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Eucharistic Reflection - A Place in the Heart

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[What follows is one of the 175 Eucharistic Reflections in Godhead Here In Hiding Whom I Do Adore - Lay Dominicans Reflect on Eucharistic Adoration  that will grab your heart and stir your soul.]  "There is a place in the human heart that can only be filled by You, Lord. Try as we might to fill that space with glittery goods or flatterers, it remains nothing but a vacant apartment, an echo chamber, without You.  It is a place at the core of my being; I am empty, lonely, without You there. At Adoration, everything changes. If I let You in, You fill that insatiable yearning place.   You melt my iciness; my heart begins to glow.   In a mystical moment, I am warmed and satisfied in a way both quieting and yet passionate. Adoration is my private door that I can open to you. Immediately, You sweetly and lovingly permeate every corner of my emptiness.   By a treasured grace, I learned of this door as a child.   In my long ago, my parents took my hand l...