tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90843267689329490152024-02-20T08:44:50.673-05:00VENITE ADOREMUS DOMINUM"Make Reparation for the ingratitude of men. Spend an hour in prayer to appease divine justice, to implore mercy for sinners, to honor Me, to console Me for My bitter suffering when abandoned by My Apostles, when they did not WATCH ONE HOUR WITH ME."
~ Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque ~one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-59967208858954998662013-05-15T11:03:00.001-04:002013-05-15T11:03:53.801-04:00Blessed Virgin Mary's Sentiments About Receiving Holy Communion<div style="text-align: justify;">
<strong>I wish thee also to hear, my dearest daughter from my own
mouth, what were my sentiments when in mortal life I was about to receive
holy Communion. In order that thou mayest better understand what I say, reflect
on all I have commanded thee to write about my gifts, merits and labors in life.
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<strong>I was preserved from original sin and, at the instant of my Conception, received
the knowledge and vision of the Divinity, as thou hast often recorded. I knew
more than all saints; I surpassed the highest seraphim in love; I never
committed any fault; I constantly practiced all the virtues in a heroic degree
and in the least of them I was greater than all the saints in their highest
perfection; the intention and object of my actions were most exalted and my
habits and gifts were noble without measure; I imitated my most holy Son most
closely; I labored faithfully; I suffered with eagerness and co-operated with
the doings of the Lord exactly as was becoming to me; I ceased not to exercise
my love and gain new supereminent merits of grace. </strong></div>
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<strong>Yet I thought myself to have
been fully repaid by being allowed to receive Him even once in the holy
Eucharist; yea, I did not consider myself worthy of this one favor. </strong></div>
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what should be thy sentiments, and those of the rest of the children of Adam, on
being admitted to the reception of this admirable Sacrament. </strong></div>
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greatest of saints one holy Communion is a superabundant reward, what must the
priests and the faithful think, when they are allowed to receive it so
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<strong>Open thy eyes in the deep darkness and blindness which overwhelm men
around thee, and raise them up to the divine brightness in order to understand
these mysteries. </strong></div>
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<strong>Look upon all thy works as insufficient, all thy sufferings as
most insignificant, all thy thanksgiving as falling far short of what thou owest
for such an exquisite blessing as that of possessing in the holy Church, Christ
my divine Son, present in the holy Sacrament in order to enrich all the
faithful. </strong></div>
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<strong>If thou hast not wherewith to show thy thanks for this and the other
blessings which thou receivest, at least humiliate thyself to the dust and
remain prostrate upon it; confess thyself unworthy in all the sincerity of thy
heart. Magnify the Most High, bless and praise Him, preserving thyself at all
times worthy to receive Him and to suffer many martyrdoms in return for such a
favor.</strong><br />
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<strong>~ Virgin Mother of God to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_de_%C3%81greda">Venerable Mary of Agreda</a>, from <em><a href="http://www.sacredheart.com/The_Mystical_City_of_God_Book_06_Chapter_03.htm">City of God</a></em> ~</strong></div>
one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-85373009477120484032012-04-20T17:44:00.000-04:002012-04-20T17:48:02.899-04:00Gloria Polo Testimony: Even the Demons Adore Our Lord<div style="text-align: justify;">
<strong><em>Gloria Polo died after being terribly burned by a lightning bolt on May 5, 1995
in Bogotá, Colombia; she was judged, and then came back to life. This is her
testimony.</em></strong></div>
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<strong>But first I must tell you something, brothers: I was a “dietetic (cafeteria) Catholic”, I was for my whole life, because my relationship with God was taken care of in a 25 minute Sunday Mass, and that’s all. I went to the Mass where the priest spoke less, because I got tired! What anguish I felt, with those priests who spoke a lot! This was my relationship with God! For this all the worldly currents drug me along: I lacked the protection of prayer well done with faith, even in the Mass!
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<strong>...When I cried out again that I was Catholic, brothers, I heard a Voice, so sweet, but so sweet… So beautiful, that it filled everything with peace and love, and made my soul jump. Those horrible creature that were clinging to me, at hearing it, immediately prostrated themselves in adoration, and asked permission to withdraw themselves, because they could not stand the sweetness of that Voice: then something was opened, like a mouth hanging down, and they fled with fear. Just imagine this! When I see those beings, those horrific demons, there prostrated… At the mere hearing the Voice of the Lord, (notwithstanding the pride of Satan, and thus they hear it as something very</strong> <strong>unpleasant), they throw themselves on their knees!
