Ask for the Gift of Adoration

The practice of adoration is not difficult.
It is a gentle abiding in My presence,
a resting in the radiance of My Eucharistic Face,
a closeness to My Eucharistic Heart.

Words, though sometimes helpful, are not necessary,
nor are thoughts.
What I seek from one who would adore Me in spirit and in truth
is a heart aflame with love,
a heart content to abide in my presence,
silent and still,
engaged only in the act of loving Me
and of receiving My love.

Though this is not difficult,
it is, all the same,
my own gift
to the soul who asks for it.

Ask, then, for the gift of adoration.

~ Excerpt from Vultus Christi blog ~

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta: A Reflection on Jesus

This is Jesus to me:

Jesus is the Word made flesh

Jesus is the Bread of Life

Jesus is the Victim offered for our sins on the Cross,

The Sacrifice offered at the Holy Mass,

for the sins of the world and mine.

Jesus is the Word-to be spoken

Jesus is the Truth-to be told

Jesus is the Way-to be walked

the Light-to be lit

the Life-to be lived.

Jesus is the Love-to be loved

Jesus is the Joy-to be shared

Jesus is the Sacrifice-to be offered,

The Peace-to be given,

The Bread of Life.

Jesus is the Hungry-to be fed

Jesus is the Thirsty-to be satiated

Jesus is the Naked-to be clothed

The Homeless-to be taken in

The Sick-to be healed.

Jesus is the Lonely-to be loved,

The Unwanted-to be wanted

The Leper-to wash his wounds

The Beggar-to give him a smile

The Drunkard-to listen to him

The Mental-to protect him

The Little One-to embrace him

The Blind-to lead him

The Dumb-to speak for him

The Crippled-to walk with him

The Drug addict-to befriend him

The Prostitute-to remove from danger and befriend her

Jesus is the Prisoner-to be visited

The Old-to be served.

To me Jesus is my God

Jesus is my Spouse

Jesus is my Life

Jesus is my only Love

Jesus is my All in all

Jesus is my Everything!

~ Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta ~

Eucharistic Miracles: The Real Presence of Jesus Among Us

John 6

51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."

52 The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us (his) flesh to eat?"

53 Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.

54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.

55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

Verbo Caro Factum Est: The Word Became Flesh

Verbum Caro factum est. Habitavit in nobis (The Word became flesh & dwelt among us)

Notum fecit Dominus, salutare suum (The Lord has made his salvation known)

Prope invocavit me, Pater meus es tu (Near is He who calls me, You are my Father)

(Sung by the Cathedral Singers, Richard Proulx (RIP) director)

Eucharistic Adorers at the Service of Jesus Christ

"Everything in the adorer should be at the service of Jesus Christ:
his mind, his heart, his will, his senses."

~ St. Peter Julian Eymard ~

Let Us Adore Our God in the Most Blessed Sacrament