Welcome to the final installment of Eucharist 101! If you’ve made it this far, you’re now part of a small, but growing number of individuals who know the truth about the Sacrament of the Eucharist! It’s true. Sadly, as we’ve mentioned throughout the course, some polls estimate that about 69% of Catholics have never been successfully catechized in even the very basic, 101-level facts about the Eucharist. And that’s what today’s video is about. We switched it up a little bit, so today you won’t hear from Evan and Deacon Robin. Instead you’ll hear from RED-C Radio host Deacon Mike Bouvais and special guest Deacon Dan Lupo, who is a member of the leadership team for the Eucharistic Revival in the Diocese of Austin, Texas. Catholics in the United States are in the middle of a Eucharistic Revival effort spearheaded by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). It started back in 2022 and will conclude in 2024 with a nationwide event in Philadelphia called a Eucharistic Congress. The goal of this Eucharistic Revival? To do what we’ve attempted to do here: Spark a revival in belief, reverence, and love for Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, especially amongst those Catholics who have never been properly taught what the Eucharist is and what it means, and those Christians and non-believers to whom the Eucharist is a foreign idea. RED-C had Deacon Dan Lupo on our local Texas radio show back in 2022 at the very beginning of the Revival to discuss what it is, how various dioceses are approaching efforts to raise awareness about the Eucharist, and how we as believers can get involved to spark a new era in the Church in the United States and worldwide. Listen, learn, get involved, and spread the knowledge you’ve gained in this miniseries with your friends, your family, and anyone God puts in your path. It’s been a pleasure to have you along on this journey, we hope it has served you well. If you have questions or comments about today's video or the course in general, we'd love to hear them! Click Here and leave your name, email address, and question/comment in the form below and we will do our best to respond in a timely manner. Please keep us in your prayers and know that we're praying for you!

RED-C Apostolate is Religious Education for the Domestic Church. Our mission is to help families integrate Catholic teaching into the context of their daily lives, which we accomplish by providing local Catholic radio programming to families in Central Texas and the Brazos Valley, as well as educational opportunities to families and individuals nationwide through events, retreats, podcasts, and online courses. If you learned something from this video or miniseries, please consider sharing it with someone who could use some hope through Jesus Christ! Click Here to share.

It’s a strange time we live in that most people—even professed Christians—don’t really believe in miracles. The majority of civilizations throughout history have believed in miracles. But for some reason, people in the 21st century seem to think they’re too advanced—too enlightened—to believe in miracles. But if miracles do happen… wouldn’t that change everything? Miracles do happen and we can 100% verifiably prove it to you! And not just some amazing phenomenon that happened hundreds of years ago that a Bishop in an obscure country looked at and declared was a miracle, either. Today we'll be discussing Eucharistic Miracles, one of which happened as recently as 2006, another which has been unexplainably preserved for more than 1,000 years, and several of which have undergone extensive scientific testing by organizations as esteemed as the World Health Organization to prove the validity of the miraculous claims! But before we get too excited, we must ask an important question: Why does God perform miracles? Some reasons we know, but others we may never know. One reason God does perform miracles is to spark faith in us, His beloved children. We can often wrestle with the idea of there being an invisible God until we see some sort of proof. Another reason God may choose to perform a miracle is to show that someone, something, or some message He has sent to us is actually from Him, and not an imposter. For example: When Jesus was preaching, healing the sick, and casting out demons among the Jews, some of those who observed his miracles accused him of working for the Devil. To that, Jesus said, “No house divided against itself will stand. And if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself; how, then, will his kingdom stand?” (Matthew 12:25-26) In other words: Look at the miracles I am performing and see the good that is evident in them. God would not allow a false prophet to perform good miracles in His name. And that is why we highlight Eucharistic miracles in today’s video. Time and again throughout history, with no exception in our own times, people have called the validity of the Eucharist into question. “Did Jesus really mean “Eat my flesh and drink my blood?” Or was it merely a metaphor?”   “Is Jesus truly present in the Eucharist as the Church teaches, or is it just a symbol?” The miracles we present in today’s video are just a few out of the hundreds of documented and verified Eucharistic miracles throughout Church history, not to mention the countless miracles experienced by the faithful throughout the centuries. As you watch today's video and begin to research Eucharistic miracles on your own, ask yourself this question: "Why would God perform miracles like these through the Eucharist, if not to show that He is TRULY present in the sacrament as the Church teaches?"

For a larger list of documented Eucharistic and other miracles, Click Here to view Blessed Carlo Acutis’ work, the largest such collection and study of miracles in existence today.

RED-C Apostolate is Religious Education for the Domestic Church. Our mission is to help families integrate Catholic teaching into the context of their daily lives, which we accomplish by providing local Catholic radio programming to families in Central Texas and the Brazos Valley, as well as educational opportunities to families and individuals nationwide through events, retreats, podcasts, and online courses. If you learned something from this video or miniseries, please consider sharing it with someone who could use some hope through Jesus Christ! Click Here to share.

Possibly the single most important thing we can do as believers is question our faith. Woah, what?! It’s true! Questioning is vital. But we cannot simply question—we must seek answers! God is Truth—this is one of His transcendental qualities (God is not just true, He IS Truth itself, and apart from Him truth does not exist). Whatever questions we may have about God, about the teachings of the Church, about worship—about anything—because God is true, there is always an answer if we dig deep enough. What an amazing aspect of our Faith! Today we're going to dive into a number of common questions people have when it comes to the Eucharist—many of which are age-old questions people just like you and I have been asking for centuries! Here's what we'll cover today: 1) Jesus died once, for all, so why do Catholics believe in re-sacrificing him at each Mass? (Or DO they?) 2) Why do Catholics call the Eucharist the "Source and summit of the Christian life"? 3) Why do the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke mention the Eucharist in the Last Supper Discourse, but the Gospel of John does not? Isn’t this evidence that the Eucharist isn’t as important as Catholics seem to believe? 4) Isn’t eating the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ cannibalism? 5) How many times in a day can I receive the Eucharist? These are just a few of the many questions both friends and enemies of Jesus Christ have had about the Eucharist over the centuries. If you have a question that we don’t answer in the video, please write to us and we’ll do our best to connect you to the wisdom of the Catholic Church. Whether we answer your questions here or not, just know that many more questions will come up and that’s a good thing! Just always remember that whatever your question, if you ask the right people or search in the right places, God and His Church will always have an answer, because GOD IS TRUTH! We're so glad to have you on this journey with us! If you have questions or comments about today's video, we'd love to hear them! Click Here to fill out and submit the form, and we'll respond as quickly as we can.

Please keep us in your prayers and know that we're praying for you!

RED-C Apostolate is Religious Education for the Domestic Church. Our mission is to help families integrate Catholic teaching into the context of their daily lives, which we accomplish by providing local Catholic radio programming to families in Central Texas and the Brazos Valley, as well as educational opportunities to families and individuals nationwide through events, retreats, podcasts, and online courses.

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