The Eucharist Problem 

My 15 year old son spent 90min last night in Eucharist Adoration with a group of about 30 teenagers. Don't loose hope Father!

Prays for Bishop Barron, his skills shine in defense of the Blessed Sacrament!All Bishops today need a centering in the Eucharist!

Bishop Barron, I so appreciate your videos! My non Catholic husband is now listening at times and he really resonates with what you are saying. This venue is great. IN the spirit of Bishop Sheen, you are using the media expertly and in an inspired way. Thank you!!

Our ancestors used to walk for miles to go to a church to attend Mass and would do whatever it took to get a priest. They had Eucharistic processions from house to house.

When I was a young altar boy, we were blessed with a priest who, despite his flaws, had a deep reverence for the Holy Eucharist. One Sunday morning after the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, as everyone was leaving and talking as they walked out, they were louder than usual. Fr. walked out of the sacristy to the front of the steps ascending to the altar and, with every bit of sternness short of losing his temper, declared "Even though the Mass is over this is still the House of the Lord, not some pool hall! (pointing to the tabernacle) Jesus Christ is still present in the Blessed Sacrament, so please hold it down!" In an instant, he demonstrated just how much the Eucharist is *not* just a symbol. God bless him for that example.

In our parish in Russia we were in Eucharistic Vigil on eve of Assumption of Virgin Mary. It started at 8 pm and ended after Midnight. Can't say there were many people who participated, but the church was not empty as well. So can agree with other commenters: don't lose hope!

Like the 'Year of Mercy', we need a year of 'Jesus, truly present in the Eucharist'.

Thank you for the amazing work you both do Brandon & Bishop Barron

Even as a Protestant I believed that the bread and cup WAS the body and blood. But it's obvious we aren't drinking physical blood and chewing on real human flesh. However God can call anything what he wants. So if Jesus says the wine and wafers ARE his body and blood, then that's what it is. Great video.

Really shocked at the results of this survey. It was because of the reality of the Eucharist according to the church fathers that brought me from being a Baptist Deacon into the Catholic Church. Everything else flowed from there and justified the losses I had to make the move. You are so right about the importance of teaching and teach what the Fathers taught. No Protestant or non conformist that I have met has ever read that this was the original belief and when they do ...wow - God bless you for all your work!

Lex orandi lex credendi. How you pray is how you believe. When the most important prayer the church has, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, had been watered down so much it's no wonder that people don't believe in the real presence. Obviously the problem is deeper than just the liturgy, but that's a huge part of it.

"...stop dumbing it down, ... " Amen to that. One dimensional theologic teaching as a kid was the core to why I stopped going to church(and since begun remedying)

I signed up for RCIA five years ago, as an Anglican, primarily because of the Real Presence, rather than merely the notion of a symbol. I knew I deeply needed the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ. Despite the heresies and the diabolic infiltration of the Church, I have never regretted my conversion, and I continue to hold with profound joy to this amazing, life-giving Gift of God's self. I share my experience with as many young Catholics as I can. They have been sold short for many decades.

Wow I was so extremely blessed hearing this interview today and Bishop Barron overwhelming devotion to Jesus in the Holy Eucharist!! As so much of the world falls apart around us I always think of just clinging to Jesus there in the tabernacle so I don’t get washed away with the crowd. What a comfort to know our Bishop has his sheep’s backs on promoting love of devotions such as adoration. I taught my 2 kids exactly as suggested w/o any real teaching or support from my parish or fellow Catholics. But figured I’d be a weirdo to them, but Jesus is our love & we need to show Him our devotion back by how we use our bodies in reverence toward His presence in Church. Amen 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🙏🏼great session thank you!!

It is a problem with the catechism. The church consider who is teaching catechism and how they understand the teaching of the church. If you have a catechist who does not understand the teaching then the result will be ignorance

Thank you for this video. I appreciate the clarity. Clarity around difficult subjects are sometimes hard and not what you want to hear but in the end, always more helpful then skirting the issue.

The Catholics in the "pews" know better...we will never give up our love of Jesus in the Eucharist. The people out there being polled are part of the apathy out there. It is so sad. But you are right, we need to discuss the real presence of Christ, dispelling this modern myth.

