At the 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday, July 13, I spoke in my homily about the Gospel – how all of us, in some way, are called like the apostles to go into the world to preach the good news of repentance, healing and hope. After I got home, the events in Butler, Pennsylvania, changed everything.
The average Catholic in the pew hearing the term “Eucharistic missionary” might think this is a special role in the Church, performed by well-trained holy people in some far-flung region. And yet, every Catholic is called to be a Eucharistic missionary.