Clergy Resources

A Lenten Resource for Clergy

The National Eucharistic Revival Team has provided the following Preaching Series Guide as a resource to assist priests prepare kerygmatic, Eucharistic homilies during this Lent. Please click the links below to view the document:

• National Eucharistic Revival Preaching Series Guide (English)
• Avivamiento Eucarístico Nacional Guía para la Predicación (Spanish)

National Resources

The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church (PDF)
The 2021 USCCB document on the Eucharist, the doctrinal source text for the Eucharistic Revival.

Priestly Renewal: Eucharistic Revival (PDF)
We are excited to announce that the McGrath Institute for Church Life has prepared this free bilingual program to provide intellectual, pastoral, and practical content for priests during the first year of the Revival.

Instructional Guide on Eucharistic Processions (PDF)
This document provides guidance on the logistical aspects of planning a Eucharistic Procession.

General Intercessions

Sample intercessions for the National Eucharistic Revival provided by the USCCB. Download Here (PDF)

General Instruction of the Roman Missal

View information on the USCCB website.

Papal Documents 

Pope Francis’s Greeting to Organizing Committee of the National Eucharistic Revival in the US.

• Greeting Message
• Apostolic Letter ‘Dies Domini’
• Apostolic Letter ‘Desiderio Desideravi’

Other Papal Documents.

• Pius XII, ‘Mediator Dei’ – Encyclical on the Sacred Liturgy, November 20, 1947
• Paul VI, ‘Mysterium Fidei’ – Encyclical on the Eucharist, September 3, 1965
• John Paul II, ‘Dominicae Cenae’ – Apostolic Letter on Mystery and Worship of the Eucharist, February 24, 1980
• John Paul II, ‘Ecclesia de Eucharistia’ – Encyclical Letter on the Eucharist in its Relationship to the Church, April 17, 2003
• John Paul II ‘Mane Nobiscum Domine’ – Apostolic Letter for the Year of the Eucharist, October 7, 2004
• Benedict XVI, ‘Sacramentum Caritatis’ – Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist as the Source and Summit of the Church’s Life and Mission, February 22, 2007
• John Paul II, ‘Spiritus Et Sponsa’ – On the 40th Anniversary of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, December 4, 2003

International Theological Commission

• The Reciprocity Between Faith and Sacraments in the Sacramental Economy (English)
• La Reciprocidad Entre Fe y Sacramentos en la Economía Sacramental (Spanish)

Prayers

• Praying with the sixth chapter of the Gospel of St. John

“Eucharistic Amazement Planning Ideas”

1. Focus on offering vibrant liturgies and Eucharistic preaching
2. Offer Eucharistic Amazement Adoration opportunities and Reconciliation 
3. Offer a vibrant Corpus Christi celebration
4. Read and Promulgate on Keeping the Lord’s Day Holy (Dies Domini) St. John Paul II
5. Promote sabbath rest and Eucharistic renewal to parishioners and Community
6. Sign up to receive National Eucharistic Revival Updates and inspiration
7. Discuss with other priests any of these suggested texts:
   1. General Instruction of the Roman Missal
   2. The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise by Robert Cardinal Sarah
   3. The Spirit of the Liturgy by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)