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<strong>Then, I saw the Most Blessed Virgin prostrated, when the priest elevated Our Lord in the Host, during the Mass that was celebrated for the soul of my cousin. The Virgin Mary interceded for me! Prostrated at the feet of Our Lord, she gathered all the prayers that the people of my earth made for me, and she presented them to Him.
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<strong>You know, at the moment of the elevation, when the priest lifts up the Host, one feels the presence of Jesus, everyone prostates themselves on their knees, even the demons! … And I, who went to the Mass without the least of respect, without giving any attention, with gum to chew in my mouth, sometimes dozing off, looking around, lost in a thousand banal thoughts…! And then I had the guts to complain, full of pride, that God did not listen to me when I asked something from Him!
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<strong>Believe me, it was staggering to see how, at the passing of Our Lord, all those creatures, all those frightening beings, threw themselves on the ground, in an impressive adoration.
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<strong>I saw the Virgin Mary, graciously prostrate at the feet of the Lord, praying for me, in adoration before Him. … And I, a sinner, with my rubbish, treating Him without any respect, and saying that I was good… Yes, miserably good! Denying and blaspheming the Lord!
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<strong>Imagine what a sinner I was, when even the demons prostrated themselves on the ground, at the passing of the Lord Jesus Christ…!
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<strong>...Jesus continued to show me how I was in no way grateful in regard to Him, and the laziness that I had in going to Mass. When I still lived with my parents, and my mother obliged me to go, I said to her: “But, Mom, if God is everywhere, what need do I have to go to church for the Mass?” Clearly, for me it was very convenient to talk like this… And Jesus showed this to me. I had the Lord twenty-four hours a day for me, all my life God took care of me, and I so lazy to dedicate to Him a little time on Sunday, to show Him my gratitude, my love for Him… But the worst thing was to know that, to frequent the church, meant to nourish my soul. I, instead, dedicated myself totally to the care of my body, I became a slave to my flesh, and I forgot this particular: that I had a soul! And never did I take care of it.</strong>
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<strong>~ Gloria Polo: excerpts from <a href="http://testimony-polo.blogspot.com/">here</a> ~</strong></div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-45326715600823382432011-12-29T12:14:00.000-05:002011-12-29T12:24:35.887-05:00Ask for the Gift of Adoration<div style="text-align: center;">
<strong>The practice of adoration is not difficult.<br />It is a gentle abiding in My presence,<br />a resting in the radiance of My Eucharistic Face,<br />a closeness to My Eucharistic Heart.</strong></div>
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<strong>Words, though sometimes helpful, are not necessary,<br />nor are thoughts.<br />What I seek from one who would adore Me in spirit and in truth<br />is a heart aflame with love,<br />a heart content to abide in my presence,<br />silent and still,<br />engaged only in the act of loving Me<br />and of receiving My love.</strong></div>
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<strong>Though this is not difficult, <br />it is, all the same, <br />my own gift <br />to the soul who asks for it.</strong></div>
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<strong>Ask, then, for the gift of adoration.</strong></div>
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<strong>~ Excerpt from </strong><a href="http://vultus.stblogs.org/2011/12/holiness-through-adoration.html"><strong>Vultus Christi</strong></a><strong> blog ~</strong></div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-45609007862618555432011-09-08T16:25:00.000-04:002011-09-08T16:25:52.004-04:00Fr. Robert Barron: The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist<div style="text-align: justify;">"<strong>When the priest effects the Eucharistic change...he's not speaking his own puny words, but rather at the consecration the priest speaks in persona Christi, in the very person of Christ...He speaks with the full authority of Christ which is why his words have the power to change the elements...that's why for Catholics the only proper response when you're in the presence of those transformed elements is to bow down and worship."</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>~ Fr. Robert Barron ~</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="300" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bJjW3LXuHzo?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bJjW3LXuHzo?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="300" allowscriptaccess="always"
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And half in love, and half in fear</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>I seek for aid from thee,</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Lest what I worship, wrapt in awe,</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Should be profaned by me.<br />
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Wilt thou vouchsafe, as Portress dear,</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>To guard those lips today?</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Lessen my words of idle worth</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>And govern all I say.<br />
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Keep back the sharp and quick retort</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>That rise so easily;</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Soften my speech with gentle art,</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>To sweetest charity.<br />
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Check thou the laugh or careless jest,</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>That others harsh may find;</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Teach me the thoughtful words of love,</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>That soothe the anxious mind.<br />
