In the consecrated Host we find the same Jesus whom Mary brought into the world,
whom the shepherds found wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger;
whom Mary and Joseph nurtures and watched over as He grew before their eyes; the
Jesus who called the apostles to follow Him, who captivated and taught the
multitudes, who performed the most startling miracles; who said He was the “light”
and “life” of the world, who forgave Magdalen and raised Lazarus from the deas; who
for love of us sweat blood, received the kiss of a traitor, was made one enormous
wound, and died on the Cross; that same Jesus who rose again and appeared to the
Apostles and in whose wounds Thomas put his finger; who ascended into heaven,
who now is seated in glory at the right hand of His Father, and who, in union with the
Father, sends us the Holy Spirit.

• From Divine Intimacy by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D.