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What is a Eucharistic Missionary?

A Eucharistic missionary is someone who believes in the True Presence of the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and will dedicate him/herself to pray more, participate in, and promote the Year of the Eucharist. Our diocese is creating opportunities for Catholics to become Eucharistic missionaries who know, understand, and experience Christ’s presence and love in the Blessed Sacrament and want to share it.

“This is Jesus’ greatest gift to us, the Eucharist, so we want to make sure that when we’re sharing Jesus, we’re sharing the truth about how we can enter into relationship with him through the Eucharist.” 

The Eucharist is Christ’s greatest gift to the Church. It is His self-gift to His disciples. It is a call to oneness in the fellowship of the Triune God. It brings into existence a ‘communion of believers’ and it does not stop around the Eucharistic Table or within the confines of the physical church.  As believers who are united with Christ, we are exhorted not only to go out and make Him known to the world but to spring into action, to seek out the suffering and the poor.

What does a Eucharistic Missionary do?

Missionaries are asked to do three things: pray, participate and promote.

Pray: Commit to praying an additional 1% of your day - that’s just 15 minutes. This can be done at home, in front of the Blessed Sacrament, by going to Mass, or reading Scripture, etc.

Participate: Commit to helping plan and/or attending Year of the Eucharist events at the parish, in the diocese, a shrine(s), and ecclesial community.

Promote: Commit to witnessing to the power of the Eucharist in your life. You can do this a few different ways.  By giving/sharing your witness (talk) with others at the parish, in the community, among friends, and/or at a faith formation gathering. Write something for the bulletin; make a picture to hang up at home.  Spread the word about the Year of the Eucharist when called upon by the Holy Spirit.

To help your formation, sign up for the ‘Heart of Revival Newsletter.’  It is the simplest way to stay connected to what the National Eucharistic Revival is all about.  There are dynamic weekly reflections, videos, and resources from trusted voices in every corner of the Church designed to help you enkindle, rekindle, and deepen a living relationship with Jesus in the Eucharist.

Learn more at www.eucharisticrevival.org 




Author Bio:
Deacon Dan Vaughn