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Put far from me all proud replies,</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>And each deceitful tone,</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>So that my words at length may be</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Faint echoes of thine own.<br />
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Oh Mother, thou art mine today,</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>By more than double right:</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>A soul where Christ reposed must be</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Most precious in thy sight.<br />
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And thou canst hardly think of me</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>From thy dear Son apart;</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Then give me from myself and sin,</strong></div><div align="center"><strong>A refuge in thy heart.<br />
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~ From an old prayer card ~</strong></div><div align="center"></div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-47648359380205214352011-06-25T21:04:00.000-04:002011-06-25T21:04:50.989-04:00Capuchin Franciscans: A Public Invitation to Kneel Before Jesus in the Eucharist<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>A Eucharistic flash mob in the centre of Preston, organised by the Capuchin Franciscans on Ascension Thursday 2011.</strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cZ5aYoSr3Hg?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cZ5aYoSr3Hg?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-31052435839441649812011-06-17T12:02:00.007-04:002011-06-17T12:08:05.442-04:00Lack of Love and Indifference Toward Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament"<strong>Is Jesus well-loved in Heaven?</strong><strong></strong><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>"In Heaven they love Him very much, there He is compensated. But Jesus wants more than that. He wants to be loved on earth, on that earth where He annihilates Himself in every Tabernacle, in order to be approached more easily and yet He is refused. People pass before a church with more indifference than they would before any public monument. If by chance, they go into the holy place, it is only to insult still more the Divine Captive who dwells there, namely, by their coldness and their irreverence. Their prayers are said hurriedly and without attention, instead of speaking to Him from their hearts and saying words of friendship and gratitude for all His favors to them. </strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>"Tell Father P— that God expects from him this love which He so rarely meets with. He expects it from him who comes each day so close to Jesus, whom he receives into his heart. Oh, tell him that in those blessed moments he may repair by his tender love the indifference of so many ungrateful souls. His heart must melt with love before Jesus in the Host and intercede for those priests who enjoy the same privilege that he does, yet treat the sacred mysteries with a frozen heart which remains as cold as marble to Jesus. Every day let his union with God become closer, in order to prepare himself worthily for the great graces which Jesus has in store for him. </strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><br />
"I have told you there are some souls who do their Purgatory at the foot of the altar. They are not there for faults they have committed in church, because those faults which attack Jesus directly, Jesus present in the Tabernacle, are punished with terrible severity in Purgatory. The souls that are there in adoration are there as a reward for their reverent behavior in the Sacred Presence. They suffer less than if they were in Purgatory itself, and Jesus, whom they contemplate with the eyes of their soul and of faith, softens their pains by His invisible Presence."</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><br />
~ Sr. M.G., a nun soul from Purgatory; excerpt from <a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=6253"><em>An Unpublished Manuscript on Purgatory </em>~</a></strong> </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><br />
~ Related posts from <a href="http://gratefulforpurgatory.blogspot.com/search/label/Eucharistic%20Adoration">Grateful for Purgatory</a> blog ~ </strong> </div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-17176517074168951812011-06-10T14:32:00.000-04:002011-06-10T14:32:48.778-04:00Saint Faustina: Prayer of Adoration and Consolation to Jesus in the Eucharist<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>O Jesus, Divine Prisoner of Love, when I consider Your love and how You emptied Yourself for me, my senses fail me. You hide Your inconceivable majesty and lower Yourself to miserable me. O King of Glory, though You hide Your beauty, yet the eye of my soul rends the veil. I see the angelic choirs giving You honor without cease, and all the heavenly Powers praising You without cease, and without cease they are saying: Holy, Holy, Holy.</strong></div><strong></strong><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Oh, who will comprehend Your love and Your unfathomable mercy toward us! O Prisoner of Love, I lock up my poor heart in this tabernacle, that it may adore You without cease night and day. I know of no obstacle in this adoration, and even though I be physically distant, my heart is always with You. Nothing can put a stop to my love for You. No obstacles exist for me. O my Jesus, I will console You for all the ingratitude, the blasphemies, the coldness, the hatred of the wicked, the sacrileges. O Jesus, I want to burn as a pure offering and to be consumed before the throne of Your hiddenness. I plead with You unceasingly for poor dying sinners. </strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>~ St. Faustina; excerpt 80 from <em><a href="https://secure.marianweb.net/giftshop/product.php?DID=101&PID=07110053">The Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska</a> ~</em></strong></div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-78949212361632948462011-05-16T16:44:00.000-04:002011-05-16T16:44:54.901-04:00Prayer to Jesus Abandoned in the Most Blessed Sacrament<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>To Jesus Abandoned</strong></div><strong><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></strong><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>With Mary Immaculate</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>let us adore, thank, implore and console, </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>the Most Beloved and Sacred Heart of Jesus </strong><strong>in the Blessed Sacrament.