Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) Reparation is the act or fact of making amends. It implies an attempt to restore things to their normal or sound conditions, as they were before something wrong was done. It applies mainly to recompense for the losses sustained or the harm caused by some morally bad action. With respect to God, it means making up with greater love for the failure in love through sin; it means restoring what was unjustly taken and compensating with generosity for the selfishness that caused the injury.  (Servant of God - Father John A. Hardon, S.J. )

  Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament should be the center of every parish and the epicenter of every religious community.   Indeed, the Eucharist is to be the center of the universal Church and of all humanity.   Why? [Pope] Paul VI says, “Because beneath the veil of the Eucharistic elements is contained the Invisible Head of the Church, the Redeemer of the world, the center of all hearts, through whom all things are and through whom we exist.” [ Mysterium Fidei , note 68].   Never before have we had such need of invigorating our faith in the Real Presence and putting that faith into practice.   Only Christ on earth can overcome the powers of evil that God in His mysterious providence has allowed to penetrate our day.  Father John A. Hardon, S.J.