Last weekend, the parish engaged in a Eucharistic Consecration to Jesus Christ. After 33 days of prayer, reflection, and preparation, it has hopefully begun a deeper engagement with Jesus in the Eucharist. Author Matthew Kelly and Dynamic Catholic provided the following 10 Ways to make the Most of your Consecration <theeucharist.org/5>. Perhaps, you will find them helpful as you continue to go deeper each day.
- Spend 10 Minutes in the Classroom of Silence
- Experience the Power of a Holy Hour [HF has Adoration 1st & 3rd Wednesdays from 9a to 9p]
- Go deeper with Journaling [I would especially encourage this before the Tabernacle or Monstrance.]
- Create Holy Moments – “Single moment(s) in which you open yourself to God [and] make yourself available to Him.”
- Help Catholics in our area encounter Jesus in the Eucharist
- Join a Small Root Group (or start your own!) – reach out to Kristina Seipel if interested.
- Plan Your Consecration Day (Ok, I already did this for you last weekend on Feb 2)
- Seek Healing in Confession – Tues 5:30-5:55p, Sat 8:30-9a, Sat 4-4:55p, Sun 5-5:55p
- Renew Your Consecration (annually, on the Presentation of the Lord – Feb 2)
- Become a Eucharistic Missionary® - As we help people to know Jesus, help them to know Jesus in the Eucharist, the Mass, the Church.
Lenten – Adoration & Mission
As we move into February, it feels like we should be starting Lent. As you know, Easter is particularly late this year, and so too is the start of Lent. Ash Wednesday is March 5th! Even with its later start, we in the parish are starting to prepare for Lent. Two big things that are on the horizon are our annual Lenten Eucharistic Adoration and a Parish Mission. John K Beaulieu from Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH will be presenting a 3-night Parish mission from Monday to Wednesday March 10-13th to help focus our parish family as we move into Lent. The Mission is titled: Led by the Holy Spirit.
In addition to the 10 Ways above, a great way to grow in your devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist is to commit to an hour each week during Lent and Octave of Easter. This is the 7th year that Holy Family has undertaken our extended Adoration during Lent. You could say it’s our “Sabbath” year, and where better to rest on the Sabbath than with the Lord of the Sabbath Himself truly, really, sacramentally Present in the Eucharist. There are digital and in-person sign-ups open now. We have always filled the some 100 required spots. But if you have never committed to a Lenten Holy Hour, make this Your Year! You will not regret it. You will greatly benefit by it. You will grow to love it, and more importantly, Him! I’m a firm believer that one cannot give what one does not have. And if you want to be an agent of the Gospel, of the Holy Spirit, of Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, of the Eucharistic Christ in the world, then you must first be filled with the Gospel, the Holy Spirit, Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, all from the Eucharistic Christ. Imagine if our parish did not just squeak by with 100 committed adorers, but had a superabundance of them, say 200, 400, or 600 adorers. Can you imagine the impact on the parish, on the lives of our parishioners, on our Holy Family family?!
Walk with One
- Identify someone in a spirit of humility.
- Intercede for that person
in Communion with the Holy Spirit - Interact with that person
in Eucharistic Friendship. - Invite this person on a path suitable to them.
Nothing Less than saints for the Holy Family of God.
Holy Family, Living Eucharistic Missionaries, Pray for us.
~ Fr Jeremy M. Gries