Noted on Facebook (h/t Jason Shanks):
Bishop of Columbus, Earl Fernandes adoring Jesus contained in a tabernacle in the National Eucharistic Congress van.
The procession passed through Chicago last week:
Jose Luis Ferrer of Chicago went to Eucharistic adoration for the first time and prayed the rosary with the faithful in both Spanish and English. Sitting in the shade away from the shrine’s altar grounds, Ferrer, 48, ate tamales with his family. He said he was still learning how to pray the rosary from his mother.
Ferrer gestured to his forearm as he described the experience to OSV News.
“At the point, where I was on my knees and everyone was praying the Our Father and I told my mom (in Spanish), ‘Pass me a tissue so I can wipe my tears,’ I felt it right here on my arms. I felt my hairs go up,” he said.
Unable to find the words to describe the monstrance, Ferrer called it a “saint’s relic” in Spanish. He said just as Brother Lawrence called the faithful to do, he prayed before the monstrance and could feel the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Ferrer explained he was recently divorced and coming to the shrine to attend the Holy Hour with both his parents and a cousin made him very happy; it gave him “joy and comfort again to walk this beautiful planet.”
Read more about the ongoing revival and upcoming congress here and here.
