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 “All the mysteries of Mary’s life are re-enacted in the Cenacle. If we meditate on the birth of her Son in Bethlehem let us continue the Gospel narrative, and soon we behold the Eucharistic birth of that same Son on the altar… In this way consider all the other mysteries in the light of the Eucharist and reflect on the part that Mary took therein.” -Saint Peter Julian Eymard, (Eymard Library, Volume 7, page 6) Dearest Eucharistic Family, Mary’s relativity! Our Lady’s state of being was born of the total dependence she had in her Father’s love. From the Incarnation to the birth, passion, death and rising of her Son, Mary’s life was born of the Eucharist. Today, as we celebrate the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we are reminded of the purity in which God was able to reveal His light of the Eucharist. Mary therein participated in the living message of Love through Jesus. Her whole life magnified the Lord through the daily re-enactment of the Cenacle; the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. There were many aspirations I had to enter the first week of Advent. In place of these, my husband was hospitalized, and our plans were derailed and proceeded down another track. “Behold the Eucharistic Birth”, and we did, trusting in the grace of the moment, the plans God had for us and the people we would encounter. I was blessed to bring Holy Communion each morning to my husband. He would hold the pyx while I read him the daily scriptures, then open his mouth to receive the Body of Christ. We are home from the hospital, humbled and grateful for all the blessings that flowed out of the trials of the week. This experience was an invitation to the mystery of God’s way, our trust and receptivity to His plan for our lives. St. Peter Julian reminds us to “behold the Eucharistic birth”. Christmas is forever, we await in joyful hope daily the coming of Christ. May the season of Advent help us remember to keep our hearts prepared, our Eucharistic lives active in love, and the precious gift of life before us. Mary, your Immaculate Conception exemplifies the purity in which God will let His life be transferred into His world. Jesus Savior of the world veiled in the Eucharist, keep us in the light of Your coming! Our Lady of the Most 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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By: Ivonne Hernandez We spend a large part of our lives waiting: waiting in traffic, waiting in line, waiting for other people, waiting for an illness to run its course. This it is not something we usually look forward to, but rather something to be avoided (by careful planning), or managed, by doing something productive or entertaining while we wait. We have so much “on our plates”, that we try to “carve time” from whenever we can find it. We don’t have time left to just sit around and wait, yet somehow, it seems as if life usually has a different plan. Or should I say, God has a different plan? As I type these words, I find myself sitting in my car, waiting for my son to be done with a class. I knew I would have to wait for an hour, so I brought my laptop and planned to use the time to write my blog. Waiting was easy and the time flew by. This morning, however, I had to deal with an unexpected delay. I had to spend over an hour waiting for my turn at a medical office. I was able to wait patiently because I did not have anything scheduled right after, but had that not been the case, I am sure that it would have been much more difficult to accept the present circumstances. I find that my patience is inversely proportionate to how much my plans are affected by the wait. It is when I have to give up my plan and accept God’s plan for me that the feelings of anger and frustration bubble up inside, but it is precisely this moment of decision that is the moment of grace. We don’t have a choice on whether we are sick or not, or on whether there is traffic or not, but we do have a choice on how we respond to the situation at hand. Rather than seeing the delay as a time thief, we can choose to see the time of waiting as a gift from God. This morning in the waiting room, rather than taking my phone out and filling my time with mindless entertainment, I decided to raise my eyes and look around. I started to randomly pray for people as they walked by, thinking that God placed me there for that purpose today. My entire perspective changed, and I received a gift in turn. God was there waiting with me and waiting for me. Had I just ran in and out of my appointment as I originally planned, I would have missed it. God had a better plan that the one I had. Tomorrow is the first Sunday of Advent. It is a time of expectant waiting. A time to pause, to ponder, and to prepare. Let us empty some of the plans on our plates and leave room for what God wants to place there instead…Himself. |
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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. |