Eucharistic Reflection - Heaven On Earth



"The saints in heaven live in perpetual adoration, because their joy is derived from eternal contemplation. 

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On earth, where in some manner we must imitate the life of heaven, Christian devotion has striven to make the Sacred Host the center of perpetual contemplation and adoration.

…The Sacred Host perpetually exposed on its Eucharistic throne, and, before it, day and night, loving souls in adoration and contemplation! Is this not truly heaven on earth?"

 (Father Jose Guadalupe Trevino from The Holy Eucharist)
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