summarizes the teaching of “The Real Presence” from his seminar in the UK:
“This is my Body” and “This is my Blood”: this statement from the Gospel describes the Eucharistic change that is a Divine Mystery.
In his talk, Bishop Barron speaks of how we treat Christ with care in the reality of the presence of Jesus.
The mystery that sanctifies the Body of Christ is explored in this video with citations from the saints.
“The means by which we are Christified” in a “body and soul” sense. | «O meio pelo qual somos cristificados» no sentido «de corpo e alma».
Our bodies, in short, become prepared for Heaven by our contact with the “reality of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist”. (John 6). Em suma, os nossos corpos preparam-se para o Céu pelo contacto com a «realidade do corpo e do sangue de Cristo na Eucaristia». (João 6).
Barron goes through the various centuries and this is a longer useful lecture for those re-discovering “what is Eucharistic adoration?” are guided through a deeper understanding of the Eucharist, the presence of Christ in the body / blood / soul / divinity. Barron also address some of the myths adopted by our modern times, and gives context to the various schools of thought which have led to the most recent Eucharistic Revival movement in the USA:
Bishop Barron explains in 30 minutes what is the latest 3-year Eucharistic Revival movement in the USA by the USCCB which aired in May 2023.
Our Sunday Visitor describes adoration in this way:
“Spending time before the Blessed Sacrament in prayer and devotion is exactly the same as spending time before the living God.”
and
“Adoration occurs whenever someone kneels in front of the tabernacle that contains the Blessed Sacrament, genuflects toward a tabernacle, bows before receiving the Blessed Sacrament at Mass, or, in a more focused way, when the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for adoration.”
https://www.eucharisticrevival.org/
RHP CHILDREN’S ROSARY Q and A PODCAST ADVISOR, DONNA-MARIE COOPER O’BOYLE ANNOUNCES NEW BOOK presented by our RHP “BOOKSHELF”
30 MARIAN EUCHARISTIC VISITS: ON ADORATION, PUBLISHED BY EWTN
Amid a wide range of spiritualities and charisms, the saints shared two consistent devotions: love for the Holy Eucharist and love for Our Lady. Here is the book that will immerse you deeply in both and inflame your heart with love for Jesus’ Eucharistic Heart through the heart of His Mother. The relational reflections contained in this volume will restore or increase your faith in the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. They will help you enter into meditation with Jesus and Mary as never before and will open your heart to receive the graces available from the Sacred Mysteries.
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You will be inspired by moving stories of saints such as Faustina, the Fátima children, and Pope John Paul II and will see how to apply them to your daily faith journey. With the chapters modeled on particular virtues in the life of Mary to imitate, these precious pages convey the Church’s teachings on the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, Adoration, Spiritual Communion, and much more. A book review by the Rosary Hour Podcast to follow.
REMINDER TO LINK TO First Saturday Devotion Mass as we celebrate St. Charles Borromeo:
ALSO, 11 a.m. LINK to NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE DIVINE MERCY. https://thedivinemercy.org.
FIRST SATURDAY TALK: OUR LADY OF ZEITOUN (LIVE NOW)
FOOTNOTES
In this talk, Fr. Chris teaches that one can give one plenary indulgence a day for whomever you know who has passed. He notes that “Praying for purification is a great way to make reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus”. He adds that we should “Make this reparation for someone you knew growing up who has died”. When we “Say prayer for dead” we can this week “Ask to make reparation”. He suggests we “Make prayer of honour for the dead to honour God’s mercy, and ask God to remit their temporal punishment”. He suggests: “Go to confession within 20 days (before) or (after)” and “receive Holy Communion for each indulgence”, then “pray for the intentions of the Holy Father”. Finally, “avoid attachment to sin, even venial.” | Nesta palestra, o P. Chris ensina que se pode dar uma indulgência plenária por dia a quem quer que se conheça quem passou. Ele observa que "Orar pela purificação é uma ótima maneira de reparar o Sagrado Coração de Jesus". Ele acrescenta que devemos "fazer essa reparação para alguém que você conheceu quando cresceu e que morreu". Quando "Rezamos pelos mortos" podemos esta semana "Pedir para reparar". Ele sugere que "façamos oração de honra pelos mortos para honrar a misericórdia de Deus e peçamos a Deus que rema o seu castigo temporal". Ele sugere: "Confessar-se dentro de 20 dias (antes) ou (depois)" e "receber a Sagrada Comunhão por cada indulgência", depois "rezar pelas intenções do Santo Padre". Por fim, "evitai o apego ao pecado, mesmo venial".
SEE: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=6623
TAUGHT TO THE 3 CHILDREN IN FÁTIMA 1916 by the ANGEL OF PEACE,
You never know who will walk into your parish and encounter the love of Christ through these wonderful stories. Pray to Bl. Carlos Acutis for guidance on this display, or create a one year Eucharistic devotion project led by children that ends on his Feast day: Oct. 12, 2024.