Bishop Andrew Cozzens, from the very first days of the National Eucharistic Revival, said we “hope to start a fire, not a program.” A revival is not merely a program, campaign, or series of events—it is a movement of the Holy Spirit that awakens hearts, renews faith, and re-centers a people on the presence of God. In the context of the National Eucharistic Revival, revival begins when the encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist no longer feels distant or abstract, but becomes deeply personal, transformative, and contagious.
A true revival touches the interior life of individuals and communities. It reignites in them love for the Eucharist, restores awe for the Real Presence, and reorders priorities toward worship, mission, and communion. When people hunger for the Eucharist again—when they reorder their lives around him, when they live differently because they believe differently—that is when revival has begun.
But revival is not a one-time event. If it is real, it does not end with a Congress, a pilgrimage, or even a powerful testimony. Revival continues when it moves from moments of encounter into lasting patterns of discipleship. It endures when parishes become places of Eucharistic amazement, when families return to the rhythm of Sunday Mass, and when the Church’s missionary impulse flows from the altar into the streets.
This Eucharistic revival can and must be ongoing. Every Mass is a moment of renewal. Every hour of Eucharistic adoration is an invitation to be transformed. Every act of charity rooted in the Eucharist carries the revival forward.
In Los Angeles, we will look back, we will give thanks, and we will celebrate all that God has done in the last three years. But, we will also look forward to ongoing revival. This work is not done, it is just getting started. This work of revival continues—not because of a national structure or an official timeline—but because Jesus in the Eucharist is still calling, still healing, still sending. And as long as hearts are responding, the revival lives on.
