"Dear Eucharistic soul: In that hour [of the
Last Supper] Jesus thought of you. Have no doubt about it. He thought of you in
particular, and had you before His eyes. He understood that, without that
small, white, consecrated wafer, which you adore and which you receive every
morning, you would feel lonely, very lonely, in your exile here below. He knew
that your heart would hunger and thirst for love and be the prey of unmitigated
nostalgia for heaven. He knew that on the road through life you would find many
a cause for grief and, behind a smiling appearance, would have to conceal many
a galling sorrow. And for your sake, dear soul, lest you be orphaned and
without a loyal friend in whose understanding heart you might pour out the
overflowing bitterness of your heart, Jesus overlooked all those sacrileges,
profanations, and ingratitudes and, in that night, instituted the Eucharist for
you—understand this well!—just for you. And for your sake He has remained in
that small, white, consecrated Host which you receive each morning. Do you
understand now, dear soul, how much you are loved by the Christ of the Cenacle
and of the Eucharist?"
(From
The Holy Eucharist by Jose Guadalupe
Trevino)
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