Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

“We must never lose sight of our holy tabernacles: it is there that we find our strength and our virtue. If human infirmity and affairs allowed, we should pass our whole life at the feet of our Divine Master. At least let us go there as often as possible, and quit so many futile occupations that rob us of precious time claimed for what we owe the love of a God. Photo by Josh Applegate on Unsplash Far from us be disgust, negligence and frivolity. Alas! is it possible that it should be burdensome for us to converse with our Sovereign Lord? Where is one better off than close to one’s Father, to one’s spouse, to one’s all? To live with Jesus – is this not to begin to live on earth the life that we are called to live in heaven? Ah! Can we say that we have faith if we complain of the length of time we spend before the Most Holy Sacrament? What, however, does one see in the world, and perhaps even among us? Poor creatures, fragile nothings, worms of the earth, for which it is such ...

"My Sisters, do you truly understand what one Communion is? What! A God who gives Himself absolutely to you, that is, all that He is and all that He has in Himself! He comes in order to draw you to Himself completely, to change you into Himself and make you entirely one with Him.  Only one Communion would be necessary to make a soul go out of herself and pass into Jesus Christ, because, I repeat, He does not come to you except to draw you into Himself. Yes, my Sisters, Our Lord comes to Jesus to take possession of our hearts and make them pass into His adorable Heart.. Ask Him to attract you to Himself, to hide you in Himself...that you may dwell in Him completely hidden and completely lost, in such a way that you are no longer anything and that He alone is everything.  Ask Him to rule absolutely in you, to be the source of all your thoughts, your words, your actions - in short, that everything you do be only the fruit of His own Spirit, becoming perfectly united with Him." (...