The Good Shepherd, the Sheep and Community Fr. Jordi Rivero, based on the Gospel of John. We rejoice that Jesus is our Shepherd, but we often overlook that He shepherds a flock, not isolated sheep. If a sheep strays from the flock, the Shepherd goes after her to bring her back (Cf. John 10:11-18). ​ It is in His flock, the Church, that the Lord gives us new life in baptism, feeds us with His Body in the Eucharist and forgives our sins in confession. But It is not enough to receive the sacraments and “go to Church”. Church is not a gas station where we get our supply of graces for a private journey with God. Faith cannot be just a matter between Jesus and me. We need community to be committed to love and serve one another as brothers and sisters. ​ The Lord prayed in the Last Supper that we "become perfectly one" so that we be witnesses of His own unity with the Father: That they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and thou in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them even as thou hast loved me (John 17:21-24). ​ Think of the unity of Jesus and the Father. He tells the Apostles: "If you know me, then you will also know my Father" (John 14:7). When spouses have lived together in for years in a relationship of profound love they can also say, "If you know me, then you know my spouse". Through their love they have come to know what the other is thinking without using words and they are attentive to please the other. They are as if two bodies with one soul. In community we grow into a similar union by the grace of God. St. Gregory Nazianzen writes about his friendship with St. Basil: "We seemed to be two bodies with a single spirit.... you must believe that in our case each of us was in the other and with the other." St John Chrysostom wrote: ​ You are my fellow citizens, my fathers, my brothers, my sons, my limbs, my body. You are my light, sweeter to me than the visible light. For what can the rays of the sun bestow on me that is comparable to your love? The sun's light is useful in my earthly life, but your love is fashioning a crown for me in the life to come. ​ As Jesus was about to give His life for us, He prayed that we be one with Him! He repeats three times: "That they may be one". Jesus shepherds us so that we become one with Him and lay down our lives for others. He is revealing a love that, as in the above examples, is only known by the work of the Holy Spirit. St. Paul tells us that the Spirit reveals "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived" (1 Corinthians 2:9). But we must believe it is true and move towards it. That is the vocation to community. For modern Christians, the way early Christians were committed to each other in community, seems inconceivable. We are tempted to think that the Holy Spirit would not do the same with us. The result is that, typically, our experience of fellowship at Church is superficial. We have friends in Church; we may try to be polite on the way in and out of worship; we may even participate in a church group or ministry, but do we really believe that Jesus is calling us to a depth of community where we lay down our lives for each other? In the Acts of the Apostles the believers were “of one heart and soul” (Acts 4:32). Their bonds of union and support were both spiritual and material. Community was their way of life. It is in community that we learn to listen to the voice of the Shepherd and to distinguish it from the voices of the world; it is community that He often speaks through others what we do not like to hear. All parents know that it is in caring for others that we are challenged to grow in virtue way beyond what we though we could. We need to listen to what He says to the community if we are to understand the context of what He tells us personally. It is in community that the Shepherd teaches us that we belong together in a covenant of mutual support; that we need each other to grow to our full capacity of love and sacrifice. The Good Shepherd gave His life each day for the sheep until he died devoured by the wolves. The hired hand is very different. For him, sheep are a job, not a relationship. He is with them only as long as they are profitable. There is no love and no willingness to stay and suffer for them. ​ The sheep can also act as hired hands towards the Shepherd and each other. Do we really LISTEN to Him? Do we follow Him WHEREVER He leads us? Do we love one another or do we view our “ministry” or “apostolate” as a job that we need to do in order to be right with God, without any real commitment to brothers and sisters? ​ A sheep on her own cannot be nourished by the Shepherd nor will she survive the wolves. The wolves represent the devil who is always trying to separate the sheep in order to devour them. The wolf works inside of us, in our minds and hearts. He knows and exploits our fears, weaknesses and wounds; he does all he can to bring division between brothers and sisters. He makes us think that we must run away. In order to overcome the devil's attacks we need to: 1-Live fully our vocation. Otherwise, we become distracted and weakened and then stray. 2-Know that we belong and need our community. 3-Prepare for battle, ready to suffer and persevere, united with Christ to the Cross when we feel like running away. We cannot be over-confident and lower our guard. Many seem to be doing great, but when a wound is touched, they feel even aversion to brothers and sisters whom they loved. 4-Be careful to discern the origin of our thoughts. The devil can plant ideas that appear very real to us. 5-Do not be lead your emotions or feelings. The devil can work on those. 