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Benedictine Father Boniface Hicks, a monk of St. Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, was holding the Eucharist in a golden monstrance that shimmered as the spotlights tracked its progress through the crowded floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After processing down the stadium\u2019s central aisle, and then placing the monstrance on the altar, the priest knelt before the Eucharist. \u201cJesus, we come before you, that you might heal our hearts, that you might meet us right where we are,\u201d he prayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEach of us have places in our hearts and in our histories that have been hurting for a long time,\u201d said Father Boniface. \u201cThere is a sacred place in each of us where we can be alone with you, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The most powerful healing can begin by bringing those places into relationship with the one who loves us infinitely: you, Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father Boniface, an experienced retreat-master, led attendees through a series of prayers of repentance and renunciation, with the congregation repeating phrases of love for Jesus, and asking for his healing of each one\u2019s sin, hurt and brokenness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After those prayers, the monstrance was lifted from its stand on the altar, and Father Boniface wrapped his golden vestment around its base. As he slowly processed through the stadium\u2019s main floor, people bowed and crossed themselves as Jesus in the Eucharist passed in their midst. Some wept, others reached their arms towards the Eucharist and parents held babies in their arms or helped their young ones kneel quietly with their eyes fixed on the Blessed Sacrament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJesus, I trust in you,\u201d the musicians sang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Father Boniface returned to the altar, he led Benediction, ending with the final prayer: \u201cMay the heart of Jesus, in the Most Blessed Sacrament, be praised, adored and loved with grateful affection, at every moment, in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time. Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The revival evening also featured moving testimonies of healing, including that of Paula Umana, a former tennis player who was ranked first in Central America and later became quadriplegic after the birth of her fifth child due to a nervous system disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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