"When you lose the pious devotional practices behind a belief, the belief soon after evanesces." Your Eminence, I believe this is exactly where people point to the Novus Ordo as a root cause of this crisis. Not that it necessarily is less reverent, but that it allows for irreverence and the loss of pious devotional practices more than the Tridentine Mass does. As far as I've argued that the Novus Ordo is related to the loss of belief, this is the basis of the argument that I have made.

I grew up from Vietnam. I wasn't taught reading the bible, we mimick our elders. Do I get taught that God is present in the Eucharist? No. As I learn from word on fire and others that I come to believe the present of God in the Eucharist. I didn't even learn how to behave at the tabernacle. As I journey as a Catholic, I believe he is there to the point when my husband was fighting cancer , we wanted to received God in the Eucharist just to get his touch, his healings and his love. I can't imagine how we live without Eucharist. Keep communicate, teaching and I will do my best to teach my kids and my grand kids

Very few Eucharistic Vigil held in parishes will result in forgetting the Real Presence of Jesus.

Thanks a Million for taking up the Topic again, in detail.

A-D-O-R-A-T-I-O-N of The Blessed Sacrament WILL change your life!!

Then why move the tabernacle to the side where it is out of sight???

I agree about the tabernacle not being on view, too many changes in the church,very sad.

Great conversation about the reasons for the falling away of belief. Especially the lessons of the family. So important for the foundation of the faith.

We genuflect ay our church and I sense strong reverence for the Eucharist...

Thank you Bishop for discussing this critical issue. I would only suggest something from my own observations over the years. After V11, the Mass and churches went under great change. Churches built afterwards seem to be a certain "dumbing down of Church structures" including the moving of the tabernacle off the main alter to either a side alter or even into separate space or behind the main alter. No longer front and center. Just a thought!

I would like to see a survey on how many Catholics know/don't know that skipping weekly Mass and Holy Days of Obligation are mortal sins and require Confession BEFORE receiving the Eucharist again. Also, how many Catholics receive the Eucharist without going to Confession for months or years.

When I was a child in the 50's and 60's only perhaps a third of the congregation went to communion. Now virtually everyone does, even though few go regularly to confession. What's wrong with this picture?

It is very sad when Catholics stop listening to Jesus Christ when He is teaching us a true lesson. This is my body ,this is my blood .Do this in memory of Me. Should be taken as true. Not as a fairy tale.

Sixty one years old , just now found out about the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, my Lord , my God , I love you. Bishop Barron, don’t ever stop !

I can't tell you how many obedient evangelicals have become Catholics from Jesus' words in John 6:53-59.

I am looking at becoming a Catholic and it stems from my understanding of what the early church believed too. If I was to convert to Rome, I would be leaving a church which seems to want to reinvent itself every few years. In my opinion at least, there are certain immutable truths that stem from our Immutable God and we try to change or compromise them at our peril. That's not to say that there aren't plenty of opportunities to embrace the arts and culture in the church but the key doctrines from the early days of Christianity itself are preserved and enshrined by the church through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. To that end I pray for God's blessing to rest upon all who seek him in spirit and truth. May I also thank everyone from the WoF team as I am learning a lot about the Catholic faith from Bishop Barron and the team.

The Eucharist was one of the main reasons I wanted to become a part of the Catholic Church. The real presence of Christ, body and blood in this Blessed Sacrament ! I could take communion in almost any Protestant church... just a religious symbol.

Bishop Barron, it isn't just that people haven't been catechized, though surely that has been a big part of it, but I know friends who were catechized the same as me, yet the belief they had as younger people, has been given up in order (seemingly) to be more like our protestant "brethren". It's very disturbing to see, but so many Catholic churches no longer look or feel Catholic, which makes me think Mass no longer "feels" Catholic. I believe you're correct about people acting less Catholic, losing the actions of belief. It's so difficult to see people willing to give up such a miraculous event while accepting something so much more inferior.

