Eucharistic Reflection - Staying Still In Silence

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"It is by staying still, in silence, and possibly for long periods, before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament that we perceive what He wants from us, put aside our own plans to make way for His, and let God’s light gradually penetrate the heart and heal it."

                                                                               Father Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M.

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