“I gaze at the Lord and He gazes back at me.” ~ CCC So says the peasant in the time of the Cure of Ars. I tend to take this approach in Your presence too, Lord. I look at You in the tabernacle, in the monstrance, on the cross. Somehow, someway, You are changing something inside of me and I know not what or how. “Here I am Lord.” ~ 1 Samuel 3 Here I am, Lord. Here I am with all my thoughts, emotions, worries, desires. My Mom. My sister. My girlfriend. Work. House chores. All of these dances around in my head. All those areas in my life can be sources of frustration; sometimes the world seems like it’s closing in around me, sadness. I cannot take much more of it. Take me as I am; do not abandon me. “I am with you always, until the end of the age.” ~ Matthew 28 This is on my mind. You are putting Your hand on my shoulder, smiling, and looking into my eyes with a love I cannot fathom. Kiss me on my forehead with the kiss of Your mouth. Em...
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Thanks for the comment. Please visit Joann. She has a heart for the Eucharist.
I have been the coordinator for a Perpetual Eucharist Adoration chapel for more than ten years. I can not imagine being unable to visit my Lord whenever I felt moved to do so. Oh, how we must make Him the source and center of our lives.