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“Why does our Lord come
to us in Communion? To visit us, certainly; but since He remains within us, He
still has something else to do there. He comes to implant His virtues in our
soul and make them grow, to form Himself in us, to mold us in His image. He
comes to accomplish our education in the divine life within us, in such a way
that He increases in us as we increase in Him, until we have reached full
growth in the perfect man, that is Himself, Jesus Christ.
Consider the state of
Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Do you see Him there? Yet, He is there.
Only the angels see His outward life, however. We see nothing of it, and nevertheless
we believe. He does live there, as we believe in the sun even when clouds hid
it from us, as we believe in the labor of nature though it is entirely
imperceptible to our senses. All this is evidence to us that the external life
is not the only one, but that there is also an invisible life, a life which is
wholly interior, yet very real.
When you receive
Communion, therefore, ask our Lord to live in you and let you live in Him. That
is something that is entirely spiritual. It is not what most Christians ask.
They receive Communion, but their mind, their will and intention, all are
abroad seeking external things, so that Jesus finds no one within to entertain
Him.”
(St.
Peter Julian Eymard from Holy Communion)
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