On the Cross Jesus said “I thirst”. From the Blessed Sacrament Jesus continues to say to each of us “I thirst”. He thirsts for our personal love, our intimacy, our union with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
(Saint Teresa of Calcutta)
Tag: Adoration
What Parishes Must Do
“People ask me: ‘What will convert America and save the world?’ My answer is prayer. What we need is for every parish to come before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in holy hours of prayer.”
St. Teresa of Calcutta
Be Truly Thankful and Grateful
“After Communion, one should spend at least a quarter of an hour in thanksgiving. This is the most precious time of our life since Jesus Christ really present in us is pleased to fill us, out of unequaled generosity, with His benefits and His virtues. We would show a lack of reverence and acquire guilt for shameless ingratitude were we to occupy our mind, our heart, or our senses with something irrelevant. It is appropriate especially to formulate prayers of gratitude, adoration, offering and petition.”
(Blessed Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier, O.P. from Instructions For Novices)
A Painful and Upsetting Truth!
Let’s be frank: If we really believe that Jesus Christ is truly and substantially present, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity in the tabernacles of our Churches, we would be there with Him. We would do everything in our power to spend some time with Him and to encourage others to do so as well.
But we don’t really believe this essential Truth. We have abandoned our Loving Lord to his prison-tabernacle and locked the doors of His Churches so that even the few drawn to be with Him are unable to get in.
Stop for a moment and ponder this shocking reality from our Lord’s perspective. Is this anyway to treat the Son of God? Of course it isn’t.
Go visit and comfort our abandoned and forgotten Lord. Bring a copy of Stirring Slumbering Souls – 250 Eucharistic Reflections with you and let the wisdom it contains draw you into His loving embrace and Presence. Enlist is His army of Adorers. Let Him change you and the world!
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Stop what you are doing and go visit Him!
He Has Not Abandoned Us
“The Lord does not abandon His Church; He has assured us: ‘I am with you always, even until the end of time’ (Mt 28:20). That promise is fulfilled by His presence with us in the Eucharist. Come, let us adore Him!”
(Archbishop Charles Brown)
Be A Witness
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“(Eucharistic) Adoration itself is an act of witnessing when one sees many gathered in silence before the Lord. Eucharistic Adoration should become part and parcel of our way of being Church.”
Archbishop Buti Tlhagale
It Is You He Awaits
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“Jesus is not on His Eucharistic throne to receive the adorations of the angels and to enjoy the company of the blessed. These He finds in heaven.
But He is on His Eucharistic throne to receive your adorations, to listen to your confidences, and to console and alleviate your sorrows and trials.”
(Father Jose Guadalupe Trevino from The Holy Eucharist)
Stick-to-itiveness
“Spiritual practices require commitment and regularity if they are to transform us. Spiritual practices like … adoration before the Blessed Sacrament are journeys, not day trips into the realm of the sacred. They are not hobbies or occasional exercises that depend on our moods or our latest interests. They demand a personal discipline, a personal stick-to-itiveness.”
Bishop Joseph N. Perry
Love Made Visible
“When we adore Christ in the Eucharist, exposed in the monstrance, we gaze directly at the mystery of His presence. The Eucharist is love made visible.”
(From A Pastoral Letter On Adoration of the Most Holy Eucharist by Bishop James Conley)
Sign of the Times
“Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is awakening and developing all over the world, and this will help to restore the sacredness of the liturgical celebration of the Mass…. The renewal of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament…is a sign of the times, and a great sign of encouragement.”
Cardinal Marc Quellet
I Thirst for Your Love! 