The Eucharist is the manifestation of (the Divine Person’s) desire to remain with us until the end of the world. It is His infinite love that stretches beyond what is reasonable.
. . . St. Therese’s thoughts (from The Story of a Soul)
are like the private journal of a bride waiting for her wedding day. It is no
surprise then that the great mystic Pope St. John Paul II saw so clearly the
marital embrace as the image of God’s love for us.
. . . We must prepare our hearts and minds to receive Jesus
in the Blessed Sacrament properly, just as St. Joseph was prepared to receive
Jesus in the humble and hidden circumstances of Bethlehem. Mary was the
tabernacle . . . Joseph was the first communicant.
(The Incarnation) struck holy fear into Joseph’s heart and
holy abandonment as he said “Yes” despite that fear. Can you imagine the
awesome anticipation Mary and Joseph felt before the Nativity?
Joseph held that baby knowing he was holding God.
What distortions of love in your past make it difficult
to accept the fullness of God’s plan for loving you?
Parental love – love with strings attached. Shame-driven.
Abandonment
How can you prepare yourself to receive Him in the
Eucharist more faithfully, holding back nothing of yourself for yourself, so
that He who gives himself completely to you may receive you completely?
Ascetisms. Prayer. Purgative practices.
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