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Eucharistic Reflection - Eucharistic Reflection - Indifference To Holy Communion Is Sometimes A Sign Of Tepidity
"You who only communicate rarely are like someone between two sleeps. You know that Jesus Christ is truly in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, that this food is absolutely necessary for your poor soul. Nevertheless, one sees in you little desire. There are long intervals between your Confessions and Communions.
You decide to go because of a great feast or a jubilee or a mission, or because others are going, and not because your poor soul needs it. Not only do you not try to merit this happiness, but you do not even envy those who taste it more often. Thus you imitate the Jews. They are reproached for refusing shelter to Jesus Christ on the first Christmas night although they did not know Him. You treat Him with the same discourtesy, you who neglect to receive Him into your hearts in Holy Communion.
Do not forget that at the Particular Judgment Jesus Christ will judge us on all the good we could have done. He will show you all the sacraments that you could have received during your life. How many more times you could have received His Body and His Blood if you had wished to lead a better life. Ah, great God!"
(From The Eucharistic Meditations of the Cure of Ars)
Monday Musings - Pray For Wisdom
"Jesus gave sight to a blind man, and He wishes to give insight and vision to you.
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Wisdom is cultivated by means of your relationship with God. The more intimate your union with Him, the more He will reveal to you new knowledge that is forever old, and vast landscapes that have been hidden in plain sight.
King Solomon prayed for wisdom above all else and received 'her'. Have you asked for this gift?"
(From Mary's Mantle Consecration by Christine Watkins)
Pondering Tidbits of Truth - September 19, 2024
Pondering Tidbits of Truth is my simple and inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from time to time.
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Eucharistic Reflection - My Life, My Hope, My Treasure
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“O my most amiable, most sweet, most beloved Jesus, my life, my hope, my treasure, the only love of my soul; oh, what has it cost Thee to remain thus with us in this Sacrament! Thou had to die, that Thou might thus dwell amongst us on our altars; and then, how many insults hast Thou not had to endure in this Sacrament, in order to aid us by Thy presence! Thy love, and the desire which Thou hast to be loved by us, have conquered all.
Come then, O Lord ! come and take possession of my heart; close its doors forever, that henceforward no creature may enter there, to divide the love which is due to Thee, and which it is my ardent desire to bestow all on Thee. Do Thou alone, my dear Redeemer, rule me; do Thou alone possess my whole being; and if ever I do not obey Thee perfectly, chastise me with rigor, that thenceforward I may be more watchful to please Thee as Thou wiliest.
Grant that I may no longer seek for any other
pleasure than that of giving Thee pleasure ; that all my pleasure may be to
visit Thee often on Thy altar ; to entertain myself with Thee, and to receive
Thee in Holy Communion. Let all who will, seek other treasures; the only
treasure that I love, the only one that I desire, is that of Thy love; for this
only will I ask at the foot of the altar. Do Thou make me forget myself, that
thus I may only remember Thy goodness. Ye blessed seraphim, I envy you, not for
your glory, but for the love which you bear to your and my God; oh, do you
teach me what I must do to love Him, and to please Him.
Ejaculatory prayer. My
Jesus, I will love Thee only; Thee only do I desire to please.”
(From The Complete
Works of St. Alphonsus Liguori: The Holy Eucharist))
Eucharistic Reflection - Go To The Holy Table
"When you have had the happiness of receiving the good God [in Holy Communion], you feel, for some time, a joy and comfort in your heart. Pure souls are always in that state, this union is their strength and their happiness. Oh! how sweet is this life of union with the good God! It is heaven on earth. There are no more troubles, no longer any crosses! Without the Blessed Eucharist there would no longer be any happiness in this world, life would be unbearable. When we receive Holy Communion we receive our joy and all our good.
O, my children! the Blessed Victoire used to say why do you crawl along in the way salvation? Why have you so little courage to work to merit the great happiness of going to the Holy Table, and to eat there the Bread of Angels, which gives such strength to the weak. Oh! if you knew how this heavenly Bread sweetens the sorrows of life! Oh! If once you had tasted how kind and generous Jesus Christ is to those who receive Him in Holy Communion! . . . Go, my children, eat this Bread of the strong and you will return filled with joy and courage, you will desire more sufferings, pains and combats in order to please Jesus Christ.
When Our Lord comes to a pure soul, He is pleased. He fills it with joy and gladness. He bestows on it this generous love which makes it do and suffer all to please Him. If one could understand all the blessings contained in Holy Communion nothing else would content the heart of man. The miser would no longer run after his treasures, nor the ambitious after glory. Everyone would shake the dust of earth from their feet and would fly towards heaven."
(From The Eucharistic Meditations of the Cure of Ars)
Pondering Tidbits of Truth - September 5, 2024
Pondering Tidbits of Truth is my simple and inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from time to time.
Cardinal Francis Arinze
“The lay faithful as
parishioners are the people who are called upon to witness to Christ at the
level of the family, the place of work or recreation, in trade and commerce, in
politics and government, and in other social areas of daily life. From them, people
in society see what the parish is or should be.”
(From The
Evangelizing Parish)
St.
John Marie Vianney
“If a
priest is determined not to lose his soul as soon as any disorder arises in his
parish, he must trample underfoot all human considerations as well as the fear
of contempt and hatred of his people. He must not allow anything to bar his way
in the discharge of duty, even were he certain of being murdered on coming down
from the pulpit.”
(From The Curé d’Ars by François Trochu
Saint Philip Neri
“If a man finds it very hard to
forgive injuries, let him look at a Crucifix, and think that Christ shed all
His Blood for him, and not only forgave His enemies, but even prayed His
Heavenly Father to forgive them also. Let him remember that when he says the
Our Father, every day, instead of asking pardon for his sins, he is calling
down vengeance on himself.”
(From The Maxims and Sayings of St. Philip Neri)
Eucharistic Reflection - The Secret of My Day
"The Eucharist is the secret of my day. It gives strength and meaning to all my activities or service to the Church and to the whole world...Let Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament speak to your hearts. It is He who is the true answer of life that you seek. He stays here with us: He is God with us. Seek Him without tiring, welcome Him without reserve, love Him without interruption: today, tomorrow, forever."
(St. John Paul II — Address to young people of Bologna, Italy, Sept. 27, 1997)
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