33 Days to Eucharistic Glory
The call to action of the Catholic mission is to consecrate ourselves to the Holy Eucharist. The book 33 Days to Eucharistic Glory, by Matthew Kelly provides a daily guide to help you set aside time to read and reflect on a commentary around the themes of trust, surrender, believe, and receive.
A consecration is typically a spiritual pilgrimage, a sacred journey with a specific intention, and Kelly’s 33 Days to Eucharistic Glory is a handbook to a pilgrimage you can do from your favorite armchair. Or perhaps think of it as a 33-day mini-retreat! After the gripping introduction, what follows are daily readings, which could take 15 to 20 minutes (or longer if you lingered and perhaps journaled). There is a different theme for each of the four weeks with the final days being the time of surrender. Each day educates, but also inspires, using the astonishing power of the Eucharist.
The emphases of each week are:
Week One: The Eucharist and the Pilgrim
Week Two: The Eucharist and the Saints
Week Three: The Eucharist and You
Week Four: The Eucharist and History
Week Five: The Moment of Surrender
Each day’s read covers a specific topic based on the theme. Each day concludes with a Lesson and a Virtue of the Day: a great recap of the daily read, drilling down the point he had made. And then each day ended with Kelly’s version of the spiritual communion prayer, which by day 33, easily transforms the heart.
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THE JOURNEY STARTS MAY 6 (BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN ANYTIME)
WEEK ONE: THE EUCHARIST AND THE PILGRIM
May 6 DAY 1 JUST PASSING THROUGH
May 7 DAY 2 PILGRIM OR TOURIST?
May 8 DAY 3 THE FOUR LAST THINGS
May 9 DAY 4 THE PURPOSEFUL PILGRIM
May 10 DAY 5 FEAR OF MISSING OUT
Sunday Small Group 10-11 AM
May 11 DAY 6 SIX DEFINING SPIRITUAL MOMENTS
May 12 DAY 7 THE PILGRIM’S VIRTUE
WEEK TWO: THE EUCHARIST AND THE SAINTS
May 13 DAY 8 MOTHER TERESA: SPIRITUAL HABITS
May 14 DAY 9 JOHN PAUL II: PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
May 15 DAY 10 THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX: JESUS IN EVERY TABERNACLE
May 16 DAY 11 MAXIMILIAN KOLBE: NO LOVE WITHOUT SACRIFICE
May 17 DAY 12 THOMAS AQUINAS: THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
Sunday Small Group 10-11 AM
May 18 DAY 13 SISTER FAUSTINA: DON’T DELAY
May 19 DAY 14 MARY: THE POWER OF YES
WEEK THREE: THE EUCHARIST AND YOU
May 20 DAY 15 ALL YOU WHO NEED REST
May 21 DAY 16 HEALER OF MY SOUL
May 22 DAY 17 IS SACRIFICE THE ANSWER?
May 23 DAY 18 THE FRUITS OF THE EUCHARIST
May 24 DAY 19 FIRST, LAST AND ONLY 125
No Small Group due to Memorial Day Weekend
May 25 DAY 20 LOVE REARRANGES OUR PRIORITIES
May 26 DAY 21 OUR DAILY BREAD
WEEK FOUR: THE EUCHARIST AND HISTORY
May 27 DAY 22 A DIFFICULT TEACHING
May 28 DAY 23 THE LAST SUPPER
May 29 DAY 24 THE EARLY CHRISTIANS
May 30 DAY 25 EUCHARISTIC MIRACLES
May 31 DAY 26 YOUR FIRST COMMUNION
Sunday Small Group 10-11 AM
June 1 DAY 27 OUR LADY OF FATIMA 165
June 2 DAY 28 UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
THE FINAL DAYS: THE MOMENT OF SURRENDER
June 3 DAY 29 CALLED TO HOLINESS
June 4 DAY 30 HOLY MOMENTS
June 5 DAY 31 THE WAY OF VIRTUE
June 6 DAY 32 THE PRESENTATION OF JESUS
June 7 DAY 33 TOTALLY YOURS