Eucharistic Reflection - Reverence - An Absolute Necessity
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How modest and reverent
in the divine presence of Jesus was the attitude of Mary, the perfect adorer!
All penetrated with faith and absorbed in the presence of Jesus, she acted like
the angels before the divine Majesty.
Reverence in church,
especially in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, must be also our chief
exterior virtue. This respect is the solemn profession of our faith and, at the
same time, a grace of piety and fervor; for God punishes irreverences committed
in His sanctuary with a weakening of faith and a withdrawal of graces of
devotion.
Let us, therefore, be very
severe on the matter of reverence in worship. Let our bearing be dignified, our
attitude religious; let us observe a strict silence, an absolute recollection
of the senses. In church our attention must be for Jesus Christ only; friends
must be as if they were not. Jesus is everything: the attention of the court
centers on the king; he is the only one honored. At the sight of this profound
and religious reverence, the worldly-minded will at least be forced to say: ‘There
is something great here!’ The weak, the lukewarm will be ashamed of their
tepidity and will pay due homage to Jesus Christ; good example is the royal
lesson of wisdom and the most fruitful apostolate.”
(From In Light of the
Monstrance by St. Peter Julian
Eymard)
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