</strong></div><strong><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></strong><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>O Divine Jesus, lonely tonight in so many Tabernacles, </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>without visitor or worshiper,</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>I offer Thee my poor heart.</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>May its every throb be an act of love for Thee.</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Thou art always watching beneath the Sacramental Veils;</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>in Thy Love Thou dost never sleep</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>and Thou art never weary </strong><strong>of Thy vigil for sinners.</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>O lonely Jesus,</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>may the flame of my heart </strong><strong>burn and beam always in company with Thee.</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>(From <a href="http://onlinecatholicstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=11086"><em>Holy Hour of Reparation</em> prayer book)</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>"But after we have adored, the heart must be open to the other sentiments; for you well know that we are taught a diversity of forms of adoration in the Gospels; and we express them sometimes by profound acts of bodily reverence, sometimes by silence of the mind. From time to time, we also link with this type of adoration, tears, groans, and sighs; or words, expressions of interior feelings, prayers accompany the same. All these forms of adoration before Jesus hidden in the sacrament are so powerful that there are times when the spirit can do nothing better than bow low in Jesus' presence.</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>"Someone asks me: "What am I to do if I can think of nothing to say?" It is enough if you show reverence and hope. "But I am unable to say anything." I ask you not to be sad on that account; the very silence suffices. However great your experience of a heart which is dried up and empty, and for all that you may be very aware of its trials and confusion, fear not; continue your act of adoration; for that is enough, and it is to be considered a splendid deed in God's eyes. If subsequently, however, a thankful feeling of the soul towards God is aroused, if you desire to endure some greater sacrifices for His sake, foster those sentiments which the Holy Spirit is arousing in you, and offer them as a bouquet in Jesus presence. And would that this were the chief and daily form of our prayer." (<a href="http://apostlesofprayer.blogspot.com/2009/05/st-jose-maria-rubio-sj.html">Source</a>)</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="390" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SVgRQmys1uI?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SVgRQmys1uI?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="390" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zCUVUTVIa4E?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zCUVUTVIa4E?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-69860226249052662332011-04-27T10:53:00.000-04:002011-04-27T10:53:54.685-04:00Pope Pius XII: Consecrated Hands of Priests<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>“In the same way, actually that baptism is the distinctive mark of all Christians, and serves to differentiate them from those who have not been cleansed in this purifying stream and consequently are not members of Christ, the sacrament of holy orders sets the priest apart from the rest of the faithful who have not received this consecration. For they alone, in answer to an inward supernatural call, have entered the august ministry, where they are assigned to service in the sanctuary and become, as it were, the instruments God uses to communicate supernatural life from on high to the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ. Add to this, as We have noted above, the fact that they alone have been marked with the indelible sign ‘conforming’ them to Christ the Priest, and that their hands alone have been consecrated ‘in order that whatever they bless may be blessed, whatever they consecrate may become sacred and holy, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.' (Roman Pontifical, Ordination of a priest: anointing of hands.) Let all, then, who would live in Christ flock to their priests. By them they will be supplied with the comforts and food of the spiritual life. From them they will procure the medicine of salvation assuring their cure and happy recovery from the fatal sickness of their sins. The priest, finally, will bless their homes, consecrate their families and help them, as they breathe their last, across the threshold of eternal happiness."</strong><br />
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</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>~ Pope Pius XII; excerpt from <em><a href="http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_20111947_mediator-dei_en.html">Mediator Dei</a></em>, #43</strong><br />
