30,000 attend Eucharistic Congress in Atlanta, Georgia

Brother Stephen Eguino and I attended the Eucharistic Congress at the Archdiocese of Atlanta from June 20-21.  The theme was “Go and make disciples”.  The Congress was attended by 30,000 participants and included two masses, Eucharistic adoration, confessions, and break-out sessions.

In the young adult track, Fr. David Dwyer’s, CSP (Busted Halo) presentation invited participants to integrate Pope Francis’ apostolic letter, Evangelii Gaudium (EG) into their lives.  Fr. David stressed that we all need to develop a capacity to forgive (EG 24), something that is made real and in our reach in the story of the prodigal son.  When the lost son returns home after squandering his inheritance, his father looks to the horizon for his son’s return (Luke 15: 20-21).  And once they encounter each other, the father takes the first approach by sweeping his son up in a compassionate embrace.  “Being agents of forgiveness unveils God’s mercy and compassion to make real the tender horizon of God’s love”. 

                                                                                                                           -Fr. Jim Berning