[Oh, how so many of us take our Lord for granted by ignoring His Presence here among us. In doing so we offend Him Who is the Source of Love and, at the same time, deprive ourselves needlessly of His love, grace and support.
May the following quotation from Stirring Slumbering Souls - 250 Eucharistic Reflections open our eyes, minds and souls to our neglect]:
"I recall the strange and touching story of
Saint Alexis. When he was young he left home and then, because God inspired him
to do so, came back to the house of his parents in Rome dressed up like a poor and unknown
beggar. There he lived in some miserable old corner of the house for seventeen
years; and his parents never knew that it was he.
But when he died they found out. It seems
he left a note or something telling them what he had done in penance for his
sins, because God wanted him to. How that mother wept when she found out that
the beggar was her son. She had missed him so much and had so longed to see
him. In agony, she cried out: ‘0 Alexis, my son! My son Alexis! Had I only
known it was you! How I would have loved you and enjoyed your company! Now,
alas! it is too late.’
This is a sad story. But I am afraid that
if I do not appreciate my Eucharistic Savior here on earth, where He is hidden away
in the poor tabernacle,
where He is in my very midst and I do not seem to know Him, the time
will come, after my death, when I will cry out, seeing His adorable beauty in
the life to come: ‘0 Jesus, if I had only known it was You! How I would have loved You, Jesus all
beautiful!. How I would have enjoyed
Your company! Oh, if I had only known!’
But I do know.
Faith tells me.
And I make so little of it…
(The Way to God - Father Winfrid Herbst S.D.S.)
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