Eucharistic Reflection - Here, Jesus Awaits Us!

 “ ‘How good it is for us to be here!’ This is what Saint Peter said to the Lord when Jesus was transfigured in glory at Mount Tabor. Everyone who comes before our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament should have this same attitude. How good it is for us to be here. We are more blessed in being chosen to keep Jesus company in the Blessed Sacrament than Peter, James and John were to witness His transfiguration.

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Here Jesus conceals His glory from our eyes that we may come to Him in faith. He hides His beauty and His glory because He wants us to love Him for Himself.

Here He becomes poor in appearance that we may become rich in grace.

What happens here is the transfiguration in reverse. For every moment that you spend before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, Jesus, Himself, transfigures your soul with His very own glory, making you everlastingly more beautiful in heaven.

Here, as at Mount Tabor, Jesus points us in the direction of heaven, while giving us the courage and strength to carry our cross on earth.

Here, He teaches us the great value of suffering. Like fire that transforms everything to itself, suffering transforms us into perfect union with Christ, as it purifies our soul from pride and selfishness, disposes our will to be obedient to God, and makes us compassionate after the Heart of Christ.

This is where we offer to Jesus all our sufferings that He may change all of them into the form of precious graces to be given to those who have strayed so that He may bring everyone back to His Eucharistic Heart.

As the apostles were privileged to be witnesses to His transfiguration, we are especially privileged to be in His Eucharistic Presence. There He was transfigured in glory to reveal and prove His divinity. Here He is transfigured in humility to reveal and prove His infinite love for each of us!”

(From Come to Me in the Blessed Sacrament)