CV NEWS FEED// Diocese of Lincoln Bishop James D. Conley called the National Eucharistic Congress “a moment of extraordinary grace for the Church here in the United States” in a reflection he made after he attended the Congress.
In a piece published by the National Catholic Register, the Bishop said that the Congress, for him, “was one of the most moving and hopeful experiences in my 39 years as a Catholic priest.”
From the Diocese of Lincoln, there were 200 pilgrims, which included lay people and families, priests, seminarians, and religious sisters.
“It was the Church in all her beauty and diversity,” Bishop Conley explained, further adding that, likewise, the entire Congress represented the beauty and diversity of the Church “in an age of political and ecclesial division.”
The Bishop shared that the Exhibition Hall was one of his favorite parts of the Congress.
“Seemingly, every Catholic apostolate, ministry, religious community, movement, product and entrepreneur was represented,” serving as a beautiful reminder that “the Church is not just alive but full of life,” he said.
He further reflected that as the heart of the Congress was the liturgy, “the source and summit of our faith,” many fruits flowed from the liturgies, including “the palpable community of faith among clerics, religious, consecrated and laity that spontaneously grew out of the common experience.”
The Bishop concluded his reflections by saying that “we have a truly unimaginable gift of Jesus being with us in the Real Presence,” and that his hope and prayer was “that our efforts toward Eucharistic Revival in the Diocese of Lincoln will continue to be a source of grace for all within the diocese and beyond.”
