Guest Post From Vultus Christi - "Hide Yourself In Me"

What follows is another magnificent reflection from Vultus Christi. 

Oh, how we take our Eucharistic Lord for granted! 

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

 

Oh, how differently our lives and our world would be if we would spend time with our Hidden Lord, locked and ignored in the tabernacles of His Churches.

Please prayerfully and financially support the work of Father Mark's community, The Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration. Their charism - praying for the sanctification of all priests - is a most needed gift to our Church and our priests. You can make a contribution by going here.

                                    Hide Yourself In Me

I am a hidden God
and those whom I call to adore Me
must hide themselves in Me,
becoming hidden from the eyes of the world,
and hidden even from themselves,
having a pure gaze fixed upon Me alone,
even as My pure filial gaze is fixed upon My Father in heaven.

Be Bold! Love Your Priests! Share This Reflection With Them!

What follows is a magnificent exhortation to our priests. It originated on Vultus Christi, a site you must visit regularly.  I have taken the liberty of posting this here since Father Mark has allowed me to do so in the past and because I am convinced it must be disseminated as widely as possible.

I am asking three things of those who read this post:

(1) Ponder this powerful profound reflection.  Revisit and read it from time to time;

(2) Copy and paste this reflection, add a personal note of gratitude and a promise of prayerful support to it, then give the copy to your pastor and all other priests whom you know. Never stop praying for them and their sanctification; and

(3) Consider going to the Silverstream Monastery icon in the right column and making a contribution to the work of this unique and vital religious community.

Now the reflection: 

Nothing of What I See Escapes the Reach of My Mercy

Every priest of Mine is in passage from this world to the Father. Know this and let it direct the course of your life.

Those who are My own, those whom I leave in the world,those whom I love and to whom I give the uttermost proof of My Love, are My priests.

It is into their hands that I entrust the mysteries of My Body and Blood for the life of the world. Never doubt of My love for you, My priests.

You hold the proof, the testimony of My love for you in your hands each day: My very Self given to you, given for you and given by your hands to My Bride, the Church. You who hold Me in your hands, how can you doubt of My love for you?
Let Me wash you, and wash you frequently, that you may live in My companionship and grow in the gift of My Divine Friendship.

Corpus Christi Procession at Silverstream Priory

(Source: Vultus Christi)

Take a pictorial tour of the Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar celebrating the feast of Corpus Christi at their Silverstream Monastery. 

They are "an embryonic community of monks...who intercede for the sanctification of priests" and whom God is using to reach those of His brother priests and Catholics whose fervor and  love for the Eucharist has disappeared or been severely diminished.

They are in need of, and worthy of, your financial support. You can contribute to their work by clicking on the Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration image in the column to the right and/or by purchasing a copy of my book, I Thirst for Your Love, whose net profits will be shared with this community.