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What’s Missing in the Eucharistic Revival, by Ryan Patrick Budd – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

What’s Missing in the Eucharistic Revival, by Ryan Patrick Budd

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Ryan Patrick Budd is a scholar in residence and research assistant to Dr. Scott Hahn at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, and author of the forthcoming book Salvation Stories: Family, Failure, and God’s Saving Work in Scripture from Emmaus Road Publications.

Without a sincere note of repentance for not only our sins but the sins of previous generations of Catholics, we stand very little chance of experiencing the genuine renewal our nation so desperately needs.

The idea of a national Eucharistic revival is a great thing. We can and should emphasize the Eucharist, the “source and summit” of the Catholic faith (Sacrosanctum Concilium 11, 14). We can and should bear witness to our faith that the Eucharist truly is the presence of Christ, and everything that presence means.

But there is a note missing in the national discussion, which precedents of renewal in Scripture can help us see and, perhaps, remedy. To see this, we can turn to the much-neglected books of Ezra-Nehemiah, which record various attempts to restore Israel after the Babylonian Exile. …

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