Woman of the Eucharist

Woman of the Eucharist
Our 2023 Theme

Our Lady of Guadalupe and her association with the Eucharistic Revival

“As we continue in these years of Eucharistic Revival, let us also grow in Guadalupan reverence, humility, praise, and gratitude. Let us ask Our Lady to teach us to love Jesus as she does. Let us implore Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas and Star of the New Evangelization, who has been chosen as the Patroness of the National Eucharistic Revival, to heal us of those things that afflict and hurt us so that we may be united in Jesus. May we kneel in adoration of her Son, that our hearts and minds may be raised to heaven. Through Mary, let us come more deeply to Jesus! Totus Tuus. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us!” (Fr. Tim Oudenhoven, USCCB)
 

• She is the Eucharistic Woman
   
• She doesn't show up alone; She brings Jesus, Our Lord, in her immaculate womb.
   
• The center of her message is Jesus Christ, Our Lord.
   
• The center of the sacred house she desires is Jesus Christ, Our Lord.
   
• Our Lady of Guadalupe is the true Tabernacle of Jesus Christ; Why? Because she had Jesus Christ in her womb
   
• She brings with her none other than Jesus, who has offered His body and everything so that we may be saved.
   
• Our Lady of Guadalupe would say: "It's not your heart, it's not your blood that is supposedly feeding the cosmos; no, it is my Son who saves you."
   
• She is the Eucharistic Woman, entirely centered on Jesus Christ.
   
• She puts Jesus into the heart of every human being beyond cultures, languages, and traditions.
   
• She puts Jesus in the human heart; that is enculturation.
   
• This new civilization of God's love centered on the Eucharist.
   
• Our Lady of Guadalupe wants to reveal the mercy of her Son that we have a God who is merciful.
   
• She helps us to become more attuned to the hidden presence of her Son in every way He is present to us, especially His hidden presence in the Blessed Sacrament, in the Eucharist.
   
• I believe that the Virgin of Guadalupe teaches us to recognize Christ where He is hidden as He is hidden in her womb. She helps us recognize Him in other places where He is hidden in the human person, especially in the poor and vulnerable.
   
• To have that devotion to Our Lady is to love her Son, Jesus Christ. This union is essential.
   
• The Eucharistic revival that is taking place in our country is significant as well because we cannot separate the love for the Virgin from the love for the Eucharist, the love for Jesus Christ, her Son.
   
• Mary of Guadalupe doesn't come just to see us; she does not come just to visit us; she came to stay - to live with us forever.
   
• "I want and so much desire a sacred little house to make Him manifest to praise Him," and through her, Jesus fulfills His promise when He says, "I am with you always until the end of time."
   
• Our Lady of Guadalupe and its message of Eucharistic devotion can transform lives.

SOURCE: Msgr. Eduardo Chávez, postulator for the cause of St. Juan Diego and co-author of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mother of the Civilization of Love.Joining along are Bishops Joe Vásquez of the Diocese of Austin, Texas; Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas; Bishop Bryan Bayda of the Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada, and the Sisters of Life.