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Eucharistic Reflection - We Leave Him Alone

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" When Jesus remains in the quiet of the altar, in the tabernacle’s shadow,   people     in their   blind   carelessness   let  Him alone, they forget all about Him. And when He exposes Himself upon the altar, He is hurt to the Heart by the irreverence of so many who either have no faith at all or a faith that is very weak. When He goes through the streets in order to bring unspeakable blessings to His beloved children, He hears curses and blasphemies that make out of His errand of mercy another way of the cross. But in the midst of all these bitternesses one hope sustains Him – the hope of a place of refuge that will offer the love and peace He craves. The bitter chalice which others continually place to His lips He drinks with resignation; for He is sustained by the hope of a loving reception in my heart by way of reparation. One holy hour spent in the enjoyment of my love, and He forgets years and years of suffering… Altar and tabernacle, monstr...

Monday Musings - Be Tenacious

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I know the importance of praying. It is a lesson I learned early on in my spiritual journey. Many saints have made it clear that I must pray and that I must never abandon my prayer - no matter how tired, distracted, arid or depressed I may be. The minute I abandon prayer “the slide toward eternal damnation begins.” Thankfully, I do have a daily routine of prayer that has provided a certain rhythm to my life - one that I can easily lose if I put off or do not say my prayers. So, I persevere in my prayer even when I do not seem to get anything out of it, even when God seems so far away and uninterested in me, even when I have sinned, lost my temper or become angry. At the same time, I recognize far too often, I am merely saying words like a robot - distractedly, too quickly, with little or no reflection. Sometimes, I am just going through my “checklist” but benefiting very little from the effort. I do not use my own words or express my own feelings as often as I should. Instead, I us...

Pondering Tidbits of Truth - February 20, 2025

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Pondering Tidbits of Truth is my simple and inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from time to time. Vinny Flynn "A spiritual Communion acts on the soul as blowing does on a cinder-covered fire which was about to go out. Whenever you feel your love of God growing cold, quickly make a spiritual Communion.’ ‘Quickly!’ There’s a sense of urgency here. The saints are trying to tell us that we should not limit our union with Christ in the Eucharist to sacramental Communion once a week, or even once a day. We need Christ’s living presence in our lives moment-by-moment to nourish us and protect us from sin, so we need to renew our union with Him regularly, especially any time we feel ourselves drifting away. Christ is not merely present in the Eucharist during Mass! The Eucharist is an ongoing fulfillment of Christ’s Gospel promise to remain with us: ‘Behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age’ (Mt. 28:20)."   (From...

Eucharistic Reflection - His Heart Is Open To Receive You

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"How your life would change if you went to Him often as a friend. Can you be thinking Jesus won’t want to welcome you as a friend? If that’s what you thought, it would be a sign you don’t know Him. Jesus is all tenderness, all love for His sinful creatures. He lives in the tabernacle with His Heart open to receive us, waiting for our arrival so He may console us."   (Saint Teresa of the Andes)  

Monday Musings – I Have Some Questions Lord

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(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons) So what is the next step, Lord? What do I do? Where do I go? How do I love You and others as I ought? What must I sever myself and my time from? How Lord do I bridge the great gap that exists between what I profess to believe and how I actually live my life?  Please reveal to me, dear Lord, what I have been unable or unwilling to see.  When Lord will my heart and will be one with Yours – where every second of my life honors and glorifies You?

Eucharistic Reflection - Let Me Teach You Who I Am

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“If you want to experience true peace, come to the Tabernacle.   Oh, what love you will feel.   My Father waits for you: He waits until you are ready to sit and honor His Son.   He waits for you to open your heart: to believe He is there, so that He can give you the warmth of His Love and His Peace.   For if you believe I am there, all things are possible.   What happened?   Your families before you, honored Me.   They sat with Me: talked with Me.   Churches were full, and because of their love for Me, and the one who sent Me, they did all they could for my Church.   A lot has happened in the last 30 [50+] years.   I am the same God, yet there is no reverence for Me or my Son.   You come with your hands in your pockets, not folded in prayer; children eat, laugh and play in the real presence of my Son.   Some look away, as if they don’t know what to do; most don’t know who I am.   Come to the Tabernacle and learn who I am...

Monday Musings - Time To Be Bold

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How can we Catholics credibly profess to believe that Jesus Christ is really, truly and substantially present in the tabernacles of  our Churches but rarely attend Sunday Mass and seldom visit Him outside of Mass?  If it is true (and it is) that the more time that we spend in the Presence of our God, the more like Him we will become, why are we not encouraged to do so?  Why do we keep our Churches locked so that the few who do stop for a visit, cannot get in to be with their Lord?  God wants us to visit Him. Don't we trust Him? Why have we not shared these Truths with our non-Catholic brethren? God is not in our tabernacles just for we Catholics. He is there for every soul, waiting to touch and stir their hearts, to bring them into His one, holy Catholic and Apostolic Church and His loving embrace. There are at least two likely answers to these questions: we mistakenly believe that one religion is just as good as another; and/ or we don't believe He is there!  O...