6-Do not change commitments under trial. Wait until peace returns. Under trial we tend to forget all the blessings we have received in community. 7-Break the isolation and talk about our concerns. Do not allow steam to build up. Go to accompaniment. Under trial it becomes most difficult to open up and be vulnerable. All this takes lots of humility, honesty and love. ​ Since the beginning the sheep have been tempted to abandon the Shepherd as the Apostles did. More often though, the temptation comes in a way that is easier to justify. The devil tells us "Stay with Jesus and keep un practicing your faith, but leave the community”. Do I run away from my family/community when it gets difficult to bear the faults of others or when they have failed me, or do I persevere and give my life for them? ​ If I have run away from family/community, do I trust in the Lord that I can return and be forgiven? I'm I willing to be humble and return? We sheep, are also called to be good shepherds. Am I a good shepherd to my family/Community? Do I know, belong, love, give my life as Jesus does? Do I let them know me, love me, give themselves to me? ​ What are the fears that block me? The wolves are real and we are afraid of being hurt. Do I persevere in humility and willingness to suffer for others? ​ We cannot do it on our own but the Lord gives us brothers and sisters and promised to be with us always. Back

The Keys to progress: To see our own misery, abandonment and perseverance It is My souls that willingly see their misery revealed to them by My Spirit [and who respond] with cries and tears of sorrow that touch the Heart of Abba, Father, and He quickly comes to embrace them with His forgiveness through My crucified love. Souls advance from this part of My Path (My feet), depending on their docility to the lights of the Holy Spirit on their many patterns of sin. It is here that My path is most strenuous and difficult because each soul must abandon its will to Me. Letting go of human ways and control is difficult for every soul, but, with each response of genuine effort, God pours forth His mercy upon that soul. The soul that lives wrapped in the gift of knowledge grows in true humility and is then able to advance in My path on the wings of the Holy Spirit. At times, you fall and have setbacks; but do not get discouraged, for these falls are meant to help keep you wrapped in the gift of knowledge, the gift of knowing that you can do nothing without the grace of God. Satan will try to use the tactic of discouragement, making you believe that you cannot continue on this narrow path; it is then that you must beg the Holy Spirit and My Mother to come to your aid, and they will help strengthen you. It is here, at My feet, that you must persevere with great discipline of spirit, because your spirit is weak because the appetite of your flesh is so strong. As your spirit is strengthened, the appetite of your flesh is weakened. Love is the greatest means to strengthen your spirit. As you come to know Me and experience My love, your spirit is strengthened. Many never advance from this beginning stage because of lack of perseverance and eventually enter a different path that is more pleasing to their flesh. This is a deep suffering of My Heart and Mary's Heart. —12/12/11, Simple Path pg.40. Back

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The Eucharist is Christ Edited by Fr. Jordi Rivero Jesus insists on the importance of eating His flesh even when this causes many to abandon Him. The Church from the beginning has lived from the Eucharist. Yet it is still a scandal for some and is forgotten by most. Vocation of the Love Crucified Community is to become one with Christ. Therefore, Holy Mass is the center of our lives. We participate in Mass to enter the Sacrifice of Christ, to die with Him, to become one offering of love to the Father with Him, victims with the Victim, to be transformed to a new life in Him. It is He who will guide our every step and direct our lives. Our mission will flow from our time in the Blessed Sacrament. He is our Beloved who will never abandon us! —Lourdes Pinto, Jan 2010. Jesus: Why I Remain in the Host Why did I choose to remain on earth in a host? In this way I am present to all, for you to contemplate and to receive Me as living Bread. I remained with you to nourish your life with Divine life. To prepare you, strengthen you and become one with you as you journey the path to eternal life in God. I remain in this hidden and ordinary way so that your hidden and ordinary life can be transformed into Divinity and thus participate here on earth in the unity and Divine life of the Most Holy Trinity. The Eucharist is the life of God that has the power to heal and transform you from within. In the smallness of the Host is revealed the grandeur, majesty and greatness of God. The Eucharist is the greatest miracle of God for humanity. The Eucharist reveals God's faithfulness to His people. The Eucharist reveals what each of you are called to become. — 7/12/12 Simple Path #50 pg. 163. Blood Of Christ; His Living Chalice Jesus gives us His Blood. Jesus is thirsty for our love. He said to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque: "I so ardently thirst to be loved by men in the Most Blessed Sacrament that this thirst devours me." Ponder what this means! He makes us His chalices so that we may receive His Precious Blood and become ONE with Him. One blood, one love renewed in each Eucharist. How can we respond? ​ The Hidden Life and the Eucharist The Eucharist is the power of God in the world. The love of God is the Eucharist and is transmitted through the Eucharist. ​ Learn about the hidden life by contemplating My Eucharistic life. I am hidden from your human eye but completely present. I am verbally silent yet My soul speaks to your soul. I am humble, pure, simple, silent, generous, forgiving, merciful, patient, tender. I give Myself fully to the good and the bad, to the deserving and the undeserving, to those that love Me and to those that persecute Me, for when one is not obedient to the precepts of My Church I am persecuted. I continue to love those that do not love Me. I continue to love those that use Me. I continue to love the unfaithful. I continue to love those indifferent to My love. I am left alone in the Tabernacles of the world with few that come to be with Me, to adore Me and to give Me thanks. I cry but My tears are hidden. I intercede continuously before the throne of our Father for all. My hidden life in the Eucharist is seen by Abba and blessed by Him Who sees all. Your ordinary and hidden life through the Cross becomes united to My Eucharistic life. Your hidden life takes on the same power as My hidden life because we are no longer two but ONE. These are My living hosts. In this union of love you enter and live in the realm of God. Through Me, with Me and in Me your most ordinary life is the power of God. Your thoughts, words, deeds, but most especially your tears and sorrows of heart, possess the power of God to bless the world. Your hidden life not seen by anyone is seen by God and through Me, with Me and in Me He blesses many. Your life as ONE with My Eucharistic life moves beyond time and space. Ponder My Eucharistic life with the Holy Spirit and Mary. I desire for you to help Me form many living hosts to shine the light of God and to pierce the darkness. You grow in holiness as your hidden life is lived to greater perfection in My hidden life. — 7/5/12 Simple Path #49 pg. 162. To Become Living Hosts. Invoking the maternal protection of Mary Most Holy, let us ask that each time we participate in the Eucharist we will also become witnesses to that charity which responds to evil with good (cf. Rom 12:51), offering ourselves as a living host to the one who lovingly gave himself up for our sake. —Benedict XVI, homily, Havana, March 28, 2012. Missionaries of the Eucharist 2. At the end of every Mass … all should feel they are sent as ‘missionaries of the Eucharist’ to carry to every environment the great gift received... 3. To evangelize the world there is need of apostles who are ‘experts’ in the celebration, adoration and contemplation of the Eucharist.. 4. "...whoever eats Me will draw life from Me" (Jn 6,56-57). Nourished by Him, believers come to understand that the missionary task means being "acceptable as an offering, made holy by the Holy Spirit" (Rom 15,16), in order to be more and more "one, in heart and mind" (Acts 4,32) and to be witnesses of his love to the ends of the earth. ...The Eucharist is the comfort and the pledge of final triumph for those who fight evil and sin; it is the ‘bread of life’ which sustains those who, in turn, become ‘bread broken’ for others, paying at times even with martyrdom their fidelity to the Gospel. . —St. John Paul II, Message for World Mission Day , 2004. Bread of eternal life. John 6 33 For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world." 34 They said to him, "Lord, give us this bread always." 35 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out. ...44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. ...47 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. ...54 he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. ...60 Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?" 61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, "Do you take offense at this? ​ Blood that purifies our conscience. Heb 9:14 The blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to worship the living God. Worthy to receive adoration. Rev. 5:12 Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive honor, glory and praise. Catechism #1394 As bodily nourishment restores lost strength, so the Eucharist strengthens our charity , which tends to be weakened in daily life; and this living charity wipes away venial sins. By giving himself to us Christ revives our love and enables us to break our disordered attachments to creatures and root ourselves in him: Since Christ died for us out of love, when we celebrate the memorial of his death at the moment of sacrifice we ask that love may be granted to us by the coming of the Holy Spirit. We humbly pray that in the strength of this love by which Christ willed to die for us, we, by receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit, may be able to consider the world as crucified for us, and to be ourselves as crucified to the world. . . . Having received the gift of love, let us die to sin and live for God. St. John Paul II Only through the Eucharist is it possible to live the heroic virtues of Christianity: charity, to the point of forgiving one's enemies; love for those who make us suffer; chastity in every age and situation of life; patience in suffering and when one is shocked by the silence of God in the tragedies of history or of one's own personal existence. You must always be Eucharistic souls in order to be authentic Christians. Pope Benedict XVI In a special way I would like to remind all of you of the importance of the centrality of the Eucharist in personal and communal life. —Dec. 16, 2012 ​ The Church lives from this presence [the Holy Eucharist] and has, as her raison d'etre and existence, the spread of this presence in the whole world. —April 15, 2010 ​ In our prayer, let us fix our gaze on the Crucified; let us remain in adoration more often before the Eucharist so as to allow our lives too enter into the love of God,,who humbly condescended in order to raise us to himself. —General Audience, June 27, 2012 ​ Pope Francis The Mass is not just a way of remembering Christ’s sacrifice, it is a sharing in "the mystery of Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection. The Eucharist is the peak of the action of God’s salvation". At the Last Supper, "all Jesus’ words, all the signs he had made, were condensed into the gesture of breaking bread and offering the chalice in anticipation of the sacrifice of the Cross." Thus the Eucharist is "the extreme giving of thanks to the Father for His love and for His mercy." —Feb 5, 2014. Public Audience ​ How precious is the chalice that quenches my thirst —Comm. Antiphon II Sunday OT, Cf. Ps. 22:5. ​ ​ WHO IS THE EUCHARIST In the tabernacle is my God and my All! He is my Heaven on earth! —St. Ignatius ​ O Jesus of the Eucharist! O consecrated Host! O envied Monstrance! O blessed Ciborium, beloved of my heart! The Tabernacle is my Treasure, and, far or near, my eyes never lose sight of it, for it contains the God of Love. —Concepcion Cabrera de Armida. ​ What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God, should humble Himself like this under the form of a little bread, for our salvation. —St. Francis of Assisi ​ The Holy Eucharist is a fire that purifies and consumes all our miseries and imperfections. Do everything in your power to make yourself worthy of the Eucharist, and this Divine Fire will take care of the rest —St. Hyacinth of Mariscotti. ​ Our Lord so loved us that he could not separate himself from us, even in his state of glory. The Eucharist is his incarnation continued, multiplied, perpetuated to the end of time. . . . but how few there are for whom Jesus sacramental is the love of their life, their first love, their delight!" —St. Peter Julian Eymard In the fullness of time, the Son of God was made man in order to give His life, to give salvation to each one of us, and He gives Himself as bread in the mystery of the Eucharist in order to make us enter into His covenant, which makes us His children." -Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, Oct. 19, 2011. ​ How many of you say: I should like to see His face, His garments, His shoes. You do see Him, you touch Him, you eat Him. He gives Himself to you, not only that you may see Him, but also to be your food and nourishment." —St. John Chrysostom. ​ Jesus is the Victim offered for our sins on the cross. Jesus is the sacrifice offered at holy Mass for the sins of the world and for mine. Jesus is the Word - to be spoken. Jesus is the Truth--to be told. Jesus is the Way--to be walked. Jesus is the Light--to be lit. Jesus is the Life--to be lived. Jesus is the Love--to be loved." —Sain Teresa of Calcutta ​ Faith Because He cannot be seen by human eyes in the Eucharist, because His presence in the Eucharist is sacramental and mysterious, the Eucharist is a challenge to the faith of men. By believing the truth of this great mystery, by believing that He Who could feed five thousand men with a few loaves of bread, can feed millions of men with His Body and Blood in the Eucharist, men prove the strength, the splendor and the perfection of their faith. —St. Thomas Aquinas ​ We see Jesus If we approach with faith, we too will see Jesus ... for the Eucharistic table takes the place of the crib. Here the Body of the Lord is present, wrapped not only in swaddling clothes but in the rays of the Holy Spirit —St. John Chrysostom. ​ Prisoner of love Oh! If man but understood the love of the Eucharist! During His Passion Jesus was bound; He lost His liberty. In the Eucharist He is the One that binds Himself. He has chained Himself with the unconditional and perpetual chains of His promises. He has chained Himself to the Sacred Species to which the sacramental words bind Him inseparably. In the Eucharist as on the Cross or in the Tomb He has no movement, no action of His own, although He possesses within Himself the fullness of the risen life. "He is fully dependent on man like a Prisoner of love. He cannot break His bonds, or leave His Eucharistic prison; He is our Prisoner to the end of time. He pledged Himself to this; His contract of love goes as far as that." —St. Peter Julian Eymard. ​ ​ WHY IS HE THERE? 1- Because He Loves Us and Wants to Draw Us to Love Him and become living hosts —one with Him. He Loves Us Jesus is there in the tabernacle expressly for you, for you alone. He is burning with the desire to enter your heart." —St. Therese of Lisieux Gift of the Father and of Mary The Father of Mercies and the God of all consolation, in his exceedingly great and Fatherly love, gave us his well-beloved Son at the time of his Incarnation, and gives him to us daily in the most Blessed Sacrament. So, too, the most Blessed Mother of Mercy and Consolation, in the boundless charity of her maternal Heart, gave us her dear Jesus at his birth, and does so continually in the Holy Eucharist, because being one with him in spirit, in love, and in will, she wills all that he wills and does all that he does —St. John Eudes ​ Consider the gift Had God, dear brethren, left us free to ask of Him what we wanted, do you think we should have dared to place