You're listening to Catholic Sprouts, the daily podcast for Catholic kids that strives to plant seeds of faith.

Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Monday, August 5th, 2019. It is also the feast day of the dedication

of the church, Mary Major. Today, we are jumping into season two of the Catholic Sprouts

podcasts, and I am so excited.

This season, we have a motto, and all week this week we will be looking at the motto.

That motto is letting the Eucharist lead.

Now, here is what I will like you to do, Sprouts. I want you to close your eyes and envision

something for me. If you have ever been in a Eucharistic procession, then this will be easy to do.

But if you haven't, then let me describe it for you. So in a Eucharistic procession, Jesus himself truly present in the Eucharist

is in a beautiful monstrance. And this beautiful monstrance, which is like a bursting sun with

gold rays shining out from the host, Jesus in the center, is held with great reverence by a priest.

The priest is dressed in his priestly garments. He is holding a large fabric that wraps around the montrins.

And also, servers are holding a canopy above them, meaning each server,

four of them, forming a square, stand around the priest, and they hold big sticks. And in top of that

sticks, those sticks are a tiny tent.

Now there is so much rich, rich symbolism here,

but I just want you to know that we do all of these things in a Eucharistic procession

because we believe without a doubt, without a hesitation, that this truly is Jesus Christ

present in the Eucharist. So imagine that. And then I want you to imagine every single person

listening to the Catholic Sprouts podcast as a person in that Eucharistic procession,

including me. We are all there following the Eucharist. Now, usually a Eucharistic procession goes

from one church to another or to an outdoor shrine

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