Eucharistic Reflection - My Lord and My God!



“I gaze at the Lord and He gazes back at me.” ~ CCC

So says the peasant in the time of the Cure of Ars. I tend to take this approach in Your presence too, Lord. I look at You in the tabernacle, in the monstrance, on the cross. Somehow, someway, You are changing something inside of me and I know not what or how.

  

“Here I am Lord.” ~1 Samuel 3

Here I am, Lord. Here I am with all my thoughts, emotions, worries, desires. My Mom. My sister. My girlfriend. Work. House chores. All of these dances around in my head. All those areas in my life can be sources of frustration; sometimes the world seems like it’s closing in around me, sadness. I cannot take much more of it. Take me as I am; do not abandon me.

 

“I am with you always, until the end of the age.” ~ Matthew 28

This is on my mind. You are putting Your hand on my shoulder, smiling, and looking into my eyes with a love I cannot fathom. Kiss me on my forehead with the kiss of Your mouth. Embrace me. Use me as I am.

 

“You are my rock, my fortress, my refuge.” ~ Psalm 18

Where would I be without You? Surely in a much worse place, depressed, saddened, alone. I come to You and I know You are there, in the tabernacle or monstrance, right in front of me. I’ve seen You pulsating in the monstrance. I’ve felt the warmth of Your presence, the nerves tingling in my hand as I place it near You. In Your presence I find much needed rest, hope. Maybe I even doze a little.

 

“You search me and You know me.” ~ Psalm 139

You know all my thoughts and feelings. You know my wants and desires. Marriage. Better job. Nice house. I complain to You enough. I tell You the good and the bad; after all, You know me even better than I know myself.

 

“I come to do Your will.” ~ Psalm 40

Use me as an instrument. Use me so others see You. My Mom. My sister. My girlfriend. The guy on the street corner. The people I dislike. Coworkers. Whomever. Use me so others know You. I think that’s what You want of me at this point in my life, that others see You.

 

(Peter Calestino, St. Thomas Aquinas Fraternity, Providence, RI from Godhead Here in Hiding Whom I Do Adore - Lay Dominicans Reflect on Eucharistic Adoration

 

 

 

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