Pope's July 2023 prayer intention: For a Eucharistic life

Source: Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network

Pope Francis: "if you are the same at the end of Mass, as you were at the beginning, something is wrong."

Pope Francis has released his prayer intention in the Pope Video for the month of July, which is dedicated to the Eucharist, and asks that we place the Eucharist at the centre of our lives.

The video begins with the Holy Father saying: "if you are the same at the end of Mass, as you were at the beginning, something is wrong."

In his new prayer intention, the Pope invites us to see the celebration of the Eucharist not as an obligatory ritual, but rather as an encounter with the Risen Jesus, for "the Eucharist is the presence of Jesus," which is "profoundly transforming."

Pope Francis insists that "it is Christ Who offers Himself, Who gives Himself for us," which leads to "our lives being nourished by Him, to nourish the lives of our brothers and sisters."

He explains "the logic of the Eucharist," which "gives us the courage to encounter others, to go out of ourselves, and to open ourselves to others with love."

This is why the Pope encourages us to encounter Jesus in the Eucharist, because that is where we receive the capacity to love others and to allow ourselves to be transformed by Him.

Finally, the Pope encourages us to pray that "Catholics place at the centre of their lives the Eucharistic Celebration, which transforms human relationships and opens up an encounter with God and their brothers and sisters."

Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F834c95N5I