Eucharistic Consecration!

This is the first ever guide to Eucharistic Consecration. Of course, as Catholics, we’ve consecrated ourselves to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to numerous titles of Our Lady, to various saints, to the Miraculous Medal, and to the Holy Trinity, but never have we consecrated ourselves to the Eucharist. In this the final year of the National Eucharistic Revival, the year of Mission (July 2024-June 2025), this would be a good time to make this a consecration a priority, and 33 Days to Eucharistic Glory book with your St. Patrick Community will provide an easy path toward that end.

CONSECRATION DAY:  HOLY THURSDAY, INSTITUTION OF THE EUCHARIST, ST. PATRICK’S COMMUNITY WILL CONSECRATE TO THE EUCHARIST AT THE HOLY THURSDAY MASS.

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A consecration is typically a spiritual pilgrimage, a sacred journey with a specific intention, and Kelly’s 33 Days to Eucharistic Glory is a handbook to a pilgrimage you can do from your favorite armchair. Or perhaps think of it as a 33-day mini-retreat! After the gripping introduction briefly described above, what follows are daily readings, which could take 15 to 20 minutes (or longer if you lingered and perhaps journaled). There is a different theme for each of the four weeks with the final days being the time of surrender. Each day educates, but also inspires, using the astonishing power of the Eucharist.

The emphases of each week are:

Week One: The Eucharist and the Pilgrim

Week Two: The Eucharist and the Saints

Week Three: The Eucharist and You

Week Four: The Eucharist and History

Week Five: The Moment of Surrender

Each day’s read covers a specific topic based on the theme.  Each day concludes with a Lesson and a Virtue of the Day: a great recap of the daily read, drilling down the point he had made. And then each day ended with Kelly’s version of the spiritual communion prayer, which by day 33, easily transforms the heart:

Jesus,
I believe that You are truly present
In the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist.
Every day I long for more of You.
I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot receive You sacramentally at this moment,
I invite You to come and dwell in my heart.
May this spiritual communion increase my desire for the Eucharist.
You are the healer of my soul.
Take the blindness from my eyes,
The deafness from my ears,
The darkness from my mind,
And the hardness from my heart.
Fill me with the grace, wisdom, and courage to do Your will in all things.
My Lord and my God, draw me close to You, nearer than ever before. Amen.

 

Surrender and let God do the work.

This consecration is an invitation to offer yourself to God, to be 100 percent available to carry out His will. It’s an opportunity to set aside distractions and selfishness, and to dedicate yourself wholeheartedly to God’s will, promising to faithfully respond to God’s graces. It will change your view of the Eucharist, but it will also change your view of yourself and your response to God’s call. As Matthew Kelly says, The spiritual life is not about what we are doing. It’s about what God is doing in us, through us, and with us—when we surrender and make ourselves available to Him. (p. 43)

Your 33 Days can be done individually or as a family OR JOIN A SMALL GROUP!  We can help you find a group – click on the hyperlink and fill out the form.

We would love to answer your questions.  Please email Linda at lmabel-thomas@st-patricks.org