Monday Musings - Eucharistic Revival
It should come as no surprise that the efforts of the Lay Dominicans of St. Joseph Province to help promote Eucharistic Adoration are bearing fruit. Here is one Adoration Chapel where two copies of their book, Godhead Here in Hiding Whom I Do Adore - Lay Dominicans Reflect on Eucharistic Adoration , have found a home. The reflections in this book are stirring souls and touching hearts. Have you gotten your copy yet? Is there one in your Adoration Chapel? Why not? May Father' Bruno's observations encourage you to do so: “Hidden within these pages, the reader discovers the God who has chosen to dwell within the Tabernacle of the human heart. Each reflection is its own monstrance, bearing the shape of its unique human author, while manifesting our heavenly Father's Spirit of Truth. Here you will find thoughts and events that are ordinary and surprising, instructive and lyrical, worthy of both cross and crown. The common life of the early Dominicans was called ‘the holy
We would all do well to meditate on each of the elements of this litany. I grew up when it was, "We beseech Thee hear us." It still echoes in my brain. Somehow as a child I knew that this petition illustrated the magnificence of God and my insignificance just with the word, "Thee". I wish the language had never been changed. Words do make a difference. I cannot speak to God as if He is on the same level as I am with the word, "You". Who is He and who am I?
ReplyDeleteKeep up the great work, Michael. I'm so glad to have met you through this blog.
Barbara
DeleteAll I attempt to do is to share long-forgotten Truths so that God may use them to touch hearts and stir souls. You have blessed my life in so many ways. My prayers for your physical and spiritual well-being will never end.