"Whoever disregards this wonderful Gift of God [the Holy Eucharist] forgets and ignores the fact that, in the Tabernacle, the same God is present who once in human form walked upon earth and brought to us glad tidings of salvation, who comforted the sorrowing, healed the sick and raised the dead to life. The white Host conceals the God who once lay in the crib. From the altar, that Divine eye looks upon us whose look on the Day of Judgment will fill the blessed with delight and strike terror into the wicked.
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God, by an act of purest, most glowing love, has given us the adorable Sacrament of the Altar. One who loves naturally expects a return of love. Our Savior loves immeasurably, and from the 'Memorial of all His wonderful works of love'- the Blessed Sacrament - He unceasingly calls out, 'Come! See how much I love you!' And what does He ask of us? Only a return of love! 'My son, give me your heart!' (Proverbs 23:26). Since He, who has no need of us, takes His delight in being ever with us, shall we not place all our happiness in being near Him? Since His Divinely human Heart beats unceasingly, day and night, in love for us, shall not our hearts belong wholly to Him, and glow with active love in return?
We love a friend for his good qualities and virtues, and the more cordial, generous and loving he is toward us, the better we love him. But God, who alone is truly and infinitely worthy of love, who loves us to the end, to Him we so often deny this return of love as though He were unworthy of it!"
(Father Lukas Etlin, O.S.B.from The Holy Eucharist - Our All)
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