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PHOTO ESSAY: I’ve seen thousands line the streets, not just for a glimpse, but for adoration — in deserts, cities and mountain valleys. I’ve watched people kneel on concrete, burst into tears, and sing into the night.
The Eucharistic procession passes the cathedral in Los Angeles. (photo: Jeffrey Bruno for National Catholic Register/EWTN News)
LOS ANGELES — “This isn’t a revival, this is a renaissance!” he shouted, as the Eucharistic procession entered the courtyard of the cathedral in downtown Los Angeles.
“Because a revival’s when something’s dead, and this Church certainly ain’t dead!”
I didn’t catch his name. Just his conviction. The videographer standing beside me turned to me, grinned, shrugged his shoulders, and we both laughed.
But the man’s words have haunted me ever since.
A revival is something that gets the blood flowing again. It’s urgent. Loud. Breathless. It has its place.
But what if this is something more?
What if what we’re living through right now isn’t just a comeback ... but a rebirth?
Continued below.
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LOS ANGELES — “This isn’t a revival, this is a renaissance!” he shouted, as the Eucharistic procession entered the courtyard of the cathedral in downtown Los Angeles.
“Because a revival’s when something’s dead, and this Church certainly ain’t dead!”
I didn’t catch his name. Just his conviction. The videographer standing beside me turned to me, grinned, shrugged his shoulders, and we both laughed.
But the man’s words have haunted me ever since.
Revival or Renaissance?
At first, I shrugged it off. We’ve been using the word revival for years now — the National Eucharistic Revival, the Eucharistic Pilgrimage, all of it. And rightly so. Revival is part of our shared language as Catholics and Christians. It conjures up images of tents, preaching, fire, repentance, of souls roused from sleep and hearts reclaimed from despair.A revival is something that gets the blood flowing again. It’s urgent. Loud. Breathless. It has its place.
But what if this is something more?
What if what we’re living through right now isn’t just a comeback ... but a rebirth?
Continued below.
From Revival to Renaissance: What One Man Shouted — and Why It Might Be True About Eucharistic Devotion
PHOTO ESSAY: I’ve seen thousands line the streets, not just for a glimpse, but for adoration — in deserts, cities and mountain valleys. I’ve watched people kneel on concrete, burst into tears, and sing into the night.
