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"Jesus
Christ finds the means to console a soul that remains with a recollected spirit
before the Most Blessed Sacrament, far beyond what the world can do with all
its feasts and pastimes. Oh, how sweet a joy it is to remain with faith and
tender devotion before an altar, and converse familiarly with Jesus Christ, who
is there for the express purpose of listening to and graciously hearing those
who pray to him; to ask his pardon for the displeasures which we have caused
him; to represent our wants to him, as a friend does to a friend in whom he
places all his confidence; to ask him for his graces, for his love, and for his
kingdom; but above all, oh, what a heaven it is there to remain making acts of
love towards that Lord who is on the very altar praying to the Eternal Father
for us, and is there burning with love for us. Indeed that love it is which
detains him there, thus hidden and unknown, and where he is even despised by
ungrateful souls! But why should we say more? 'Taste and see'."
(From Visits to the Most Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary by St. Alphonsus Liquori)
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