ELISHEBA BLOGLaura, Ivonne, and Rick
write about their lives in the Eucharist. |
ELISHEBA BLOGLaura, Ivonne, and Rick
write about their lives in the Eucharist. |
By Laura Worhacz “The Holy Spirit accomplishes in Mary His divine work. The consent of this young maiden has changed the face of the world. God reenters His domain. He takes up His intercourse with man again, but in a way much more perfect and enduring than in the terrestrial Paradise. This mystery of the Annunciation ennobles us, for it brings God back to earth. It is, at the same time, a mystery entirely interior, a mystery of Communion. In Communion, Jesus Eucharistic becomes, in a manner, Incarnate in us, and Communion is the object of His Incarnation.” (St. Peter Julian Eymard, Volume 7 Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, page 42) Dearest Eucharistic Family, In today’s responsorial psalm we hear the words, “you built up strength within me.” Imagining Mary’s fiat these words become very real and through the message of an angel they were delivered. The same deliverance is a heartbeat away for us by being mindful of the assistance of the angels and archangels whom we honor today. Sometimes the weight of the world is upon us, trouble upon trouble, disappointment, and fear of the unknown. Car troubles, financial worries, sickness and death constantly racing around us. As soon as you catch a breath something else rises. What changes the face of the world? St. Peter Julian tells us it is the Incarnation, the Eucharist, Holy Communion; Jesus! “God reenters His domain.” We are His domain, each person, every yes to have God within us. Mary’s YES, her fiat to have God present within her, this changed the face of the earth. The Incarnate life changes our troubles into joy, our problems into sacrifices of love, our unknowns to the mystery of our salvation, “a mystery entirely interior.” Let us remember and think of every time we have been blessed through the intercession of the archangels. Recall a time their presence was made known to you. Create new memories by never failing to call upon the angels of heaven. Call the archangels to your friends, your priests before they celebrate Holy Mass, for your families, and your country. “God reenters His domain” by every human heart and soul with the guidance of the angels and archangels. We emulate Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament by our yes for God’s promise, “you built up strength within me.” Please offer the following prayer recalling your consecration promise: Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Blessed are you, Mary exalted daughter of Sion! You are highly favoured and full of grace, for the spirit of God descended upon you. We magnify the Lord and rejoice with you for the gift of the Word made flesh, bread of life and cup of joy. Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, our model of prayer in the cenacle, pray for us that we may become what we receive, the body of Christ your son. Amen.
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Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour. Watch carefully, for everything passes quickly, even though your impatience makes doubtful what is certain, and turns a very short time into a long one. Dream that the more you struggle, the more you prove the love that you bear your God, and the more you will rejoice one day with your Beloved, in a happiness and rapture that can never end. – Saint Teresa of Avila MEDITATION: “Everything is going to be ok.” These words have comforted me more times than I can remember. In times of darkness and uncertainty, God always finds a way to remind me of this truth. It is usually through my husband who, as a constant witness to my ups and downs, knows when I need some encouragement. And I do the same for him. We need each other, but we can only help pull someone out of the darkness if we are securely anchored ourselves. It is in the Eucharist that we find the hope that anchors our soul (Heb 6:19). We need to look outside of ourselves and see the needs of our neighbor. “I desire mercy, not sacrifice” (Mt 12:7). Through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy we bring hope to the hopeless and Christ to the world. Sometimes something as simple as a smile can bring someone hope. It can remind them that someone cares. Your simple act of kindness can be the dew that softens a hardened heart and opens them to receive the mercy of God. The virtue of hope “keeps man from discouragement; it sustains him during times of abandonment; it opens up his heart in expectation of eternal beatitude. Buoyed up by hope, he is preserved from selfishness and led to the happiness that flows from charity” (ccc 1818). It is charity that moves us to bring this same hope to those around us. Securely anchored in God’s love, we venture out into the storm and encourage our brothers and sisters to persevere in their difficulties and remain “buoyed up by hope.” The word ‘hope’ in Spanish is translated to ‘esperanza’, which literally means to wait in expectation. As the quote above from St. Teresa of Avila reminds us, it is our impatience that “makes doubtful what is certain.” It is at those times that we need to “hold unwaveringly to our confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy” (Heb 10:23). Before we receive the Eucharist, we confess: “Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word, and my soul shall be healed.” And today I add: Imprint your Love in my soul, so that in times of darkness I remember to Whom I belong. By: Laura Worhacz “Disciple, behold thy Mother!” When Mary heard these words from the lips of her dying Son, words which mean so much to us, her soul suffered inexpressible anguish. What! The disciple instead of the Master; John instead of Jesus; the creature instead of the Son of God! But our Blessed Mother lovingly accepts the substitution. She covered us with the Blood and the merits of her Divine Son, and began to love us with that boundless love which caused her to find happiness in tarrying here below…” – (St. Peter Julian Eymard, Eymard Library, Volume 7 page 980
Dearest Eucharistic Family, The Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. What makes Mary still weep, what makes Mary still mourn, what makes Mary sad? And how could this be as our Blessed Mother rests in the Beatific Vision, the reality of Heaven? In today’s First Reading St. Paul refers to us as, “beloved ones” reminding us of our participation in the “Blood of Christ”. We know the answer to the above question is the sin, sin and death, the denial to love. St. Peter Julian’s thoughts of Our Lady loving the creature over the Son of God bring to our minds the thought of loving the divine, the perfect, the sinless. St. Peter Julian goes on to teach us that Mary began to love us with a boundless love. This was her happiness here below. If Mary is our example of perfect love, then our beholding of our Mother is the call to love others with a boundless love. Our happiness will be found in this. Jesus Christ suffered and died for us to rise and raise us to the hope that is found in service: “Love one another as I have loved you.” (John 13:34) Mary shows us the way to this salvation that St. Paul is hoping for us to find. At the foot of the cross Jesus gave us Mary; our Mother is beholding us as Jesus promised. Our Lady of Sorrows is a Memorial for us to rejoice in the reality that our sorrows are the sorrows of Jesus, He who takes away the sins of the world. Mary encapsulates every ounce of our sufferings as the good mother she is. We entrust all our intentions to you dearest mother, you who know the sorrows of sin and suffering. We trust in your Immaculate Heart. Please bring our intentions to the Eucharist where our living God is found, and the hope of everlasting glory is ours. As you recite the following words remember your consecration promise: Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Blessed are you, Mary exalted daughter of Sion! You are highly favoured and full of grace, for the spirit of God descended upon you. We magnify the Lord and rejoice with you for the gift of the Word made flesh, bread of life and cup of joy. Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, our model of prayer in the Cenacle, pray for us that we may become what we receive, the body of Christ your son. Amen. |
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AuthorsWe are Ivonne J. Hernandez, Rick Hernandez and Laura Worhacz, Lay Associates of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, and brothers and sisters in Christ. |