April Young

April Young

April Young is the associate director of Emmaus House, a ministry of the Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa. She holds a master's degree in pastoral care from Fordham University in New York and a graduate certificate in spiritual direction and retreats from Creighton University.

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A monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament for eucharistic adoration is seen at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington March 11, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn)

The Eucharist is a mystery to be lived

Long after our holy hour has ended, beyond the curbs of the church parking lot, when the host has dissolved in the side of our cheek, the Eucharist lives on in each of us.

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