Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

“There are so many tabernacles on earth where I am, for all intents and purposes, like one buried, hidden, forgotten and out of sight. My Divine radiance is diminished because there are so few adorers to act as the receptors of My radiant Eucharistic love and to extend My radiance through space and into the universe of souls. Where there is faith in My Real Presence, there will be Adoration; and where there is Adoration, there will also be an efficacious radiance of My Presence drawing souls to My Eucharistic Heart and surrounding them even at a distance, with the healing influence of My Eucharistic Face.”  ( F rom In Sinu Jesu - The Journal of a Priest)

(Image Source: cathopic,com ) "The spirit of a servant of Jesus is thus defined: devoted love to the Blessed Sacrament in the spirit and virtue of the Blessed Virgin. Devotedness longs for one thing only, and that is to give pleasure and to fulfill its duty. Our Lord does not ask us to serve Him in the outside world, not even in souls; but He says to us: 'To ascend My throne of love, I must have adorers. Without such, I cannot be solemnly exposed. You will be attached to My Person; you will exist for Me, as I shall live for you. You shall go so far as totally to renounce your own will, for I want it for Myself. Renounce your personal interests. I will assume them'... The service of the Lord is, therefore, a duty for us as it was for Mary. You are called to serve Him and not yourself. Let us be true servants of the Blessed Sacrament, as Mary was; servants who have no longer any other interests, no longer any personality, who are entirely consumed in the service of Jesus... ...

"The adorers share Mary's mission of prayer in the presence of the Most Blessed Sacrament. It is the most beautiful of all missions and moreover, is not fraught with dangers. It is also the holiest of missions, for it calls for the practice of all the virtues. It is the most necessary to the Church which has a still greater need of men of prayer than of preachers, of men of penance than of men of eloquence.  (Photo by Z I on Unsplash)   Today more than ever we need men who by self-immolation disarm the wrath of God angered by the ever-increasing crimes of nations; we need souls who by their earnest prayers reopen the treasures of grace which had been closed by a general indifference; we need true adorers, that is, men of fire and of sacrifice. When their numbers multiply around their divine Leader, God will be glorified. Jesus will be loved, society will again become Christian, won to Jesus Christ by the apostolate of Eucharistic prayer." (St. Peter Julian Eymard from A ...

    ( Photo by Mateus Campos Felipe on Unsplash ) "This is your mission, O Adorers: to weep at the feet of Jesus despised by His own friends, crucified in so many hearts, abandoned in so many places; to console the Heart of so tender a Father, Whom the devil, His enemy, has robbed of His children. A Eucharistic prisoner, He can no longer go after lost sheep, the prey of ravenous wolves. Your mission is to beg forgiveness for the guilty; to pay their ransom for divine mercy, which needs willing hearts as substitutes; to become victims of propitiation with the Savior Jesus, Who no longer able to suffer since His resurrection, will suffer in you and through you." ( St. Peter Julian Eymard From In The Light of the Monstrance )

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. St. Peter Julian Eymard "This is your mission, O Adorers: to weep at the feet of Jesus despised by His own friends, crucified in so many hearts, abandoned in so many places; to console the Heart of so tender a Father, Whom the devil, His enemy, has robbed of His children. A Eucharistic prisoner, He can no longer go after lost sheep, the prey of ravenous wolves. Your mission is to beg forgiveness for the guilty; to ransom them from divine mercy, which needs willing hearts as substitutes; to become victims of propitiation with the Savior Jesus, Who no longer able to suffer since His resurrection, will suffer in you an through you." (From In The Light of the Monstrance ) Father Donald Haggerty "The danger is quite real that souls habituated to constant technological stimuli will never be silent with themselves, ...

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) "This is your mission, O adorers: to weep at the feet of Jesus despised by His own, crucified in so many hearts, and abandoned in so many places; to console the Heart of this tender Father Whom the devil, His enemy, has robbed of His children. A Eucharistic Prisoner, He can no longer go after His lost sheep, the prey of ravenous wolves. Your mission is to beg forgiveness for the guilty; to pay their ransom to Divine mercy, which needs suppliant hearts; to become victims of propitiation with the Savior Jesus Who, no longer able to suffer in His risen state, will suffer in you and through you." (St. Peter Julian Eymard,  from the Real Presence - Eucharistic Meditations )