As the parish year of the National Eucharistic Revival began, faith communities from the Riverside Vicariate of the Diocese came together on July 22 for a Eucharistic procession led by Bishop Alberto Rojas, 13 priests and 5 deacons.
Despite the nearly 100-degree weather, about 600 faithful parishioners of St. Catherine of Alexandria, the host parish, and several others from the Riverside Vicariate joined together to walk in prayer and reverence while the Bishop and several pastors took turns leading with the Blessed Sacrament held aloft in a monstrance.
The procession started at 9 a.m. at St. Catherine of Alexandria, moving East on Arlington Ave, stopped, then headed South through the Riverside Medical Center parking lot, then finally moved Northwest along Brockton Ave until they reached back to St. Catherine Church. One of the priests leading the procession was Father Theodore Drennan, pastor of St. Thomas The Apostle Church and Vicar Forane for the Riverside Vicariate.
“It’s beautiful because Christ is there, he is present,” Maria Crystal Guerrero, parishioner, St. Francis of De Sales, Riverside said.
The Eucharistic Procession was to honor the current parish year of the National Eucharistic Revival, a movement to restore understanding and devotion to this great mystery here in the United States by helping us renew our worship of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist…..
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Many blessings to Bishop Alberto Rojas and the entire community that took part in this procession. We need more Eucharistic processions throughout California and across the country.
Eucharistic warriors all. And they would have known to offer it up. Thanks folks.
Sorry, but the word warrior is absolutely inappropriate.
The Eucharistic Procession was to honor the current parish year of the National Eucharistic Revival, a movement to restore understanding and devotion to this great mystery here in the United States by helping us renew our worship of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
“Sorry, but the word warrior is absolutely inappropriate.” Oh really? The holy apostle Paul tells Timothy to “Suffer hardship with me as a good soldier of Christ Jesus” (See II Tim 2:3-4). Also I Tim 1:18: “…that you may fight the good fight.” So on what grounds do you consider the warrior imagery inappropriate? In other words, explain to me the contradiction between the imagery of soldiers in battle and the task of restoring devotion to the Eucharist, that is, the reclaiming of territory (metaphorically speaking) that Satan has conquered and which needs to be (metaphorically) reconquered?
I think it was irresponsible to do this in such heat. Some “sacrifices” are ill-advised. Risking heat stroke is one of them. Schedule this kind of thing for when the weather will be milder.
If it’s comfortable it’s not a sacrifice.
That is not true.
Fine. Let’s remove air conditioning and heating from churches, then.
“”That is not true.” Then please give a counterexample, that is, a sacrifice that is comfortable– and you will have proved your point.
Your daily duties.
As the song says, “I’ll give you my sacrifice of praise.” That’s comfortable.
“I think it was irresponsible to do this in such heat.” Well, people can decide for themselves whether or not they are able to do this and 600 or so said yes. It sounds as if they knew their limitations and acted accordingly.
Dan: In 1338 the Reliquary was the first time carried in procession on the day of Corpus Christi. This is the first official procession of which there is any record. All Eucharistic Processions are blessings to those taking part and their communities.