‘Jesus Came to Them’: Eucharistic Revival Brings Joy to Little Sisters’ Nursing Home
As a Resident of the Little Sisters of the Poor’s Holy Family Residence in St. Paul, Minnesota, Teresita Acesor said she was sad she couldn’t join the 7,000 souls who took part in a nearly 5-mile Eucharistic procession in St. Paul on Memorial Day with the six “Perpetual Pilgrims” who were passing through the Twin Cities bearing the Blessed Sacrament on their way to Indianapolis for the Eucharistic Congress this July.
But the following morning, Our Lord and the members of the Marian pilgrimage route who set out from Bemidji in northern Minnesota on May 17 brought the Eucharistic Lord to Acesor and other residents of the St. Paul nursing home who hadn’t been able to be part of the procession and prayed with them.
“It really fills my heart,” said Acesor, who lives in the sisters’ apartment building near the nursing home. Continue reading.