Your excellency, I agree wholeheartedly that there has been a lack of catechisms. But as you pointed out in your lament of the lack of genuflection, there have been numerous liturgical changes in the post conciliar Church that bespeak a lack of reverence and belief in the Real Presence and nature of mass as The Sacrifice of Calvary. I list them here: That Jesus is present in all the sacraments not just the Eucharist (diffusing real presence), that everyone’s a priest not just “the” priest (diffusing the sacramental confection), that the altar is really a table communal meal not a sacrifice (making the mass an offering of thanksgiving not the sacrifice of Christ to the father), That you can receive on the hand while standing (reducing reverence and the substantial presence in each particle), that Eucharistic ministers can give communion (diminishing priests unique mediation and consecration for confecting and distributing the Eucharist), moving the tabernacle from the altar to a side room (emphasizing the communal meal from the true enthronement of Christ in the Eucharist), The abolishment of ad orientam (emphasizing communal meal to the detriment of true sacrifice), adding three Eucharistic prayers out of thin air (all of them have much less notions of sacrifice, propitiation, and true presence), enforcing across the board vernacular instead of latin (reducing piety and unity of Roman rite), allowing women to be lectors, Eucharistic ministers, and altar servers (never previously allowed), the abolishment of the Roman Canon (the Eucharistic prayer the priest alone says) being always said in a low voice but now being said aloud so everyone can hear (directly violating the anathema of canon 7 of the 23rd council of Trent), allowing concelebration, etc.

Bad catechesis is probably the biggest cause. I went to Catholic school for 6 years (middle through high school) and only heard a single time from any teacher that the Church teaches that it has the full light of truth, a statement which both shocked and angered a large fraction of my senior-year class, most of whom had attended that school since kindergarten! I do not understand why so many are convinced that veils and Latin are going to tell kids what no one is telling them.

You are right, the people do say, "We don't believe the teachings." I am not denying that there has been bad catechesis, but there are people for hundreds of years who didn't have good catechesis but still believed vehemently in the Real Presence. Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi. The experience of the people during liturgy must come first and foremost, before catechesis. Otherwise, it is like teaching one thing in the classroom only for the student to go back home and experience a different reality from their parents. And that is on us as priests. If we preach and teach the Real Presence ardently, but our liturgical reverence is lacking, we are hypocrites. We need incense, we need keeping the canonical digits together, we need beautiful and worthy liturgical vessels/altars/tabernacles. Your Student and Friend, Fr. Dan Weger

Amazingly well done!! And there are young folks slowly but surely rising up with FIERCE devotion to the Eucharist 💗

Now that we do not have masses regularly, I am really hungry for the body of Christ: The Eucharist.

Never will anyone go wrong listening to Bishop Barron You will learn think,understand clearly GOD SEND HIM TO GIVE TRUTH ABOUT WHATEVER SUJECT HE SPEAKS ABOUT. WOW IS HE A GIFT TO US ALL OR WHAT!!!!!?

You're not excluding yourself from the problem of poor evangelization...that's great, that's humble, but... It was through men like you, who so eloquently, and passionately, and tirelessly, and consistently define Catholic teaching, that I and so many got to grow in my faith and love for the Eucharist. THE EUCHARIST IS TRULY THE SUBSTANCE OF THE BODY AND BLOOD, SOUL AND DIVINITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE ACCIDENTS OF BREAD AND WINE!

Thanks Very much Bishop Barron , again! . I'm in the middle of reading Brant Pitre's "Jesus and the Hebrew roots of the Eucharist " at your suggestion and it's sparked in me so many lightbulb moments that I will share this and your video within my social circle. As someone who has discovered the richness of our faith through the Neocatechumenal Way , I am saddened by the state of the level of faith of our youth. Wish I could do something for them

I appreciate your teachings so much Bishop Barron and all the team at Word on Fire. I agree with your assessment of the non belief in the real presence. We need better catechesis and I believe with better understanding and faith reverence of the Eucharist is a natural consequence. Sadly no wonder our church is struggling right now. Lord have mercy....

When are Catholic priests going to accept the fact that the most important focus of their ministries should be to save the souls of humanity? Congregants long to be challenged and informed on doctrinal issues from the pulpit. Let us begin by placing the tabernacle so that it is undoubtedly the focal point in the church.

I am a 57 year old cradle Catholic and I too struggle with the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, I try to take it entirely on faith, but the doubt is constant and it bothers me greatly. I'm often jealous of those who believe deep in their souls and the joy they and even ecstasy they feel about partaking if this Sacrament. One of the things I blame this on is the total lack of Catachesis in my youth. I have queried many in my age group, those who have left the Church and the few I find in my parish and they have the same lack of knowledge of our religion as I do, even with 8 years of weekly CCD classes growing up. I call us the lost generation

Excellent explanation of the Eucharist thank you Bishop Barron!

great discussion as always. Around the time of this video my priest had implemented a perptual prayer at mass during the petitions: "For a true and abiding reverence in our parish for the Real Presence of Jesus Christ -- body, blood, soul, and divinity -- in the most Blessed Sacrament." We have been praying for it ever since. I think it makes it much more difficult to misunderstand after such repetition, not to mention my pastor does not shy away from preaching any truth of the faith. Thanks for the videos Bishop, and God bless you.

