Eucharistic Reflection - Who Could Have Imagined It?
"In order to show me close up how ardently Thou
lovest me, Thou comest from the purest delights of Heaven down to this dirty,
miserable earth, spend Thy life in poverty, adversities and sufferings -
finally to hang, despised, ridiculed and overwhelmed with pain, between two
thieves on the shameful gibbet. By sacrificing Thyself in this horrible way,
Thou hast redeemed me, O God of love! Who could have imagined it?
But that was not enough. Thou saw that, from the time
when Thou pourest out these proofs of Thy immense love, nineteen centuries
would pass before I appeared on this earth. Thy heart could not tolerate the
thought that I should have to nourish myself solely on memories of Thy great
love. Thou remained here on this small earth in the Most Blessed Sacrament of
the altar and Thou come and unite Thyself with me - truly, under the form of
food...and Thy Blood flows in my veins, Thy soul, O incarnate God, permeates my
soul, strengthens and nourishes it. What a miracle! Who could ever have
imagined such a thing? What more could Thou hast given me, O God, than Thyself
to be my own possession?"
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