Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

“We live in God as children live in the womb of their mother: they are in her and are surrounded by her; they received nourishment and life from her; they depend on her and receive everything from her; they do nothing of themselves and are almost less than nothing; they have eyes and ears and they neither see nor hear their mother; they have a mouth but it is dumb; they have hands and arms and they can neither embrace or caress their mother. We are like that in God: we are surrounded and enveloped by Him; at each moment, He communicates nourishment and life through our body and our soul; we depend on Him in everything -‘without Him we can do nothing’ - and, if it is true that by the fact of our creation we have come from nothingness, it is also true that if it pleased God, we might return immediately to it. We have eyes and we cannot see God; ears, and in ordinary circumstances, we do not hear His voice; we have hands and we can neither take hold of Him or touch Him The day of our ...

“The devotion to the Blessed Eucharist and the devotion to the Sacred Heart are not only two sister devotions, in reality, they are only one and the same devotion. They complete each other and develop each other; they blend so perfectly together that one cannot stand without the other, and their union is absolute. Not only can one of these devotions not be prejudicial to the other but, because they complete each other and perfect each other, they also reciprocally increase each other. If we have devotion to the Sacred Heart, we will wish to find It, to adore It, to love It, to offer It our reparation and praise, and where shall we look for It but in the Blessed Eucharist where It is found eternally living?