Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Through the Holy Eucharist you will fall in love with God. The more you love God,   the more you receive God,   the deeper your love becomes. The more your heart opens, you and Trinity are one. Love demands love in return and love begets love… we ask what must we do? I prefer to say what must we be? We must be lovers who love God back. We cannot help it... When you love, you want to serve…" (From Communion is a Flame Bursting Within by Catherine Doherty)

 

(From Hands At Mass by Walter Nurnberg) " The judgment of one’s state of grace obviously belongs only to the person involved, since it is a question of examining one’s conscience.   However, in cases of outward conduct which is seriously, clearly and steadfastly contrary to the moral norm, the Church, in her pastoral concern for the good order of the community and out of respect for the Sacrament, cannot fail to feel directly involved.   The Code of Canon Law refers to this situation of a manifest lack of proper moral disposition when it states that those who ' obstinately persist in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Eucharistic communion'." St. John Paul II  (This is just one of 1200 thoughtful quotations in Forgotten Truths to Set Faith Afire! - Words to Challenge Inspire and Instruct )

(Image Source: Unsplash.com ) " To contemplate Christ involves being able to recognize Him wherever He manifests Himself, in His many forms of presence, but above all in the living Sacrament of His Body and Blood.   The Church draws her life from Christ in the Eucharist; by Him she is fed and by him she is enlightened." Saint Pope John Paul II 

  I Thirst For Your Love   is a dangerous book - one that will have you looking at our Eucharistic Lord with different eyes and a more welcoming heart. Be careful. You may not want to read this tome even though it has received the Seal of Approval from the Catholic Writers Guild. Why? It can change your life.  If you are willing to take a chance and cast spiritual caution to the wind click here and get a FREE PDF copy .  Maybe the following comments from several readers might give you the courage to click that link:      "[The author] has written a book full of little reminders as eye-opening as they are stimulating and, in some cases, conscience pricking. We are taken on a journey of considerations surrounding our behavior and attitudes toward Eucharistic Adoration and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with the effect of stirring us to spend more time with Our Lord in Adoration and being more focused and attentive at Mass...I think this book need...

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) Alas, it is but too true: Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament is not loved! He is not loved by millions of pagans, by millions of infidels, by the millions of schismatics and heretics who either do not know anything of the Eucharist or have no notions about it. Among so many thousands of creatures in whom God has placed a heart capable of loving, how many would love the Blessed Sacrament if only they knew it as I do! Must I not at least try to love it for them in their stead? Even among Catholics, few, very few love Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament.   How many think of Him frequently, speak of Him, come to adore Him? What is the reason for this forgetfulness and coldness? People have never experienced the Eucharist, its sweetness, the delights of His Love. They have never known the goodness of Jesus! They have no idea of the extent of His love in the Most Blessed Sacrament.   Some of them have faith in Jesus Christ, but a faith so lifeless a...

Oh, how painful it is to Me that souls so seldom unite themselves with Me in Holy Communion. I wait for souls, and they are indifferent toward Me. I love them tenderly and sincerely, and they distrust Me. I want to lavish My graces on them and they do not want to accept them.   They treat Me as a dead object, whereas My Heart is full of love and mercy.  Jesus to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska