April: The Blessed Sacrament
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We hear the words of Consecration at every Mass. If we are practicing Catholics, we probably receive Holy Communion at least once a week.
It’s easy for it all to become routine.
But the Blessed Sacrament is hardly routine. It’s the most extraordinary thing that happens on earth.
Jesus Himself is made present at every Holy Mass and dwells within us every time we receive Holy Communion.
How do we dive deeper into these divine realities—which were foreshadowed even in the Old Testament? How do we really understand, love, and adore the Most Blessed Sacrament?
Join Fr. Jeffrey Kirby for this month’s edition of A Year of Devotions to fall in love with the Holy Eucharist more deeply than ever before.
What Is A Year of Devotions with Fr. Kirby?
Throughout the year, the Church offers us not only her glorious feast days, but entire months of devotion built around those feasts.
By means of these devotions, she nourishes and enriches our faith, pours out special graces upon our souls, and lifts our minds to the contemplation and love of the eternal truths of our Faith.
Here at Good Catholic, we want to bring you the monthly devotions of the Church in all their beauty and splendor. So we partnered with Fr. Jeffrey Kirby—host of our beloved Morning Offering podcast—to bring you a monthly miniseries introducing you to each and every one of these devotions.
How Does A Year of Devotions Work?
Throughout 2024, we’ll be releasing one miniseries a month focused on that month’s devotion. Each miniseries will consist of five 10-15 minute videos from Fr. Kirby.
We won’t be sending you reminder emails as with our other series—you’ll have access to all five videos at once and you can go at your own pace. Watch a video a day, a video a week, or just go ahead and binge watch them all at once!
One thing to note is that you must subscribe to each month individually. We’ll have the current month’s miniseries listed at the top of our Series page and other months listed at the bottom. Check out the full calendar of topics below!
Series Contributors
Fr. Jeffrey Kirby
Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, STD, is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Indian Land, SC. He is a moral theologian, Papal Missionary of Mercy, Adjunct Professor of Theology at Belmont Abbey College, and the host of Good Catholic’s Morning Offering podcast. He is the author of several books, including: Way of the Cross for Loved Ones Who Have Left the Faith, Thy Kingdom Come: Living The Lord’s Prayer In Everyday Life, Kingdom of Happiness: Living the Beatitudes in Everyday Life, 101 Surprising Facts About St. Peter’s and the Vatican and Glory Unto Glory: A Primer of Ascetical Theology. He has been a guest on EWTN, Salt + Light television, the BBC, and Catholic radio.
2 Reviews
Sheila
I just discovered that the Good Catholic offers various series by Father Kirby . Father’s series on the Blessed Sacrament was the first I listened to. I am so happy to have discovered this wonderful source to help me grow in knowledge of our Catholic faith! Father Kirby is a great teacher and I look forward to listening to more of his series. God Bless you Father Kirby.
In full disclosure, I am a parishioner at Fr. Kirby’s parish, Our Lady of Grace in Indian Land, South Carolina. In this series father hits another home run. He takes a very important topic of the faith and provides great detail one a very important part of the faith. Father’s explanations provides the viewer with numerous topics to take to prayer/meditate upon. For me the most beautiful part of this series was in relation to what Father teaches us about Chapter 5 in the book of Revelation regarding the standing, slain Lamb. This can be used to educate our protestant brethren who do not understand the representation of the most holy sacrifice of the mass. This is well worth adding to your video library. I always like to go back to video series like these that provide great foundation along with depth that provides great subject matter for prayer/meditation.