Eucharistic Reflection - To What Degree Does Our Lord Live In You?

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"Why do people not set about really loving our Lord for Himself? Ah, but our Lord is strict! He always demands something more; He is a fire that requires even more fuel. People are afraid of our Lord, and that is why there are so few who hear the call to adoration. When piety is only a matter of devotional practices, people have fulfilled the law and are blameless once they have performed their duties. But with our Lord, one has never done enough; He asks more and more, and one has no right to stop. He is seen to be so perfect, and one feels so far from ever resembling Him!

So the supernatural life may be measured thus: to what degree does our Lord live in you? Is He withdrawing from you, or is He entering even more fully into your being? You will know by the warmth or the coldness of your soul. Let us then attain to the life of abnegation; that is the life we must live because it is the life of Jesus Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament, in Which He never ceases to give Himself, despoil Himself, and humble Himself! Let our Lord alone live in us!"

(St. Peter Julian Eymard from Holy Communion)