Meditations from St. Louis de Montfort--Apostle of Jesus and Mary
"In The Blessed Sacrament/God loves
us so tenderly,/He empties Himself completely./O, who could believe it?/Withholding
nothing, He gives his all./ He gives his flesh for us to eat/He gives
his blood for us to drink./He gives his soul, his infinite being/To transform
us into Himself./Praised be the Blessed Sacrament!" (Hymn No. 30,
3rd Stanza)
"Faithful child of the Blessed
Sacrament, what profit, what wealth, what pleasure is yours kneeling at
the feet of the generous and inestimable Lord of lords. Be brave,
take courage, enrich yourself and rejoice as you burn yourself out
each day like a lamp. The more you give of yourself, the more God
will give of Himself to you!" (From a letter to his sister, Louise,
a Benedictine of the Blessed Sacrament)
"O Mother of Mercy, be filled with
your Son's glory, and leave what you have over to your little ones (Ps.
16:4).... Through you we have shared in the fruit of life at the table
of these present sacraments. Through you may we share at the table of everlasting
joys in the same fruit of life, Jesus, the blessed Fruit of your womb,
to whom be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen."
"Christ is risen! In him
is my faith, my love; in him I live. He sang us a love song from
the moment of his birth to the moment of his death and unto his resurrection.
At the moment of his ascension--which comes soon--he will leave us tokens
of his love: first, himself in the celebration of the Eucharist and in
the Blessed Sacrament, and in his priests. For he is so in love with
us that though he went to the Father, he remained with us. Only God can
do that." (Catherine de Hueck Doherty, foundress of Madonna
House)
St. Catherine of Siena--Doctor of the Church
St. Catherine of Siena was a lay
woman and third order Dominican who lived at a time when there was great
corruption, division, and schism within the Church. Catherine spent
her life praying and working to help bring about the true renewal and restoration
of the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church that she loved so much.
Where did Catherine receive the grace, strength, wisdom and knowledge
to have such an important and profound effect on the entire Church? From
Jesus Himself in the Blessed Sacrament, in daily Mass, Communion and Adoration.
He gave her all of the strength and courage she needed to work tirelessly
in bringing about the restoration of our Church!
Reflections from St. Catherine of Siena
"O boundless charity! Just as you gave us yourself, wholly God and wholly man, so you left us all of yourself as food so that while we are pilgrims in this life we might not collapse in our weariness but be strengthened by you, heavenly food. O mercenary people! And what has your God left you? He has left you himself, wholly God and wholly man, hidden under the whiteness of this bread. O fire of love! Was it not enough to gift us with creation in your image and likeness, and to create us anew to grace in your Son's blood, without giving us yourself as food, the whole of divine being, the whole of God? What drove you? Nothing but your charity, mad with love as you are!"
"We humbly adore Thee in this
Sacrament of Thy power and love. We will ever honor Thy adorable
person by coming into Thy sacred presence with due reverence, and will
strive to repair the outrages offered to Thee by loving and venerating
Thee with all our hearts."
Prayer for Priests
O my Jesus, I beg You on behalf
of the whole Church: Grant it love and the light of Your Spirit, and give
power to the words of priests so that hardened hearts might be brought
to repentance and return to You, O Lord. Lord, give us holy priests;
You yourself maintain them in holiness. O Divine and Great High Priest,
may the power of Your mercy accompany them everywhere and protect them
from the devils traps and snares which are continually being set for the
souls of priests. May the power of Your mercy, O Lord, shatter and
bring to naught all that might tarnish the sanctity of priests, for You
can do all things. (St. Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed
Sacrament)
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