Dare To Believe | The Eucharist | Film

A daring look into the realm of spirituality where the mystical meets the material. What if everything the Catholic Church proclaimed about the Holy Eucharist was actually true? Would it have the power to change your life? Dare to Believe - it would.

Produced with Bishop Hying and the Diocese of Madison by Backflip Creative Studio

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[hiswill-r]

Jesus changed my life forever when he revealed himself to me in the Eucharist.

[sharsminebaksh]

Baptized through RCIA 1995. Was born into a Muslim family. I am a proud practicing catholic ❤

[shivermetimber]

My father was an altar boy. He always talks about the day he was on the altar serving mass and during the consecration, saw many angels descend from heaven, adoring Jesus. ❤

[paulinepryde]

10 days after my mother passed away I went to benediction mass with my brother in Toronto at St Michaels cathedral. My sisters who had flown in from Winnipeg for our mothers passing were at the theatre ( gift from my brother) before they flew home. My brother had called me asking me if I wanted to attend the mass to pass the time while they were at the theatre, and I said yes. Keep in mind we were all still reeling from the death of our beloved mother ( a convert who had 16 pregnancies with 11 children) as I walked into the church I immediately saw the Pieta and I was drawn to it. My brother proceeded me into the church. I thought I would spend some quiet time before the Pieta before mass started. I gazed at the face of Our Blessed Mother and her child Jesus in her arms and it struck me how She must have felt holding the body of Her Son. I was feeling so lost, so alone, empty and overwhelmed with sadness but I felt my feelings were nothing compared to how She must have felt. My mum was 74, she had led a wonderful life and although she had suffered during her illness it was absolutely nothing compared to what Jesus had gone through, witnessed and felt by His Mother! I realized our sufferings were nothing in comparison and so I wept for Them. I was truly sorry for my participating in His suffering. After a good conversation between Them and me and after a good cry I went into church and found my brothers pew. The rosary started and immediately I was “ in” the rosary. I lived the rosary. That’s the only way I can explain it. I don’t have any recall of who or what was going on around me. Then the Monstrance was brought out and I started to gaze at it. Now in my head I’m starting to pray to please let me believe that the Host was Our Lord! I’m praying over and over again, my trying to picture Jesus before me. All of a sudden Our Lord appeared instead of the Monstrance and he was standing with his arms stretched out, wearing a red garment over a white tunic. I gasped to myself and “really looked “ and then immediately thought to myself to look at his face, but I was not worthy to see it. It was all fuzzy and Our Lord was way ahead of me and my thoughts! Then suddenly to the right of the alter Our Lord appeared again only this time He had my mum standing beside Him! His arm was wrapped around her and she was gazing up at Him with the biggest smile I have ever seen on her face. She was looking up at Him then she slowly turned her head and smiled straight at me. At the same time The Holy Spirit in the shape of a fire ball or a bright laser light shot out across from where They were and touched my body from the tip of my head and went straight down to my toes! Immediately every ounce of sadness and grief left my body and to this day I have never shed a tear or felt any sadness when I have thought of my mother. I like to think Our Lord was taking my mum to heaven that evening or maybe He just allowed her to show me were she was and how happy she was! That was March 11 1993! At night when I lay in bed I think of that evening often and thank God for giving me that gift. If you doubt or have a hard time realizing or believing that God is truly present in the Holy Eucharist then pray, pray hard and just talk to Him! He will answer!

[billywilliams]

Greek Orthodox convert here; love to my Catholic brothers and sisters ❤

[ignacedelyon]

Bonjour from France.
Testimonies of former atheists and muslims who converted to protestantism made me a christian. The great shock of the Eucharist at the age of 49 made me a catholic.

[htreporta]

I do not know who needs this but this is part of my testimony. Im 30 years old Honduran, sacraments are real I miss them so much, living them with passion as I did in the past. So, in 2019 on my third wyd in Panama I went to confession a confession that changes my life a bright light hit my closes eyes while I cried everything out it was divine. I hope you pray for me and that by having your own experience, an experience of love with the others you can find out Jesus really is in the bread and wine and he wants to let him be part of you . With love, Hector.

[juliushavsten]

I'm a Catholic convert. The way I came to understand the Eucharist was simple. If you are a Christian, you believe that Jesus died on the cross and rose from death and preformed miracles. You believe that God is almighty and the creator of all things, that God is all knowing and present everywhere.. Now those are already quite extraordinary things to believe. Then why is it so difficult to accept or believe that the bread and wine become his body and blood? Especially since he said so.. You don't have to understand the process of it or "how" it's possible, that's the mystery and that's the faith.

[reyjamot]

As a Roman Catholic, I usually go to Mass with just simple attire and not even wearing shoes, just slippers. But I learned from this documentary that I need to dress my best because I will be meeting Jesus. Thank you brother

[DoctorDewgong]

I'm not a liturgical expert, but I think facing ad Orientem, utilizing Gregorian chant, incense, and communion rails could go a long way in communicating the truth of the Eucharist to people

[CarolinaEscobedo-ojyp]

My sister in law is a cancer survivor the 3rd time she got cancer it had spread to multiple areas of her body through her lymph nodes she was invited to a healing retreat and kneeled down in front of the holy sacrament she said she began to feel something hot at the top of her head as she bowed down and began to cry after she walked over to the priest who she had never met in her life and asked him for a prayer she told him she was a cancer patient and the priest told her “You don’t have cancer you just healed in front of the holy sacrament” a month later she went back to the doctors and they did another scan the doctor told her “I don’t know what you did what you ate what you believe in but there is NO CANCER” 💕❤️🙏 God is in the holy sacrament he is the alpha and omega he is the Jesus of miracles God bless you all brothers and sisters and just know that God loves you 💕❤️🙏

[mandy]

Amen! I am a former Protestant and even though I do not understand everything about being Catholic, all I know is that God was drawing me to Himself to become Catholic.

[OceanPlantsLove]

as for me, growing up protestant, and just now learning about what Catholism believes, I never even knew anything about the Eucharist or what it was. I never knew that people out there believe that its the actual body and blood of Christ, I only ever thought it was symbolic. this just blows my mind i never knew. i long to learn more.

[kath.]

Chills and tears, this is how I feel coming back to the Lord. The day I came back the reading was the prodigal son and I cried!!!

[pgchristo]

Ive seen the image of Christ twice appearing on the Host, the Eucharist, when the priest, while in persona Christi, lifted It up, after saying “take.. this is My Body” after the consecration during the Mass.

[catholiclife]

Blessed are those you don't see and believe. This is a wonderful video.

[angelnina]

Urgent prayer request:
Prayers for our DRE, Jane, as she is in the hospital facing a possible surgery for abdominal issues. Prayers are greatly needed and much appreciated!
🙏🙏🙏

[darnfirefingers]

This is emotional to watch. I just love Jesus so much and witnessing those who glow for their love of God is moving! I am a sinner and not perfect but I am glad I can come to God for guidance!

[jennjo]

It is the greatest tragedy, of all time, that people do not believe in the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist. It’s absolutely heartbreaking

[stevenwebb]

As I former lapsed Catholic I went to Mass one Sunday and I found the power of the Eucharist. That it is His body and blood.