We need the Priest to focus on the Eucharist. A great way is to put the Tabernacle back in the center of the Church. Then teach them of the Eucharist. The Eucharist one of the most important aspects of the Catholic Church, without it were just another Protestant denomination.

"Ladies and gentleman, Our Lord Jesus Christ is present" Love this introduction just before the Holi Mass on Sunday..,? thanks for your time and teaching experience.God bless you and your wise crowd.

Thanks you so much. For this nice and wonderful teaching, Your grace. May God bless you always.

Thank you so much for this. I have been working so much and rushing so much that my sense of reverence even in church has been skewed. I know now that I MUST find a way to get to Adoration and build it into my schedule. Also, I'm realizing that I can no longer just bow from the waist when I should genuflect. I have been telling myself that because my knee is bad I should just bow. But I see very elderly people in the parish genuflect, sometimes with great effort. Surely I can make this little sacrifice. Thank you both Bishop Baron and Brandon for the wonderful work that you do.

And what fostered this poor cathechesis? The question of TLM vs NO aside: Where are our communion rails? Why are we receiving (and trained by catechists to receive) in the hand? And doesn't it seem we abuse the indult for lay eucharistic ministers beyond it's own admissible conditions? Irreverence has been allowed to be institutionalized in our Church! How shameful. Yes, catechize more clearly, but to your own point, Eminence, PRACTICE more clearly. Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi. Liturgy is it's own catechism. If the sheep are to be more reverent, then the shepherds must lead us there most fundamentally by means of the liturgy!

Wearing a chapel veil at mass can be a beautiful and reverent way of honouring Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament.

How sad this problem we have in the church, I pray to the Mother of God for the grace of God to direct us to the right paths of the church. I teach RCIA and I do not sugarcoat my student, I focus alot on the Eucharist as the body of Christ because is a fundamental truth.

It was useful for me to hear someone explain the substance and accidents of transubstantation

Also, what is stopping a bishop, a council of bishops, or the pope from saying, “Please, if you believe that the Eucharist is only a symbol, do not receive this Sunday”? And for a priest, to say the same in his homily, set aside a block of time for spiritual direction on the matter, and invite people to come and speak with him? Simple fix, but I’m sincerely curious: what prevents this kind of direct action?

Bishop Barron makes a great point that how we act with are bodies is very important. To that I say what is more reverent receiving communion on your tounge kneeling at a communion rail from a priest or standing up, in your hands from a Eucharistic minister.

Bishop Robert Barron has so much illumination. I am fascinated by his answers specially to the last question. He didn't even hesitated to burst the answer. Spot on! Hooray! for Bishop Robert! May the Lord continues to enlighten him.

Deb from California When parishioners are ordered to stand during the Consecration-and if you kneel, someone taps you and tells you to stand-it propagates the attitude of the Eucharist does not need to be worshipped. When my family was repeatedly told to stand-I finally said, “No!” Our parish does not kneel after Agnus Dei, and another notch on the belt for the Eucharist being a snack. We sometimes double up and go to a Latin Mass out of our parish. We were shocked at how many under 40s attended and fully participated. The devotion and worship is palpable between the two services. I used to get to Mass up to a half hour early to pray a rosary, but there is a party going on and the noise level is too loud to pray. I am glad that Gospel is held up and we bow and show that reverence to the Gospel, but did the Eucharist have to suffer the disrespect because of it? The homilies are five minutes max and have no substantive meaning. The Eucharistic ministers wear jean shorts and there are sometimes more giving the Body and Blood than are receiving. I know that all of this seems like little things, but they are physical positions that put one body and soul into what is occurring on the altar. Our parish is putting in new pews and asking people to purchase a pew. We investigated. And were FINALLY told that there would be no kneelers. We asked others if they knew that and no one knew it. We have a woman as an apostolic assistant and she is responsible for the “no kneeler” mission. Whether people kneel or stand during Mass does not mean we should not have kneelers-for Adoration, a rosary, the Stations of the Cross, or just kneeling while praying one’s penance after Reconciliation. Will some of you Bishops and pastors speak out about being in the proper physical position to help the mind in the Spiritsl position? At least the pews order has been put on hold-due mainly to asking every Catholic he saw whether they knew it or not.

The Eucharist problem? Do people really not know about the true meaning of the Eucharist? I mean, I guess I'm lucky to know the Eucharist by heart at such a young age.

Our young 29 year old priest serves 4 parishes. Two of the older churches were traditional with the Tabernacle in the center. He brought back the Tabernacle in one of the other two, last night our Men's group voted to fund moving the Tabernacle to center in the newer larger church. This church was built in 1986 and the Sacrarium was draining into the common sewer and not into the ground. We were shocked that this was overlooked during the construction. I question if it was even considered by the liberalism in the church. We need more priest that brings reverence back in the House of Our Lord. Recommend you read the Bishop's new book, Letter to the Suffering Church.

I love the way the Bishop answered the question at the end. I am also reminded to teach my children to genuflect before the Blessed Sacrament.

This is so sad that over 70% don't understand what actually happens during the Consecration of the Holy Eucharist! Thank you for all your work! God Bless!

So ... has the Archdiocese of Los Angeles sent an e-mail to every church and school to ask priests to remind parishioners at mass about the true presence? .... I bet “no” !

I'm Orthodox, our Traditions have the same 1,000+ development, and share A LOT. In our Divine Liturgy, before the Chalice is brought out through the royal doors, everyone who will be receiving the Eucharist prays "I believe, O Lord, and I confess that Thou art truly the Christ, the Son of the Living God, who camest into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the first. I believe also that this is truly Thine own most pure body, and this is truly Thine own precious blood..." (translations vary). Do Roman Catholics have this in their Liturgy? Do Roman Catholics recite their theological beliefs about who The Lord is and what the Eucharist is before receiving it to bring them to mind every time they receive? If so, could it be that the people who don't know it aren't attending? Edited to add: I ask because both our Churches have A LOT of people who say "I am [insert ethnicity] Orthodox" or "I am [insert ethnicity] Catholic" who do not regularly attend Church or pray or study the Tradition

Thankful so much.

Bishop Barron Im a Filipino catholic I really appreciate your videos esp the 10 commandments, 7 deadly sins, and the discussion on original sin. 45years old and its only this year that i understood some of my religion whom despite its weakness is my interpretation of my faith to my Savior. God bless you Bishop.

I love this channel. It springs forth with hope, love, understanding, and increased faith. Thank you Bishop Barron.

Bishop, we need to bring back the communion rail and kneel before the Eucharist.

At 10:18 Bishop Barron addressed the problem I have whenever I must needs assist at a Novus Ordo Mass. Here we are, in the very presence of God Almighty, and yet it becomes hard to pray after Mass because of the sudden uproar of voices ... as if they had already left the Nave and entered the church hall for some coffee and fellowship. I find it truly distressing. To see/hear so many people, who are (probably) leading a much holier life that I, acting as if we were not in a sacred place. - Reg +JMJ

I was astounded when I read of this poll. I believe 100% that the bread and wine truly become the Body and Blood of Jesus.

In reference to the placement of the tabernacle - I once heard a priest say “If you know what’s in it, you would know where to put it.” It just seems common sense that the most important vessel of the “real presence” should be front and center of the church. Not tucked off to the side. Bishop Barron, I greatly appreciate your insight, but how can you say at one moment that HOW we worship matters, but then dance around the issue of how the Liturgy is celebrated in the majority of parishes today. Clearly liturgy is a large part of the problem... I’m not saying the only problem, but most definitely a good chunk of it.

Your Excellency, as a priest (and fellow Chicagoan) I appreciate this theme. I have tried -- time and time again -- to instill in my parishioners that we genuflect as an act of bodily adoration to Jesus present in the tabernacle. I must admit that I have to explain that we do not genuflect to the altar, but to Jesus who is present behind the altar. I agree wholeheartedly to your analysis of the bodily expression of worship. Thank you!!

For years..... it is silence in the Church about the Real Presence!

I agree what would we do without the work of our dearly religious nuns? I went to Mass yesterday. The Mass is celebrated in the chapel of our oldest Catholic nursing home in our city. I spent 40 minutes talking to this elderly, lovely nun after Mass. She is 89 years old and she looks after that section of the nursing home and the other nun is 60+ years old, she looks after the new section of the nursing home (3 floors building) ....and that is it. No more Nuns in to look after the 4 buildings! She is pushing seniors same age as her (or younger) in their wheelchairs, or mobile beds. It is amazing! Her witnessing, her example. She should be "served" at 89....yet, she continues to serve. This is the Order of Sisters of Providence in Alberta. Amazing, truly amazing. I told my Jesus, I want to be like her get to the old age & continue serving as you deserved to be served, and to love you as you deserved to be loved. 🙏🥰

Your Excellency, Second graders can understand transubstantiation. No reason to wait until 4th grade to teach this truth of our Catholic Faith.

When you see a guy (and this has been me) in jeans and a t-shirt, pop the Eucharist in his mouth like a Lay Potato Chip, do you think people see Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity? Sure, they told me what it was, okay? And? I didn’t believe it until I saw a woman prostrate herself in Adoration once. Looked up and said, “oh, hey, when did Jesus show up?”

I am 65 and my parent's generation, along with the Priesthood and Nuns did an extremely poor job on teaching the sacraments and the Bible. I am presently looking and praying at/on coming "back" to the Catholic Church. I can tell you Bishop that I went to a Catholic School in the early 60's and remember Catechism, BUT we didn't read the Bible and my parents were not good Christians. I came back to Christ when I was 42 and spent that time in the Southern Baptist Church. I have to tell you, nearly all you talk about in your talks and Sermons is almost totally alien to me. Just ordered my 2009 version of the Catechism. Pray for me guys and I ask the Holy Spirit for the devotion and discipline in re-educating myself in the truth of the Catholic Church!! God Bless you guys!!!

I teach 5th grade and we use Transubstantiation every day in publicly funded Catholic School in Alberta. you give me strength to do so. Thank you Thank you Thank you

From my experience if you go to the Novus Ordo you don't get the information, or the vibe to even hint at the beauty and truth of our faith. You have to get it outside of Mass. The Internet is the reason I came back. It had absolutely nothing to do with the ordinary form of the Mass. The only reason my interest was peaked at all was through movies and music from before Vatican 2. I had a sense of something that has been lost in many parishes. Maybe it's not THE reason but I feel ignored and invisible to anyone who says it's not at least a symptom of the problem. I even feel betrayed at times.

I’m a non-denominational Evangelical and this is one of the key issues in wrestling with now. It’s ironic to me that if you were to ask someone in my church if the seven days of creation are symbolic or literal they’d answer “literal”; same for miracles and the resurrection and teaching about marriage and so many things... then when Jesus says “this is my body” it flips.

21:00 I went to Queen of Apostles in Alexandria, VA, and I still remember the day in 2nd grade while preparing for First Communion when our Chaplain visited our classroom and taught us about transubstantiation (and how to pronounce it!). Thanks for bringing back the memory!

Had been fellowshipping in the body of the church after mass in the past year, but it was originally to exchange prayer needs with another parishioner when we were both in great need. I thoight it was best to do that in the presence of the sacrament. Unfortunately, it has now become socializing. This is a great reminder that when its just talking about our week, we have to move it outside!

The church needs a return to tradition

The Novus Ordo fed Mother Theresa and JP II only after they had been raised on the TLM for over 40 years of their lives. Cummon Bishop. Be intellectually honest.

the absolute best lecture on the Eucharist

Is no one gonna talk about the Bishop having a map of our world and the interviewer having a map of Middle-Earth? There's all sorts of fun wholesome things to say about this.

That's right Bishop Barron! 🙏🏼 That's how I learned my Catholic faith as a child by watching my parents doing reverence just before entering God's House 🙏🏼(Church) I observed my parents kneeling before the Blessed Sacrament after Holy Mass to pray and give thanks 🙏🏼 As I was growing up I later learned that my parents became Ministers Of The Holy Eucharist. I remember feeling so honored to be their daughter because I thought to myself, Wow What An Honor To Be Able To Administer The Most High, Jesus, Alive and Present 🙏🏼💝 I also watched and learned after praying before The Holy Sacrament, when getting up to leave The Holy Presence, I observed an adult walking out backwards as to not give The Holy Sacrament his/her back honoring The Holy Presence Of Jesus, Alive 💝 and Present 🙏🏼💝🌷

R-E-V-E-R-A-N-C-E In distribution and reception. On the tongue, while kneeling from the consecrated hands of a priest.

