We Adore You O Christ

“The moment when the Lord comes down and transforms bread and wine to become his Body and Blood cannot fail to stun, to the very core of their being, those who participate in the Eucharist by faith and prayer. When this happens, we cannot do other than fall to our knees and greet him. The Consecration is the moment of God’s great action in the world for us. It draws our eyes and hearts on high. For a moment the world is silent, everything is silent, and in that silence we touch the eternal – for one beat of the heart we step out of time into God’s being-with-us.” (Source: Ratzinger, The Spirit of the Liturgy)

“Do I realize that by the power of the Holy Spirit, in the reiteration of Christ’s words, the greatest miracle in the world is taking place? I may not realize that at this moment the very posture of bending the knee is a special prayer of adoration. Yet this gesture helps make me small not just in the gesture but within. The liturgical sign of kneeling can prompt my consciousness, inspiring ever deepening Faith.” (Source: The Mystery of Faith by Father Tadeusz Dajczer)

“Fatima means much more than Marian apparitions. The extraordinary message included in Eucharistic visions is paramount, namely the big Host from which drops of blood are flowing down into the cup. The mighty Angel bows deeply before the Host, touches the ground with his forehead in deepest worship. His whole attitude expresses the most profound adoration. The children of Fatima, shaken by the force of God’s presence, so intense that it almost consumes and annihilates them, receive God – the Body of Christ. The majestic might of God present in the Eucharist lasts for so long that their senses become as if suspended.” (Source: Fatima in Lucia’s Own Words – Sister Lucia’s Memoirs, Vol. 1, Fatima 2002, 4th Memoir.)

“As I realise all this, I’m speechless seeing the inadequacy of my adoration before God’s grandeur coming down onto the altar. He who governs this world is actually present. He who is Alpha and Omega of human history wants to unite Himself with me in a measure that’s beyond my normal capacity. This God adored by multitudes of angels comes to me as Love, the Redeeming One, the Eucharistic One to give me everything, to fulfill me abundantly. Infinity embracing finitude so that I, the very worldly I, become utterly fulfilled in and through this Eucharistic Love.” (Source: The Mystery of Faith by Father Tadeusz Dajczer)

The Humility of God

Franciscan Spirituality

The Crib

The Cross

The Eucharist

"Every day he humbles himself just as he did when he came from his heavenly throne (Wis. 18:15) into the Virgin's womb; every day he comes to us and lets us see him in abjection, when he descends from the bosom of the Father into the hands of the priest at the altar. He shows himself to us in this sacred bread just as he once appeared to his apostles in real flesh. With their own eyes they saw only his flesh, but they believed that he was God, because they contemplated him with the eyes of the spirit. We, too, with our own eyes, see only bread and wine, but we must see further and firmly believe that this is his most holy Body and Blood, living and true. In this way our Lord remains continually with his followers, as he promised, Behold, I am with you all days, even unto the consummation of the world (Mt. 28:20)." (St. Francis of Assisi.)

As We Behold You

Gaze upon the Lord, allow him to love you!
In the embrace of silence, know your God!

O Blessed Host, you are our promise of our life and Resurrection!
As we behold you, hold and enfold us.

O Blessed Host, it is you who feed me with your very self.
As we behold you, hold and enfold us.

O Blessed Host, from whom the living water of life flows,
sanctify me and make me holy.
As we behold you, hold and enfold us.

O Blessed Host, as I praise and adore you, we become one.
As we behold you, hold and enfold us.

O Blessed Host, may my life be transformed into your body and blood.
As we behold you, hold and enfold us.

O Blessed Host, you are Eucharist to me, may I be a Eucharist to others.
As we behold you, hold and enfold us.

O Blessed Host, very heart of God, bless all I bear within me.
As we behold you, hold and enfold us.

O Blessed Host, you are my hope, joy and my love.
As we behold you, hold and enfold us.

O Blessed Host, be food to the living and show mercy to the dying.
As we behold you, hold and enfold us.

O Blessed Host, behold my open hands, a symbol of my heart's longing for you.
As we behold you, hold and enfold us.

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Act of Spiritual Communion

I have come to spend a few moments with Thee, O Jesus,
and in spirit I prostrate myself in the dust before Thy Holy Tabernacle
to adore Thee, my Lord and God, in deepest humility.

Once more a day has come to its close, dear Jesus,
another day which brings me nearer to the grave
and my beloved heavenly home.
Once more, O Jesus, my heart longs for Thee,
the true Bread of Life, which contains all sweetness and relish.

O my Jesus, mercifully grant me pardon
for the faults and ingratitude of this day,
and come to me to refresh my poor heart which longs for Thee.
As the heart pants for the waters,
as the parched earth longs for the dew of heaven,
even so does my poor heart long for Thee, Thou Fount of Life.

I love Thee, O Jesus, I hope in Thee, I love Thee,
and out of love for Thee
I regret sincerely all my sins.
May Thy peace and Thy benediction be mine now
and always and for all eternity. Amen.

-Saint Conrad of Parzham, OFM Cap-

I Am The Living Bread

"Every day he humbles himself just as he did when he came from his heavenly throne (Wis. 18:15) into the Virgin's womb; every day he comes to us and lets us see him in abjection, when he descends from the bosom of the Father into the hands of the priest at the altar. He shows himself to us in this sacred bread just as he once appeared to his apostles in real flesh. With their own eyes they saw only his flesh, but they believed that he was God, because they contemplated him with the eyes of the spirit. We, too, with our own eyes, see only bread and wine, but we must see further and firmly believe that this is his most holy Body and Blood, living and true. In this way our Lord remains continually with his followers, as he promised, Behold, I am with you all days, even unto the consummation of the world (Mt. 28:20)." (St. Francis of Assisi.)

"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. . . . 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. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever." John 6:53-58.