Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

[The following is just one of 175 reflections on the Eucharist that are bound to touch your heart and stir your soul. You will find all of them in Godhead Here in Hiding Whom I Do Adore - Lay Dominicans Reflect on Eucharisitc Adoration .] "The first time I witnessed people adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, was because I showed up for a novena where there just so happened to be Exposition - Jesus, in the Eucharist on the Altar, in the Monstrance. I did not know what to do or what it was. I found myself asking the question, “What is this?” I was amazed and I knew in my heart it was extraordinary, but I did not know what the monstrance was etc. I asked God to help me to pray and to understand. Later, I realized the real question to ask is “Who is this?” That was a long time ago. I now attend at least one hour of Eucharistic Adoration weekly and sometimes I ask questions but more often I hear the questions being asked by Jesus left alone on the Altar: “Who do you say that I ...

 

 

 

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.   Matthew Kelly “Are we paying attention to what God is doing in our lives? Are we over here asking God to do this or that other thing, while God is beckoning us over here, trying to get us to focus on what matters most?  Jesus is telling us: Pay attention. It is right before you. Pay attention to what God is doing in your life right now." (From Daily Gospel Reflection on Dynamic Catholic for July 22, 2025)   Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. “In the Sacrament of Love, the Sacred Heart expresses to us Its thirst for our souls. Every day He offers Himself to us as food, to sanctify us more and more and to assimilate us to Himself…He asks us for our love as if he had need of us, whereas it we who can do nothing without Him.” (From Zeal for the Kingdom of God )   St. Thomas Aquinas   “The Lord’s prayer ...