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A single Communion should
be enough to fill you with all the fervor of the saints, yet all your
Communions leave you as cold as you were before You are always to some
degree reserved in dealing with Jesus, though He does not hold back at all in
heaping His blessings upon you.
His presence when you
have received Him indeed inspires in you great desires of virtue, and you
promise Him much. But the desires and the promises soon fade.
You would certainly not deal
in this way with an important man of this world if he honored you with a visit.
How aware you are of the gifts
a friend gives you! How ready to thank him! Love cannot rest until it has found
a way of expressing its gratitude.
Can it be, my child, that
you lack occasions for practicing virtue, such as the saints made use of after
Communion when they wanted to show Jesus how sensible they were of the graces
they received?
What He asks for more
than anything else is that you keep careful watch over your affections so that
they are directed too Him.
If you were to keep
careful watch over yourself after receiving Communion, you would retain the
devotion you had at the time of Communion. Such watchfulness after
every Communion is the best means you have of preparing for the next.
(From
The Imitation of Mary)
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