Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

" Why (as St. Peter Julian Eymard observed more than 100 years ago) do we have time for everything except for visits to our Lord and God, Who is waiting and longing for us in the Blessed Sacrament?" Why do so few visit You? Why are those who try to do so often locked out? Why are Your Church and its members so timid and so silent about this great mystery and gift? Why have we lost reverence for and belief in Your Real Presence? (Excerpt from  I Thirst For Your Love )

Pick up a copy of Pondering Tidbits of Truth, Volume 6     and listen for God's still voice. He will use the words in this volume to reignite the flame of faith in your heart and draw you closer to Him.

"Smile upon me, face of God, and know You Christ, Love Incarnate, are loved by my puny heart. Make my will show that love in all circumstances that present themselves after I depart from You in this Holy Tabernacle. Know that I long for eternity but willingly and patiently wait and finish the earthly work You have given me. I am grateful for Your unrelenting excessive Trinitarian love for us all. I am grateful for Your excessive forgiveness for us all. I continue to be fascinated by the orderliness of Your creation and by your enduring patience with all as the future unfolds and races toward the end of time. I am sorry that it took me so long to understand the richness before me in Jesus Christ, the God-man. I pray that my offspring will be quicker to comprehend the gift of Love Incarnate in Christ. Smile on me, face of God. When I am able to see Your Face in eternal life, I think I will still keep my head bowed. Proximity to Love Incarnate will be enough for me....

A fellow Lay Dominican was kind enough to write this review of Stirring Slumbering Souls - 250 Eucharistic Reflections . I wanted to show her my appreciation by sharing it with you: "This book is the most useful one I know to help transition from worldly distractions to a heart to heart visit before the Blessed Sacrament. I take it with me, and I open it to any page, read it, then put it down and my visit is enriched by the thoughts author Seagriff has provided. He has researched extensively to provide the best reflections available. One can only grow closer to God in the Blessed Sacrament by purchasing and reading this book. It is not meant to be read all at once, just slowly in short sections as food for reflection." Would you pass this post on to family, friends and loved ones? For the many souls who have already read this book and have told me how valuable you found it to be, would you co nsider posting a brief review on Amazon as well? Stirring Slumbering Souls - 25...

(Photo by Laura Allen on Unsplash ) What is so hard, so heart-wrenching and so painful? The lack of belief in, and reverence for, Our Lord and Savior, really and substantially present in the Blessed Sacrament! So relatively few Catholics believe this fundamental and essential Truth of our Faith. Only a scant minority treasure this most Precious Gift. For the most part, we have abandoned, ignored and disrespected our imprisoned Lord. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) Many souls were denied access to Him from the outset of this pandemic. I, and many others, fear that few are the Adoration Chapels which chose to close, that will ever fully reopen. Knowing this lack of belief to be true, should not our primary catechetical focus be on re-establishing a sense of awe, amazement, belief in, and excitement for, our Eucharistic Lord? You would think so, wouldn’t you? But let me share just two recent experiences that shed some doubt on that expectation. The first public Mas...