Prayer of Eucharistic Ministers

O Heavenly Father, I thank You for calling upon me to serve You and Your people. Help me to be worthy of this extraordinary honor. Let me nourish Your people with the witness of my life, while I feed them with the Body of Christ. Grant Your strength and holiness to all Your Ministers of the Eucharist, and make them worthy to bring Christ to others.

Amen

"When God speaks, things happen. 

God spoke and there was light. God spoke and there was sea and sky, land and plants, animals and man. The gospels tell us that when Christ spoke winds died down, plants died, demons were driven out, people came back to life, and sins were forgiven. 

When God speaks - even if people don't listen - things always happen. 

So when Christ took bread into His hands and proclaimed it His Body or when He took wine and proclaimed it His Blood, something extraordinary happened.  In the same way, when a priest takes bread and wine and utters Christ's words of consecration, through the power of the Holy Spirit, something miraculous happens. Through the priesthood of Jesus Christ, at every single Catholic Mass what looks and tastes like bread and wine is changed into Christ's actual Body and Blood. The bread and wine are not merely symbols of Christ's Flesh and Blood - they ar truly and completely Jesus - Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. 

...The Eucharist is at the center of the Catholic Church. The Eucharist is what it means to be Catholic. The Catechism reminds us that the Eucharist is "the source and summit" of our faith (CCC 1324), meaning that everything we are and everything we do as a Church flows from the Eucharist (source) and moves us toward the Eucharist (summit). "

- "More Than a Symbol" by Mark Hart from Come Adore  

"In every celebration of the Eucharist, there should be a sufficient number of ministers
of Holy Communion so that it may be distributed in a reverent and orderly manner.
All ministers of Holy Communion should show the greatest reverence for the Most Holy Eucharist
              by their demeanor, their attire, and the manner in which they handle the consecrated bread or wine."                                                                                                                  -2010, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

We are incredibly blessed to have an abundant group of Eucharistic Ministers here at St. Ann's Parish. A group tasked with sharing Christ with others. Their role is truly a ministry, as they serve God's sons and daughters.  

If you would like to know about the commissioning of Eucharistic Ministers, please contact Father Curtis at the Rectory Office.