Do you become upset when you see our Lord ignored or
disrespected?
I hope so!
I frequently write about the lack
of reverence toward, and belief in, our Lord’s Real Presence in the Blessed
Sacrament and His on-going thirst to be loved by each of us. If you are
interested, you can read some of my past posts on this subject here and
here.
In fact, I even wrote a book, I Thirst for Your Love – one which author, speaker and ETWN host, Donna-Marie
Cooper O’Boyle, has highly recommended. This is what she has written:
"Tender, earnest, and heartfelt—I
Thirst For Your Love is an excellent collection of beautiful poignant
Eucharistic reflections. Author Michael Seagriff believes we have lost the
sense of the Sacred and offers countless reasons for us to pause and ponder
Jesus’ Sacred thirst for our love. I highly recommend this book."
Donna-Marie is not alone in her support for this book. Catholic Radio
Host, and Author of Lord I Hurt!, Refresh Me, Lord! and Embracing
Edith Stein, Anne Costa shared the following:
"As I was
reading [this book] I just kept thinking how urgent is this message. You say it
with clarity and charity. Anyone reading this book will not be able to resist
the 'wooing' of our Saviour to His wounded heart. As a woman, the holy gift of
my receptivity resides and is invigorated by His Eucharistic presence. Jesus in
the tabernacle is our only hope, quenching His thirst our single aim."
Over the years I have witnessed nearly
every type of irreverence to the Eucharist one can imagine. My most recent
experience is inexplicable, heartbreaking and shameful:
The tabernacle had been removed from this
Church’s beautiful marble altar. It had been there so long, the outline of its
shape was still readily visible on the marble to which it had been affixed. The
King of Kings and Lord of Lords had been evicted from His earthly home and
replaced with a wicker basket containing artificial flowers.
The duty to help reinstate a
sense of awe, amazement, respect and love for His Eucharistic Presence rests
with each of us.
My little book, I Thirst for Your Love, will not bring
these practices to a halt. But it is a start, a way of bringing attention to
this pressing issue, of challenging liturgical abuses, and encouraging prayers
and acts of Reparation to our often abandoned, ignored and waiting Lord.
By purchasing copies of this
book, you will not only help this on-going struggle to educate and promote
belief in our Eucharistic Lord. You will also be providing much needed
financial assistance to the Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Holy
Sacrament who will share in any
profit generated by sales of this book. The vital charism of this religious
order includes praying before our Eucharistic Lord for the sanctification of all
priests. Their Prior, Dom Mark, has contributed five outstanding articles to this collection.
You, your family friends and lovers of the Eucharist can purchase your copies here or here at Amazon.com.
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