Eucharistic Reflection - Give Yourself To Jesus

"May your primary motive for Holy Communion be to give yourself to Jesus, to give Him the freedom to do in you everything which is in accordance with His good pleasure, without considering yourself or your own perfection.

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In your past life, you lived and received Communion so much for yourself; from now on, live and receive Communion only for Jesus, for His pleasure, for His designs, and for His intentions. Receive Communion to cling to the design and desire which has to see you completely His, to see His love reign in you, to be united to Him and become one single thing with Him."

(Ven. Catherine Mectilde de Bar from The Mystery of Incomprehensible Love)

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