Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

"Why art Thou left alone in this Most Holy Sacrament? Where are Thy adorers and Thy friends? Has Thy Church failed to announce Thy Gospel to the world, and to make Thy presence known? Why art Thou so ignored, forsaken, and left alone in Thy tabernacles, without honor and with no one to thank Thee for the gift of Thy Real Presence? Why is the world kept in the dark concerning Thee in this Most Holy Sacrament, when Thou art all that this world needs, and all that souls desire?"  ( Vultus Christi - Thursday of Adoration and Reparation for Priests )

Thank you once again, Allison Gingras at  Reconciled To You  and Elizabeth Riordan at  Theology Is A Verb   for hosting Worth Revisiting each week. It is a privilege to share our work with you and your followers . More from In Sinu Jesu : Put God First - Love and Console Our Lord! (Originally published June 7, 2012) The Eucharist must be the source and center of our lives. If we and our priests prefer Him over all others and all things, He will transform us and our world - one heart at a time. We can never share this Truth enough! Please spend time mining this spiritual treasure from  Father Mark at Vultus Christi  and then share it with all whom you love, especially your priests! Put Nothing Before My Love for You You have only to prefer My company to every other companionship, the love of My Heart to the love of every other heart, and the sound of My voice in the silence of your soul to every other voice. I have calle...

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) How much do you really love God? Listen to these words and then revisit your answer after reflecting upon these questions posed by Dom Mark Daniel Kirby, OSB. Want to be further challenged? Listen to Part I here.

Why art Thou left alone in this Most Holy Sacrament? Where are Thy adorers and Thy friends? Has Thy Church failed to announce Thy Gospel to the world, and to make Thy presence known? Why art Thou so ignored, forsaken, and left alone in Thy tabernacles, without honor and with no one to thank Thee for the gift of Thy Real Presence? Why is the world kept in the dark concerning Thee in this Most Holy Sacrament, when Thou art all that this world needs, and all that souls desire? (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby, OSB the author of Vultus Christi: )

We thank Allison Gingras at  Reconciled To You  and Elizabeth Riordan at  Theology Is A Verb   for hosting Worth Revisiting each week. It is a privilege to share our work with them and their followers .   Eucharistic Reflection - I Want My Priests and My People Close to Me To Console Me (Originally posted on April2, 2015) (Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) Holy Thursday should be among the most treasured days in our Church as we commemorate and give thanks for the Gift of the Eucharist and the Priesthood. It must be an occasion for the spiritual re-invigoration of our priests and of all whom they serve. God is quite clear as to what He expects from His priests! - to make the Eucharist the center of all that they do - all that they do .  This begins and is sustained only by spending time in His Eucharistic Presence, adoring Him, listening to Him and allowing Him to complete their priestly transformation into other Christs, Hi...

Thank you Allison Gingras and Elizabeth Riordan for another opportunity to re-publish our favorite posts on  Worth Revisiting . Go there now  and be nourished spiritually. Be sure to visit Allison at  Reconciled to You  and Elizabeth at  Theology Is A Verb  during the rest of the week. You will enjoy your visit. Here is my contribution this week: God Calls us to Come and Adore Him! Why Do We Ignore His Invitation? (Originally posted on September 11, 2013) Few individuals write as passionately and fervently of the need for us to adore Our Lord, Who though still physically here with and among us, is for the most part ignored and left alone, than Father Mark. Visit him regularly  at Vultus Christi . He speaks particularly to his brother priests - a message we must help him share. This week is no exception. Do yourself, your loved ones and the priests you know a favor - read, ponder and share the two articles Fathe...

It is time to thank Allison Gingras and Elizabeth Riordan for another opportunity to re-publish our favorite posts on  Worth Revisiting . Go there now  (and every Wednesday) and be nourished spiritually. Be sure to visit Allison at  Reconciled to You  and Elizabeth at  Theology Is A Verb  during the rest of the week. You will enjoy your visit. [It has been five years to the day since I posted the following. I regret to report that the need for acts of reparation has not diminished.] That All of Us Would Come to Reverence and Love our Eucharistic Lord as Father Mark Does (Originally published December 27, 2012) The love of Father Mark for the Eucharist is once again reflected in the following prayer that he offered after Christmas Day Vespers and that he posted on his blog , Vultus Christi. THY GLORY SO HIDDEN, AND THY LOVE SO DESPISED Lord Jesus Christ , God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten of the Fa...

Be sure to visit Allison Gingras   (Reconciled To You)  and  Elizabeth Riordan ( Theology Is A Verb ) each week for  Revisiting Wednesday , a place for Catholic writers to share their wares and stir your souls.  Stop for a visit now   (and every Wednesday). I would like to share the following: There has been a shortage of priestly vocations in this nation for some time. There are a number of reasons for this crisis (well beyond the scope of this simple article) but one screams to be addressed: the failure of some priests to make the Eucharist the source and center of their daily lives – an issue addressed many times by Blessed John Paul II. We do not need priests who believe their success rests in political activism and community organizing and who tickle our ears with platitudes and half-truths while withholding the spiritual Truth we need to live eternally. We need courageous priests, real men, other Christs, holy priests, ...

Thank you Allison Gingras  (Reconciled To You) and Elizabeth Riordan ( Theology Is A Verb) for another opportunity to re-publish our favorite posts on Worth Revisiting . Stop for a visit now (and every Wednesday). The gifted writers who post there each week will no doubt have much of value to offer you.  I wanted to share this: Monday Musings - Stirring Up Souls (Originally posted August 31, 2015) Thank God for the gift of Father Mark at Vultus Christi !, who recently reminded us: “There is nothing…as compelling as the sight of a priest in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. In an age of locked churches, of churches opened only for ‘services’ … it is a rare thing. And yet, there is no more effective way of communicating to souls the truth about the Most Holy Eucharist.” (See his full post - When A Priest Adores here ) I certainly concur with the good Father and thank him for both translating and then sharing this ...

"...There is a very real sense in which the prayer of adoration is a loss of one’s life. It is a kind of falling into the ground to die. Remember this when you come to adore Me. Look at the Sacred Host and see Me who am the grain of wheat fallen into the ground and risen to life, and become the food of a vast multitude of souls, and this until the end of time. The grain of wheat that I was has become the Host that I am. When you adore Me, forgetting yourself and forsaking all things for Me, you imitate Me, for adoration is a kind of death. It is a passing out of everything that solicits the senses and a cleaving to Me alone in the bright darkness of faith. So it will be in the hour of your death. The more deeply you sink into adoration, the more deeply are you planted in the earth, there to die, and there to sprout, and finally to bring forth much fruit. Sink into the ground of adoration. Consent to disappear, to forsake appearances, and to die. Ente...

From Vultus Christi - Prayer of a Priest [What follows is another gem from Father Mark at Vultus Christi . I thought you might want to print this and give it as a gift to your priest. It is a great reminder for us to prayer for them as well.]   (Image Source: Vultus Christi ) "Convert Thou me entirely, O my beloved Jesus, that I may live every moment— up to and including the very moment of my death — with my eyes fixed on Thine adorable Face, and with my heart hidden in Thy piercèd Heart. Make me, I pray Thee, what Thou hast called me to be. Let me so love Thee and adore Thee that I may be for Thine afflicted Heart the consoling friend for whom Thou hast waited so long. Leave me not alone, never forsake me, so that I may never leave Thee alone, and never forsake Thee. Fix my vagrant heart before Thy tabernacle — before the one where Thou art least adored and most forgotten — that I may persevere in a watch of adoration, of reparation, and of l...