our hopes so high? "On the other hand," asks St. Augustine, "could God have been able to give us anything more precious than what He has given us?" Do you know, dear brethren, what induced Jesus Christ to condescend to be present in our churches by day and night? It was that we might be able to come to Him whenever we wanted to. O tender love of a Father, how great art thou! —St. John Vianney St. Teresa of Avila heard someone say: "If only I had lived at the time of Jesus... If only I had seen Jesus... If only I had talked with Jesus..." To this she responded: "But do we not have in the Eucharist the living, true and real Jesus present before us? Why look for more?" ​ The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life —St. Thomas Aquinas ​ He Draws Us to Love Him: Our Response O my Jesus, in Thee is every good, in Thee is all love. Great God, hear my prayers! Oh, that I could expire before Thy tabernacle, burning with love and bathed in my tears. —St. Catherine of Genoa. I have one desire, that of being near You in the Blessed Sacrament. You are the sweet bridegroom of my soul. My Jesus, my love, my all, gladly would I endure hunger, thirst, heat and cold to remain always with You in the Blessed Sacrament. —St. John Neumann My desire henceforth is to do all ... in intimate union with the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. —Pope Bl. John XXIII, Journal of a Soul. You have come to the altar. The Lord Jesus calls you--both your soul and the Church--and says, "O that you would kiss me with the kisses of your mouth!" —Sgs 1:2, St Ambrose of Milan. ​ O what a wonderful and intimate union is established between the soul and You, O lovable Lord, when it receives You in the Holy Eucharist! Then the soul becomes one with You, provided it is well disposed by the practice of the virtues, to imitate what You did in the course of Your life, Passion, and death. —St. Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi. ​ Becoming the Eucharist: let this be our constant desire and commitment! So that the offer of the Body and Blood of the Lord we make upon the altar may be accompanied by the sacrifice of our own lives. Every day we draw from the Body and Blood of the Lord the free and pure love that makes us worthy ministers of Christ and witnesses to His joy —Pope Benedict XVI, Homily for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi , June 11, 2009. Share the Lord's passion Although failure to observe the paschal solemnity would be a very grave offense, it would be still more dangerous to take part in the liturgy without sharing in our Lord´s passion.. . We can give authentic worship to the suffering, dead, and risen Christ only if we ourselves suffer, die, and rise again with him. —Pope St. Leo the Great Do grant, oh my God, that when my lips approach Yours to kiss You, I may taste the gall that was given You; when my shoulders lean against Yours, make me feel Your scourging; when my flesh is united with Yours, in the Holy Eucharist, make me feel Your passion; when my head comes near Yours, make me feel Your thorns, when my heart is close to Yours, make me feel Your spear. —St. Gemma Galgani. ​ We go to Mass to die and be born again In order to be fully who God created us to be, we must be one with Him. This is why we were baptized. But we must be able to live accordingly. This is why we need the Mass: As one with Christ, at Mass we give our life to the Father as an oblation. With Christ we become one Victim of love, one Sacrifice. We hold nothing back. We die to be born to a new life in Christ. How few consciously do this, yet this is essential to allow God to transform us fully! This is why few become saints. Love gives Himself completely. The Lord told our Community: "Suffer all with Me. We are no longer two but ONE in my sacrifice of love" The Eucharist Incorporates Us into the Fullness of Christ When we partake of the Eucharist, we experience the deifying spiritualization of the Holy Spirit that not only configures us with Christ, as it occurs in baptism, but it Christifies us entirely, incorporating us into the fullness of Christ Jesus. —St. Cyril of Jerusalem. We must understand that in order ‘to do’, we must first learn ‘to be’, that is to say, in the sweet company of Jesus in adoration. —Saint Pope John Paul II Kneel down and render the tribute of your presence and devotion to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Confide all your needs to him, along with those of others. Speak to him with filial abandonment, give free rein to your heart, and give him complete freedom to work in you as he thinks best. —St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina I want to shine like a little candle before His altar. —St. Therese of Lisieux. The Blessed Sacrament is indeed the stimulus for us all, for me as it should be for you, to forsake all worldly ambitions —St. Damien Joseph of Molokai, Apostle to the Lepers, (1840-1889) ​ If you take part frequently in the Eucharistic celebration, if you dedicate some of your time to Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the source of love which is the Eucharist, you will acquire that joyful determination to dedicate your lives to following the gospel. —Pope Benedict XVI ​ Divine Jesus, here is the ultimate extent of your love; having made visible to poor weak creatures that adorable Face of which even the seraphim cannot sustain the brilliance, You want to hide it behind a veil even thicker than human nature…. But, Jesus in the host I see the splendor of Your face shine forth. Your ravishing charms are not at all hidden from me….. I see Your ineffable look penetrating poor souls, inviting them to receive You…… Like the dove that hides in the hollow of a rock, so shall Your spouses seek Your Face. I see their hearts turning toward You, coming to take refuge by the tabernacle of Your love! —From the play "The Angels at Jesus’ Manger, St. Therese. ​ Living Chalices I am dwelling in your heart as you see me in this chalice. —Diary of St Faustina 1830 ​ Passionate Love Until we have a passionate love for our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament we shall accomplish nothing. —St. Peter Julian Eymard ​ True Happiness When you are totally consumed by the Eucharistic fire, then you will be able more consciously to thank God, who has called you to become part of His family. Then you will enjoy the peace that those who are happy in this world have never experienced, because true happiness, oh young people, does not consist in the pleasures of this world, or in earthly things, but in peace of conscience, which we only have if we are pure of heart and mind. —Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati. ​ Tears for Jesus Do not depart from the altar without shedding tears of sorrow and love for Jesus, crucified for your salvation. The Sorrowful Mother will accompany you and be your sweet inspiration. —San Pío de Pietrelcina. ​ Never lose sight of Jesus The Tabernacle is my Treasure, and, far or near, my eyes never lose sight of it, for it contains the God of Love.— Blessed Concepcion Cabrera de Armida. ​ Holy Spouses St. Isidore and St. Maria were poor married Spanish farmers. They rose early to attend daily mass and spend time with Jesus in Eucharistic Adoration. They continued their faithful love of God even after their only son died young. They devoted their lives to God through prayer and service to the poor. (A .D. 1160, feast May 15) ​ No time? Do not say that you have no time. Rather, acknowledge that you do not love Him enough. If you did, you would leave everything in order to visit Him [in the Blessed Sacrament]. —Fr. Jose Guadalupe Trevino. ​ I will not allow myself to be so absorbed in the whirlwind of work as to forget about God. I will spend all my free moments at the feet of the Master hidden in the Blessed Sacrament. He has been tutoring me from my most tender years. —St. Faustina ​ I ask Him about everything; I speak to Him about everything. Here I obtain strength and light. —St. Faustina ​ There are times when, though we want to, we are unable to go to Him . But we can always long. "Lord, I cannot receive You now in Holy Communion, but I long to be filled with You just the same. I open myself to You completely; to Your power, to Your wisdom, to Your love. Let everything I am be transformed by everything You are. I re-consecrate this day to You so that every thought, word, and deed will be filled with Your Presence." —Erin Flynn, from Mass & Adoration Companion The my stery of insensibility How many among the best Catholics never pay a visit of devotion to the Most Blessed Sacrament to speak with Him from the heart, to tell Him their love! But if in spite of knowing Him and His love and the sacrifices and desires of His Heart, they still do not love Him. What an insult! Yes, an insult! For it amounts to telling Jesus Christ that He is not beautiful enough, not good enough, not lovable enough to be preferred to what they love. —St. Peter Julian Eymard. There is a mystery, the greatest of all mysteries—not that my adored Lord is in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar—His word has said it, and what so simple as to take that word which is truth itself?—but that souls of His own creation, whom He gave His life to save, who are endowed with His choicest gifts in all things else, should remain blind, insensible, and deprived of that light without which every other blessing is unavailing! —St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Convert, Widow, Mother, Religious. The Lord is present in the tabernacle in his divinity and in his humanity. He is not present for his own sake but for ours: it is his delight to be with the ‘children of men.’ He knows, too, that, being what we are, we need his personal nearness. In consequence, every thoughtful and sensitive person will feel attracted and will be there as often and as long as possible —St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. ​ I am in the Eucharist to dispense graces and extend mercy, but I receive only ingratitude, profanity and sacrileges...My beloved one, you make reparation with your adoration done in my presence. — The Child Jesus to Bl. Mary of the Passion Give Him your whole heart as a sacrifice of love He who makes Jesus Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament the center of his life directs all his thoughts, all his study, all his virtues toward him —St. Peter Julian Eymard. One heart to love Our Lord does not ask you to have two hearts, one for Him and one for those you love here below. Mothers, love our Eucharistic Lord with a mother's love. Love Him as your son. Wives, love Him as your husband. Children, love Him as your Father. There is only one faculty of love in us. —St. Peter Julian Eymard The only time our Lord asked the Apostles for anything was the night He went into agony. Not for activity did He plead but for an Hour of companionship. —Archbishop Fulton Sheen ​ Empty Ourselves Like Jesus. In His Eucharistic form, Jesus teaches us to empty ourselves to become like Him: friendship requires equality of life and living conditions; to live of the Eucharist it is indispensable that we empty ourselves with Jesus. —St. Peter Julian Eymard. ​ Strength to Live the Faith From the Eucharist comes strength to live the Christian life and zeal to share that life with others. —St. John Paul II ​ I Don't Say Anything There was a man who never passed the church without entering it. In the morning when he went to work, and in the evening when he returned, he left his spade and his pickaxe at the door, and remained a long time in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament…. I asked him once what he said to our Lord during the long visits he paid him. Do you know what he answered? ‘Oh, I don’t say anything to him, Monsieur la Cure, I look at him and he looks at me.’ —St. John Vianney ​ When you have received Him When you have received Him, stir up your heart to do Him homage; speak to Him about your spiritual life, gazing upon Him in your soul where He is present for your happiness; welcome Him as warmly as possible, and behave outwardly in such a way that your actions may give proof to all of His Presence. —St. Francis de Sales. Begin with Love! Begin your worship with an act of love and you will open your soul deliciously to his divine action. It is due to the fact that you begin with yourselves that you stop on the road. If you start on another virtue other than love you are going in a false path ...... love is the only door of the heart. —St. Peter Eymard Listen to the Word / allow heart to speak to heart Learn to pray daily, especially in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, listening attentively to the word of God and allowing heart to speak to heart. —Pope Benedict XVI, audience with the Venerable English College on the occasion of their 650th Anniversary. ​ Learn from Mary In the Holy Mother's act of wrapping the Baby Jesus in swaddling clothes and adoring Him, we learn to treat the Most Holy Eucharist with an ineffable love. —Card Piacenza, 11/28/11 ​ Jesus in Mary and in the Host The Lord whom the Mother bears and the Lord in the Host is the same, and this one Lord has only one thought: to give himself away, to share his very substance, in an infinite manner. The Mother understood this from the beginning and never bore anything in mind except giving the Son to the world. —Adrienne von Speyr ​ Praise No one can live without breathing. It is the same for the Christian: without praise and mission there is no Christian life. Praise, adoration are needed. —Pope Francis, October 31, 2014. Address to members of the Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and fellowships. ​ Reparation The Sacred Heart of Jesus said to St. Margaret Mary: "Make reparation for the ingratitude of men. Spend an hour in prayer to appease divine justice, to implore mercy for sinners, to honor me, to console me for my bitter suffering when abandoned by My Apostles, when they did not watch one hour with Me." Repair for evils of the world and bring about peace on earth. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Jesus and ready to make reparation for the great evils of the world. Let your adoration never cease. —Pope John Paul II, Dominicai Cenae ​ Every good Christian must be grieved at the contempt which is so often shown Him (Christ), and must strive to make reparation to Him; and those Christians who have the good fortune of belonging to societies having for their object the adoration of Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist, they are in an especial manner bound to do this. I say those "who have the good fortune," for can there be a greater happiness than to undertake reparation to Jesus Christ for the insults which are offered to Him in the Sacrament of His love? —St. John Vianney. ​ We Are Transformed by the Eucharist "Eternal life" begins in us even now, thanks to the transformation effected in us by the gift of the Eucharist: "He who eats me will live because of me" (Jn 6:57). These words of Jesus make us realize how the mystery "believed" and "celebrated" contains an innate power making it the principle of new life within us and the form of our Christian existence. By receiving the body and blood of Jesus Christ we become sharers in the divine life in an ever more adult and conscious way. Here too, we can apply Saint Augustine's words, in his Confessions, about the eternal Logos as the food of our souls. Stressing the mysterious nature of this food, Augustine imagines the Lord saying to him: "I am the food of grown men; grow, and you shall feed upon me; nor shall you change me, like the food of your flesh, into yourself, but you shall be changed into me." It is not the eucharistic food that is changed into us, but rather we who are mysteriously transformed by it. Christ nourishes us by uniting us to himself; "he draws us into himself." —Sacramentum Caritatis #70 🔗 ​ Because His Body and Blood are diffused through our members we become partakers of the divine nature. —St. Cyril of Alexandria ​ Gives Desire for Union and Supernatural Understanding Eucharistic souls are attracted instinctively, easily, and habitually to the Holy Eucharist. Therein is their happiness, their peace; there they find a supernatural knowledge of all things. That is why after holy Communion we often understand some things which before were incomprehensible to us. That is why some saints who were very ignorant spoke admirably of God. —St Peter Julian Eymard. Changes Natural into Supernatural Life of Love There is only one means of changing a natural life into a supernatural one; that is the triumph of the Eucharist, in