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"Jesus Christ instituted this Sacrament to give us a sign of the great love He has for us and to give us adequate nourishment for our souls." "What worthier use for the vessels chosen to hold Our Redeemer’s Blood than to employ them to ransom again those redeemed by this same Blood? So thought St. Ambrose when, to ransom slaves, he had to sell the sacred vessels."
"If a well-known and trustworthy person were to go to a public square and tell all the idlers loitering there that on a certain hill they would find a gold mine and could take all they wanted, do you think anyone would shrug his shoulders and say he did not care? They’d be dashing there as fast as they could! "Go to confession and communion as often as your confessor allows, and when you can, visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament." "Jesus’ ceaseless prayers for us ought to move us to show Him grateful, perfect sorrow. Who will not reproach himself for countless acts of irreverence or countless distractions in his past life? For Communions made coldly, indifferently, perhaps even at times for renewing Judas’ betrayal by sacrilege, while Jesus has ever been so good, so compassionate toward us. Let us reflect a bit on our treatment of Jesus in the past, and resolve form now on to warm our hearts with a more lively faith as we acknowledge the many humiliations this good God of ours had to undergo for our sake; to inflame our heart with a more fervent love for the insults Our Lord had to endure in the Blessed Sacrament from His ungrateful children; and to rouse ourselves to sincere repentance for sin, to gratitude for the prayers He offers to His Eternal Father on our behalf." "Trust in the power of the Holy Eucharist and Our Blessed Lady. Do what you can and leave the rest to God." "Do you want many graces? Visit Him often. Do you want Him to grant you
only a few? Visit Him but seldom. Do you want the devil to attack you?
Rarely visit the Blessed Sacrament. Do you want the devil to flee from
you? Visit Jesus often. Do you want to overcome the devil? Take refuge
at Jesus’ Feet. Do you want to be overcome by the devil? Give up visiting
Jesus. "Listen: there are two things the devil is deadly afraid of: fervent Communions and frequent visits to the Blessed Sacrament." "Go to the foot of the tabernacle and say one Pater (Our Father), Ave (Hail Mary), and Gloria (Glory Be) when you can’t do anymore. This is enough to strengthen you against temptations. If someone has faith, makes visits to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and makes his daily meditation, I tell you, it will be impossible for him to sin." "If you want to be lukewarm, make few visits to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. If you want to be good, make many visits. If you want to be very good, make very many visits." "We envy the shepherds who went to visit the grotto of Bethlehem to see Him, kissed His little hand, and offered Him their gifts. “Lucky shepherds!” we exclaim. And yet there is no reason to envy them, for their fortune is ours, too. The same Jesus they visited in the grotto is in our tabernacle. The only difference is that the shepherds saw Him with the eyes of the body, whereas we see Him with the eyes of faith. Nothing will please Him more than our frequent visits to Him."
"Were it not for the Blessed Virgin and the Blessed Sacrament, the world would now be in ruins. Those who want to work in the light - that is, along the way to heaven – must draw closer to these two sources of light, or at least one of them. Those who walk away from them move in darkness and in the shadow of death. (Luke 1:79)"
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"My dear boys, love Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and you shall be truly happy."