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<strong>~ Related post: <a href="http://eucharisticadorationforpriests.blogspot.com/2009/07/beautiful-hands-of-priest.html">The Beautiful Hands of a Priest</a> ~</strong></div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-34968008604679174632011-04-26T17:22:00.000-04:002011-04-26T17:22:45.924-04:00The Doctrine of Transubstantiation: Is Jesus Really Present in the Eucharist?<strong>Jesus first repeated what he said, then summarized: "‘I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.’ The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’" (John 6:51–52). </strong><strong></strong><strong><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></strong><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>His listeners were stupefied because now they understood Jesus literally—and correctly. He again repeated his words, but with even greater emphasis, and introduced the statement about drinking his blood: "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him" (John 6:53–56). </strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<strong>Notice that Jesus made no attempt to soften what he said, no attempt to correct "misunderstandings," for there were none. Our Lord’s listeners understood him perfectly well. They no longer thought he was speaking metaphorically. If they had, if they mistook what he said, why no correction? </strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>~ Catholic Answers; excerpt from <a href="http://www.catholic.com/library/Christ_in_the_Eucharist.asp">Christ in the Eucharist</a> ~ </strong></div><strong></strong><br />
<div align="center"><object height="300" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XI8ZFDY0YLw?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XI8ZFDY0YLw?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="300"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="300" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FGhJahJM_Yg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FGhJahJM_Yg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="300"></embed></object></div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-89962585811622101962011-04-22T18:20:00.001-04:002011-04-22T18:21:32.355-04:00Pope Benedict XVI: Do We Really Desire Union With Jesus in the Eucharist?<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>“I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer” (Lk 22:15). With these words Jesus began the celebration of his final meal and the institution of the Holy Eucharist. Jesus approached that hour with eager desire. In his heart he awaited the moment when he would give himself to his own under the appearance of bread and wine. He awaited that moment which would in some sense be the true messianic wedding feast: when he would transform the gifts of this world and become one with his own, so as to transform them and thus inaugurate the transformation of the world. In this eager desire of Jesus we can recognize the desire of God himself – his expectant love for mankind, for his creation. A love which awaits the moment of union, a love which wants to draw mankind to itself and thereby fulfil the desire of all creation, for creation eagerly awaits the revelation of the children of God (cf. Rom 8:19).</strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>"Jesus desires us, he awaits us. But what about ourselves? Do we really desire him? Are we anxious to meet him? Do we desire to encounter him, to become one with him, to receive the gifts he offers us in the Holy Eucharist? Or are we indifferent, distracted, busy about other things? From Jesus’ banquet parables we realize that he knows all about empty places at table, invitations refused, lack of interest in him and his closeness. For us, the empty places at the table of the Lord’s wedding feast, whether excusable or not, are no longer a parable but a reality, in those very countries to which he had revealed his closeness in a special way. Jesus also knew about guests who come to the banquet without being robed in the wedding garment – they come not to rejoice in his presence but merely out of habit, since their hearts are elsewhere. In one of his homilies Saint Gregory the Great asks: Who are these people who enter without the wedding garment? What is this garment and how does one acquire it? He replies that those who are invited and enter do in some way have faith. It is faith which opens the door to them. But they lack the wedding garment of love. Those who do not live their faith as love are not ready for the banquet and are cast out. Eucharistic communion requires faith, but faith requires love; otherwise, even as faith, it is dead."</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>~ Pope Benedict XVI; excerpt from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Jesus%20desires%20us,%20he%20awaits%20us.%20But%20what%20about%20ourselves? Do we really desire him? Are we anxious to meet him? Do we desire to encounter him, to become one with him, to receive the gifts he offers us in the Holy Eucharist? Or are we indifferent, distracted, busy about other things? From Jesus’ banquet parables we realize that he knows all about empty places at table, invitations refused, lack of interest in him and his closeness. For us, the empty places at the table of the Lord’s wedding feast, whether excusable or not, are no longer a parable but a reality, in those very countries to which he had revealed his closeness in a special way. Jesus also knew about guests who come to the banquet without being robed in the wedding garment – they come not to rejoice in his presence but merely out of habit, since their hearts are elsewhere. In one of his homilies Saint Gregory the Great asks: Who are these people who enter without the wedding garment? What is this garment and how does one acquire it? He replies that those who are invited and enter do in some way have faith. It is faith which opens the door to them. But they lack the wedding garment of love. Those who do not live their faith as love are not ready for the banquet and are cast out. Eucharistic communion requires faith, but faith requires love; otherwise, even as faith, it is dead.">Holy Thursday Homily</a> on April 21, 2011 ~</strong></div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-41986549849187101182011-04-20T10:44:00.002-04:002011-04-20T10:48:38.898-04:00Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa: Our Lord Pleads for Eucharistic Reparation<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Our Lord pleads for Eucharistic Reparation. An excerpt from the full-length documentary on Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2004 and has been proposed by the universal church as a patron for the youth. Blessed Alexandrina's great love of Our Lord's Real Presence in the Eucharist is very relevant for today. </strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="300" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8ui6S-ZG0t4?