What’s Next? An invitation from Bishop James F. Checchio

“With the closing of the National Eucharistic Congress, we are being asked to turn our attention to the third and most important of the three phases of the National Eucharistic Revival: The Year of Mission. Following on the heels of the Year of Preparation and the Year of Parish Revival, not to mention the first-ever National Eucharistic Pilgrimage and the National Eucharistic Congress, the Year of Mission is intended to enkindle a missionary fire in the heart of our nation, to bring someone back to our Eucharistic Lord or heighten our understanding of His coming to us in this special way. …
 
“To aid us in this effort, I am asking that all of us participate in the ‘Walk With One Initiative.’ This initiative revolves around four simple steps:
1) Identify someone in a spirit of humility whom you would like to invite into a deeper relationship with our Eucharistic Lord
2) Intercede for that person in communion with the Holy Spirit
3) Connect in Eucharistic friendship by inviting them to Mass or Eucharistic Adoration with you and
4) Invite that person into a commitment to Jesus in the Eucharist. We all know people whom we wish the
Lord to work more fully in their lives, so let’s assist our Lord in reaching them. …
 
”I trust that your pastors will share more information about this important initiative in the days and weeks ahead, and our Office for Evangelization will be sharing more information on this, but I wanted to encourage you, personally, to ‘walk with one person’ during this Year of Mission. Pope Francis has been encouraging us to grow in the ‘art of accompaniment’ and this is one way to concretely do that with another person. Let us not lose this graced moment. As Pope Francis recently also reminded us, sharing the faith is the ‘oxygen’ that ‘invigorates and purifies’ Christian life. As we approach 2025, The Year of Jubilee, let us work together to unleash a new missionary chapter in the history of our diocesan Church.”
 
To learn more about this initiative, as well as the four stages of spiritual companionship that are at the heart of this effort, please go to https://www.eucharisticrevival.org/walk-with-one and download the Walk With One guide (which is available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese)