Holy Eucharist

Be Devoted to the Blessed Sacrament

svfonline2019-07-22T06:12:57-04:00

What nations or people are so favored as to have God as close as Catholics? Nothing is so precious as the Holy Eucharist, truly a memorial of that exceedingly great love which Christ showed for us during His suffering. Hence it is fitting to have Eucharistic processions rendering Him due honor. Yet remember the dangers of complacency and worldliness, lest we follow the path of the Israelites of old. God granted them victory over Jericho following a proper procession with the Ark (God's presence in their midst); yet when they used that same Ark as their tool, they were roundly defeated [...]

Be Devoted to the Blessed Sacramentsvfonline2019-07-22T06:12:57-04:00

You Shall Find Rest to Your Souls

svfonline2019-07-12T16:01:57-04:00

We give each other gifts, but the greatest expression of love is when you give yourself totally. This is what our Lord does in the Blessed Eucharist. He gives Himself completely to us. What a tremendous example that on the night when He is betrayed, He responds with total love! On that night, He was fully aware of how much He - in the Eucharist - would be outraged and blasphemed by men throughout history. What a lesson in meekness! Yet Christ is alive right now and calling us to the tabernacle where He willingly 'imprisons' Himself to be near us. [...]

You Shall Find Rest to Your Soulssvfonline2019-07-12T16:01:57-04:00

Humble Procession vs Pride Parade

svfonline2019-07-05T07:27:47-04:00

You can tell a lot about a society by its commemorations, awards and parades. Our society has opted to 'celebrate' perverse pride in the month of June. Our society's public sin, which calls down divine wrath, is far greater than that which existed in Sodom and Gomorrah or at the time of Noah. On the other hand, Holy Mother Church has for centuries dedicated June to the Sacred Heart and the Holy Eucharist. Her parades humbly process Our Eucharistic Lord through public spaces so that every knee may bend before Him. These liturgical processions not only pay Our King due honor, [...]

Humble Procession vs Pride Paradesvfonline2019-07-05T07:27:47-04:00

Hunger for the Most Blessed Sacrament

svfonline2019-07-05T06:34:45-04:00

Many great miracles were performed by St. Anthony of Padua. Yet perhaps the most notable is when a starving donkey preferred to adore its Creator in the Eucharist over eating fresh hay. St. Ignatius of Antioch (+107 AD) likewise longed for his Creator, writing "I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ ... I long to drink of his blood, the gift of unending love." Too many of us prefer to be satisfied by worldly passing things than by the Bread of Heaven. Let us instead long to consume Our Savior and to be consumed by Him [...]

Hunger for the Most Blessed Sacramentsvfonline2019-07-05T06:34:45-04:00

Prisoner of Love

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Cell Block 26 at the concentration camp in Dachau (Bavaria, Germany) was known as the 'Priest Block.' More than 3000 priests suffered at Dachau, yet in the midst of this terrible imprisonment, they had Mass and our Eucharistic Lord. In the Blessed Sacrament, and through His sacred Priests, Christ has chosen to abide among those who crucified Him as a "Prisoner of Love." Here he humbles Himself even more than at the Incarnation, as now both His Divinity and humanity are hidden. He is now more vulnerable and more dependent than even as an Infant in Mary's arms. He perpetually dwells [...]

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