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8ui6S-ZG0t4?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="300"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa jumped from a window in her home so as to protect her purity from three attackers. It was the result of this fall that saw her eventually bedridden for life and her incredible mission of offering her life of suffering as a Victim Soul. </strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Taken from the full length documentary on the life of Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa produced by Mary's Dowry Productions, this excerpt shows the incredible phenomenon of the Cross that mysteriously appeared at Balasar. Many hundreds of people have taken earth from this Cross over the years but it still remains and defies all attempts to erradicate it. Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa's life and mission was linked closely to this phenomenon. </strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>This is a trailer for a 56 minute documentary on the life and message of Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa who is also known in Portugal as the Fourth Seer of Fatima. This film has been produced by Mary's Dowry Productions to promote the life and message of this Blessed, closely linked to the message of Fatima, strong advocate of the First Saturday devotions and Fatima message. A victim soul, she suffered mystically the Passion of Christ every Friday although paralized from the age of 14 having jumped from a high window to escape intruders and protect her purity. More information at <a href="http://www.marysdowryproductions.org/">http://www.marysdowryproductions.org/</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong></strong><br />
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<strong>~ Related post on <a href="http://eucharisticadorationforpriests.blogspot.com/2009/07/blessed-alexandrina.html">Blessed Alexandrina da Costa</a> ~</strong></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-21903438939854850662011-04-18T20:35:00.022-04:002011-04-18T21:06:15.553-04:00Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith: Time to Abandon Communion in the Hand<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>"...speaking of communion in the hand, it must be recognized that the practice was improperly and quickly introduced in some quarters of the Church shortly after the Council, changing the age-old practice and becoming regular practice for the whole Church. They justified the change saying that it better reflected the Gospel or the ancient practice of the Church... Some, to justify this practice referred to the words of Jesus: "Take and eat" (Mk 14, 22; Mt 26, 26).</strong><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>"Whatever the reasons for this practice, we cannot ignore what is happening worldwide where this practice has been implemented. This gesture has contributed to a gradual weakening of the attitude of reverence towards the sacred Eucharistic species whereas the previous practice had better safeguarded that sense of reverence. There instead arose an alarming lack of recollection and a general spirit of carelessness. We see communicants who often return to their seats as if nothing extraordinary has happened... In many cases, one cannot discern that sense of seriousness and inner silence that must signal the presence of God in the soul."</strong><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>"Now I think it is high time...to abandon the current practice that was not called for by Sacrosanctum Concilium, nor by Fathers, but was only accepted after its illegitimate introduction in some countries. Now, more than ever, we must help the faithful to renew a deep faith in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharistic species in order to strengthen the life of the Church and defend it in the midst of dangerous distortions of the faith that this situation continues to cause."</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>~ Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith, excerpt from <a href="http://www.communion-in-the-hand.org/articles.html">here</a> ~</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-14665392212060523652011-04-13T05:54:00.002-04:002011-04-13T05:54:00.134-04:00Pane di Vita Nuova: Bread of Life<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Pane di vita nuova Vero cibo dato agli uomini, </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Nutrimento che sostiene il mondo, </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Dono splendido di grazia. </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Tu sei sublime frutto Di quell'albero di vita Che adamo non potè toccare: </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Ora è in cristo a noi donato.</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong> Pane della vita, </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Sangue di salvezza, </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Vero corpo, </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>vera bevanda </strong><br />
<strong>Cibo di grazia per il mondo. </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Bread of Life, new true food given to men, </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>nourishment that sustains the world,</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong> splendid gift of grace. </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>You are sublime fruit of the tree of life that Adam could not touch: </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>It is now given to us in Christ. </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Bread of Life, </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Blood of salvation,</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong> true Body,</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong> true drink,</strong><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>O Sacred Banquet,</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>in which Christ is consumed,</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>the memory of his passion is recalled,</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>the mind is filled with grace,</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>and a pledge of future glory is given to us.</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Alleluia!</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>(Antiphon to the Magnificat, Liturgy of the Hours, Evening Prayer II of the Feast of the Body and Blood of the Lord.)</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>~ Pope John Paul II, Sept. 29, 1979 ~ </strong></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>~ Pope John Paul II on the occasion of World Youth Day, Rome, 2000 ~</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<strong>~ Our Lady of Akita to Sr. Agnes ~</strong><br />