Somewhere along the way we forgot the recipient of grace is humility, not the human ego. Somewhere along the way, mystifying grace is relegated in the search for reason and logic. Somewhere along the way, the mysteries of the faith are reduced to metaphors and allegories. Somewhere along the way, we started to think that to share is better than to instruct. Good news is, nothing has been lost. We just need to retrace our steps in humility, and reprioritise the tools in the toolbox.

This is so true and timely.

How can you say it has nothing to do with the Novus Ordo and reference your parents generation genuflecting in movie theaters in the same video and not recognize the connection is beyond me. If you want to fix the "Eucharist Problem" get rid of the Novus Ordo or at least bring back ad orientem worship, communion kneeling on the tongue at a rail.

Your Eminence, I'm a"millennial" and I'd like to ask, how come the USCCB doesn't promote the Tridentine Mass? Living in the Chicago land area I've seen more of these masses pop up but they're hard to get to. How come it isn't required of every parish to celebrate the Extraordinary Form at least once a week? I grew up with the Novus Ordo and I find it common place. I'm finding that many millennials feel the same way. How come the Church doesn't embrace the Mass in all its forms and bring back a sense of tradition? It would, as you once said, "re-Judaize" Christianity.

In Novus ordo almost everyone just ignores the fact that our Lord is present in His house

I liked the video and learnt a lot. I’m 53, from England and catholic. I struggle with knowing whether the bread and wine are or aren’t the real presence of Jesus blood and body. I know I believe it is what Jesus said it is but I don’t know what he meant! With so many great and good non catholic Christians famous and not who must be missing out on what a lot of catholics say is the pinnacle of Christian belief it’s hard to know. I’m not sure the bishop answered the listeners question at the end of the talk. God Bless and Praise Jesus. 🙏🏻

Anyone who observes the line shuffling forward and the blank expressions on the faces each week in the average parish could see that belief in Who awaits at the altar is not understood at all. 'Agree whole heartedly that it is not one single thing, and that it is not the Novus Ordo in and of itself.... however, a BAD Novus Ordo is an altogether different thing. It's like conflating legal immigration with illegal immigration. There is a huge distinction that must be underscored in order to understand the subject. How many Novus Ordo Masses in America are conducted with piety and reverence, or follow the actual prescriptions given at the Council? THAT Novus Ordo, that presecription for the celebrant to follow, is a beautiful and reverent celebration that maintains the sacrificial nature of the Mass. I've seldom encountered it in my many years. That is a problem. Lose the sense of sacrifice, place the accent on the "meal" and "table" and you lunge towards a more protestant understanding of worship. Belief in the True Presence evaporates in this environment. We are in crisis-- the physical church is in peril and so is the spiritual church. No surprise because they are one in the same at some mysterious level.

The problem is generational. I've been involved in RCIA since 1998 and the RCIA Coordinator in my parish for the last 6 years. I have also taught 7th grade CCD for the last 8 years. Conservatively, 90% of the of the children to not attend Mass. 7th graders don't drive. The main problem is not poor catacheis but an obvious and extremely troubling falling away from the faith.

Lord I believe, help my unbelief.🙏🏻🕊✝️❤️

This was a great episode, very challenging and loads to meditate on. Thank you for your insight Bishop, and take heart! The gates of the netherworld will never prevail against the Church and the first step to recovery is acknowledging there is a problem. Father has already put us on the path to recovery in His own way, I believe, even though discerning it will probably be very difficult and take quite a while. I agree with many people here that insubstantial catechism is probably at the root of this problem, in fact until watching this episode, I didn't realize that genuflecting was a mark of adoration toward the Eucharist rather than an adoration toward the cross on the altar. I think it's an issue of people not understanding why things are sacred more than the format of the mass or how that sacredness is expressed. I attended my first Latin mass last year because many people had told me about how cathartic they can be,; and while I felt the mass was beautiful and am glad I went, I personally think hearing a good homily that helps me to understand greater truths in my relation to the Father and Jesus and how I can apply this to my life to be far more invigorating. The tricky thing is finding a priest or deacon that can give that kind of sermon (thankfully, though, Bishop Barron has a whole catalog of homilies that I can listen to as often as I need).