Friday, August 26, 2011

A meditation upon the Blessed Sacrament


                                                            St. Anthony of Padua Church, St. Louis, MO

From "The Devotion to the Sacred Heart" by Fr. John Croiset, SJ:

The ardent desire of Jesus Christ to unite Himself to us

Consider that union of hearts is the ultimate effect towards which love tends.  This union of hearts was the object which Jesus Christ had in mind when He instituted the Blessed Eucharist.  In this adorable Mystery, He acts like one passionately inflamed with love for men, since in It love makes Him in a manner go out of Himself in order to live only in the object of His love.  “At this holy Table,” said St. Augustine, “Christ has consecrated the mystery of union with us.”

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