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<strong>PRAYER OF THE HANDMAIDS OF THE EUCHARIST</strong><br />
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</div><div align="center"><strong>"Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, truly present in the Holy Eucharist, </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>I consecrate my body and soul to be entirely one with Your Heart, </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>being sacrificed at every instant on all the altars of the world </strong><strong>and giving praise to the Father, </strong><br />
<strong>pleading for the coming of His Kingdom. </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Please receive this humble offering of myself. </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Use me as You will for the glory of the Father and the salvation of souls. </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Most Holy Mother of God, never let me be separated from your Divine Son. </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Please defend and protect me as your special child. </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Amen." </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-24350888301753896992011-03-17T21:48:00.000-04:002011-03-17T21:48:07.440-04:00Lamb of God<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>"You will never know God's will in your life unless you're a man or woman of prayer...</strong></div><strong></strong><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>...the first best place to listen to God in prayer is in front of the Blessed Sacrament...</strong></div><strong></strong><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>...if you can stop every day and give time to God in front of the Blessed Sacrament, your life will change."</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><br />
</strong><strong>~ Fr. Larry Richards ~</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-72879463054330967802011-03-14T15:46:00.001-04:002011-03-14T17:56:34.759-04:00The Pain of Jesus When Souls Are Indifferent About Receiving Holy Communion<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>"Oh, how painful it is to Me that souls so seldom unite themselves to Me in Holy Communion. I wait for souls, and they are indifferent toward Me. I love them tenderly and sincerely, and they distrust Me. I want to lavish My graces on them, and they do not want to accept them. They treat Me as a dead object, whereas My Heart is full of love and mercy. In order that you may know at least some of My pain, imagine the most tender of mothers who has great love for her children, while those children spurn her love. Consider her pain. No one is in a position to console her. This is but a feeble image and likeness of My love." </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<strong>~ Jesus to Saint Faustina; excerpt 1447 from <em><a href="https://secure.marianweb.net/giftshop/product.php?DID=101&PID=07110053">The Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska</a> ~</em></strong></div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-72786324970048349192011-03-11T12:19:00.000-05:002011-03-11T12:19:37.177-05:00St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) and Fr. Robert Barron Comment on Eucharistic Adoration<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<strong>"The Lord is present in the tabernacle in His divinity and in His humanity. He is not present for His own sake but for ours: it is His delight to be with the 'children of men.' He knows, too, that, being what we are, we need His personal nearness. In consequence, every thoughtful and sensitive person will feel attracted and will be there as often and as long as possible. And the practice of the Church, which has instituted perpetual adoration, is just as clear."</strong></div><strong></strong><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>~ St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross ~</strong><br />
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</div>one grateful hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451863159393669066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084326768932949015.post-84064796091489159032011-03-04T12:12:00.001-05:002011-03-04T12:13:51.239-05:00Pope John Paul II: Eucharistic Adoration--Fulfilling an Eminent Service<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>"It is invaluable to converse with Christ, and leaning against Jesus' breast like his beloved disciple, we can feel the infinite love of His Heart. We learn to know more deeply the One who gave Himself totally, in the different mysteries of His divine and human life, so that we may become disciples and in turn enter into this great act of giving, for the glory of God and the salvation of the world. Through adoration, the Christian mysteriously contributes to the radical transformation of the world and to the sowing of the Gospel. Anyone who prays to the Savior draws the whole world with him and raises it to God. Those who stand before the Lord are therefore fulfilling an eminent service. They are presenting to Christ all those who do not know him or are far from him; they keep watch in His Presence on their behalf."</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>~ Pope John Paul II, 1996 ~</strong></div><br />
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