The Year of the Eucharist - Diocese of Jackson

         As I mentioned in an earlier post, this year we are observing the Year of the Eucharist in our Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi as declared by Bishop Joseph Latino.  Not only is our diocese having many events throughout the year, but each parish is having different events to commemorate and observe this year, which began on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ on June 26, 2011. 

Right now I am reading the newest book by Father Ron Rolhesier, entitled Our One Great Act of Fidelity: Waiting for Christ in the Eucharist.  Father Rolheiser happens to be one of my favorite Catholic authors. He ends his book on the Eucharist with several of St Augustine's homilies on the Eucharist, linking us to the tradition of the early Church fathers and mothers.  So many of us Catholics take the Eucharist for granted, not recognizing all of the dimensions of Christ’s real presence in the Eucharist, not allowing the Eucharist to have a real affect on the way we live our lives.  There are a lot of good books and materials out there helping to catechize the faithful about the real presence in the Eucharist.  Our adult Sunday school class in Yazoo City will start going over Rolheiser’s book in a couple of weeks after we finish viewing Father Robert Barron’s DVD on the Eucharist.