St. Martin of Tours Parish - Tixtla, Mexico
(Pocket Guide to Adoration - Ascension Press p47)
Blood was coming from the same living tissue we find in the Eucharistic hosts placed within our tabernacle in church, and within the Monstrance we pray before in the Adoration Chapel. It is He. May the Lord continue to fill us with wonder and awe at these miracles, and to give us a deep fervor for the Eucharist whenever and wherever we encounter the Body of Christ.
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“Jesus awaits you in the Eucharist. Come into the silence and let him change your life.” (Matthew Kelly)
“Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to heaven. There are others: innocence, but that is for little children; penance, but we are afraid of it; generous endurance of trials of life, but when they come we weep and ask to be delivered. The surest, easiest, shortest way is the Eucharist.” (St Pius X)
Stop by the chapel and feel His presence.
A Treasured Hour
For most of us a ‘daily’ visit is difficult if not impossible. Our schedules and ‘life’ simply get in the way. I remember a saying often used by a nun who taught me when I was in the 6th grade; sister often said, “If you really want to do it, you will find a way” (you can probably all relate). If you really want to spend time with God you will find at least an hour a week for Eucharistic Adoration. Outside of Sunday Mass that hour will become your most treasured hour of your week - guaranteed. You will not know the full value and benefit it brings you until you are face-to-face with our Lord. At that time, Jesus, just maybe instead of listening to all your ‘thank you’s’, will be saying ‘thank you’ to you for spending your time with Him in Adoration.
“For two of the most perfect and powerful means of becoming a saint are Eucharistic Adoration and frequent Holy Communion … because Jesus Christ the saint-maker is present in the Eucharist as He is nowhere else in the world.” (Peter Kreeft)
A Treasured Hour
“One thing is certain, that next to Holy Communion, no act of worship is so pleasing to God, and none so useful, as the daily visit to our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament dwelling upon the altar.” St Alphonsus Liguori
For most of us a ‘daily’ visit is difficult if not impossible. Our schedules and ‘life’ simply get in the way. I remember a saying often used by a nun who taught me when I was in the 6th grade; sister often said, “If you really want to do it, you will find a way” (you can probably all relate). If you really want to spend time with God you will find at least an hour a week for Eucharistic Adoration. Outside of Sunday Mass that hour will become your most treasured hour of your week - guaranteed. You will not know the full value and benefit it brings you until you are face-to-face with our Lord. At that time, Jesus, just maybe instead of listening to all your ‘thank you’s’, will be saying ‘thank you’ to you for spending your time with Him in Adoration.
“For two of the most perfect and powerful means of becoming a saint are Eucharistic Adoration and frequent Holy Communion … because Jesus Christ the saint-maker is present in the Eucharist as He is nowhere else in the world.” (Peter Kreeft)
Let Communion Nourish Your Interior Life
We all know that to successfully grow flowers, the essential thing is to keep them fresh by watering the roots. If the root dries, the plant will die. Fertility depends on moisture. The sun by itself does not make flowers bloom; its heat alone would make them wither, but it makes moisture fertile, active. Therefore, to cultivate the flower of sanctity in our soul, we have to keep the roots fresh and moist, which means simply that we have to live the interior life. Nature gives dew and rain to the earth. The grace of God is the dew of the soul; given in abundance, it is a shower that floods it and makes it fruitful.
How To Get More Out Of Holy Communion Peter Julian Eymard Sophia Institute Press 2000
