National Eucharistic Revival Series

We are please to present a series of articles by Fr. Luke Spannagel, National Eucharistic Preacher.

Fr. Luke Spannagel is a member of the team of National Eucharistic Preachers which is part of the National
Eucharistic Revival of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The Mission of the Revival is “To renew the Church by enkindling a living relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist.”

Having recently served as the pastor of St. Mary and Sacred Heart Churches in Rock Island, Illinois, Fr. Luke currently
assists at St. Mary’s Cathedral and the Heart of Peoria Parishes in downtown Peoria, IL.

As Fr. Luke has shared, “Being with Jesus in the Eucharist is where I feel most at peace and where I feel most
myself. I never wonder if I should be doing something else—I always feel the peaceful conviction that there is
no better place I can be at that moment. Being in His presence helps me see clearly that I am loved and that He
has given everything for me. It is where I am renewed in strength when I falter and where I receive the
strength to do whatever He asks of me each day. My time with Jesus in the Mass and in Adoration is always
the best part of my day.”

Part One – Holy Water and Sacramentals

Part TWO – GENUFLECTION

Part THREE – SILENCE BEFORE MASS

Part Four – OPENING HYMN

Part FIVE – ALTAR KISS

Part SIX – SIGN OF THE CROSS

Part SEVEN – gREETING

Part EIGHT – PENITENTIAL ACT

Part NINE – FORMS OF PENITENTIAL ACT

Part TEN – PENITENTIAL ABSOLUTION

Part Eleven – PENITENTIAL ABSOLUTION

Part TWELVE – COLLECT

Part THIRTEEN – LITURGY OF THE WORD

Part FOURTEEN – LISTENING TO GOD’S WORD

Part FIFTEEN – Responsorial Psalm

Part SIXTEEN – THE FIRST READING

Part SEVENTEEN – THE SECOND READING

Part EIGHTEEN – RESPONSE AFTER READINGS

Part NINETEEN – Alleluia

Part TWENTY – GOSPEL

Part TWENTY-One – THE FOUR GOSPELS

Part TWENTY-TWO – THE HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS

Part TWENTY-THREE – THE “FIFTH GOSPEL”

Part TWENTY-FOUR – THE HOMILY

Part TWENTY-FIVE – A DEEPER Look At THE HOMILY

Part TWENTY-SIX – HOW TO ENGAGE WITH THE HOMILY

Part TWENTY-SEVEN – THE CREED

Part TWENTY-EIGHT – THE CREED AS PROFESSION OF FAITH

Part TWENTY-NINE – THE CREED AS PROFESSION OF FAITH IN THE TRINITY

Part THIRTY – INTERCESSIONS

Part THIRTY-ONE – The Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist

Part THIRTY-TWO – The Parts of the Liturgy of the Eucharist

Part THIRTY-THREE – ALTAR SETUp

Part THIRTY-FOUR – COLLECTION AND PROCESSION

Part THIRTY-FIVE – OFFERTORY WATER AND WINE

Part THIRTY-SIX – BREAD AND WINE

Part THIRTY-SEVEN – SILENT, HUMBLE, CONTRITE

Part THIRTY-EIGHT – INCENSE

Part THIRTY-NINE – INCENSE: A VISION OF HEAVEN

Part FORTY – WASHING OF HANDS