which Jesus Christ Himself sees to the education of man. The Eucharist develops faith in us. It elevates, ennobles, and purifies love in us. It teaches us to love. Love is the gift of self. Now, in the Eucharist Jesus gives Himself in His entirety. —St. Peter Julian Eymard ​ Without the Eucharist the Church would simply cease to exist In fact, it is the Eucharist which renders a human community a mystery of communion, capable of bringing God to the world and the world to God. The Holy Spirit, which transforms the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ, also transforms those who receive it with faith into limbs of Christ's Body, thus the Church truly is a Sacrament of men's unity, with God and with one another. In an increasingly individualistic culture such as that in which we live in western societies and which is tending to spread throughout the world, the Eucharist constitutes a kind of 'antidote', working on the hearts and minds of believers and continually infusing them with the logic of communion, service and sharing, the logic of the Gospel. —Pope Benedict XVI, June 26, 2011, Angelus. ​ Love, Joy, New Life Whoever believes in Jesus Christ and enters into the dynamic of love that finds its source in the Eucharist, discovers true joy and becomes capable in turn of living according to the logic of this gift. —Pope Benedict XVI, Feb. 19, 2012, Homily Tenderness and Grace Jesus speaks to St. Gertrude the Great (1256-1302): "I have done My utmost to manifest the tenderness of My Heart in the Blessed Eucharist" Jesus revealed that, by uniting ourselves to the Holy Eucharist, we win graces for souls on earth and purgatory. Increase Our Merits in Heaven Each time we contemplate with desire and devotion the Host in which is hidden Christ’s Eucharistic Body, we increase our merits in heaven and secure special joys to be ours later in the beatific vision of God. —St. Gertrude the Great, Benedictine & Patroness of the West Indies, 1256-1302, Germany, Feast, Nov. 16. The four ends of Mass: Adoration, thanksgiving, petition and satisfaction, bring to fullness the four most important things we learned as children: "I love you", "Thank you", "Please" and "I'm sorry" 2- Unity and Salvation of the World ​ "In the Eucharist Jesus makes us witnesses of God's compassion for every brother and sister. Around the Eucharistic mystery the service of charity towards neighbor is born "(Sacramentum Caritatis, 88). Strength to Build a New Society "Communicate the hope of the Gospel and the strength to build a society that is more just and more worthy of man...from the source, from the Eucharist. Indeed it is from the Eucharist, in which Christ makes Himself present in His supreme act of love for us all, that we learn to live as Christians in society, so as to make it more welcoming, more united, richer in love, and more attentive to everyone's needs especially those of the weakest." -Pope Benedict XVI, Mar. 26, 2011 Makes Us Community "Christ is truly present among us in the Eucharist. His presence is not static. It is a dynamic presence that grasps us, to make us his own, to make us assimilate Him. Christ draws us to Him, He makes us come out of ourselves to make us all one with Him. In this way he also integrates us in the communities of brothers and sisters, and communion with the Lord is always also communion with our brothers and sisters. And we see the beauty of this communion that the Blessed Eucharistic gives us...He is the one same Christ who is present in the Eucharistic Bread of every place on earth" --Pope Benedict XVI. June 1, 2005, L'Osservatore Romano. Center of Life and Community "Eucharist and mission are two inseparable realities. There is no authentic celebration and adoration of the Eucharist that does not lead to mission. At the same time, the mission presupposes another essential Eucharistic element: union of hearts....Never tire of celebrating and adoring it, together with the whole Christian community, especially on Sunday. Know how to put it at the center of your personal and community life so that communion with Christ will help you to undertake courageous options" --Pope St. John Paul II, Oct. 11, 2004, Address to Young People, Rome. ​ "The spread of the Eucharistic Kingdom of Christ is necessary for the salvation of society. The Eucharist is the life not only of the individual Christian, but of nations as well. We know well that an age flourishes or degenerates in accordance with its worship of the divine Eucharist. It is the life and measure of its faith, charity, and virtue. The Eucharist is not only for personal piety; it is essential to social life, for it is the very life of the world. We must take Christ from the solitude of His tabernacle, so that He may place Himself at the head of Christian society, to guide and save it." -St. Peter Julian Eymard Give Yourself to All. "We should also, mentally, say to our brothers, Take, eat; this is my body. Take my time, my abilities, my attention. Take also my blood, that is, my sufferings, all that humbles me, that mortifies me, that limits my strength, my own physical death. I want my whole life to be like that of Christ, broken bread and wine poured out for others. I want to make all of my life a Eucharist." -Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, Third preaching Lent to papal household 2014 ​ Power to Give Life to Others. "I went at once before the Blessed Sacrament and offered myself with Jesus, present in the Most Holy Sacrament, to the Everlasting Father. Then I heard these words in my soul: Your purpose and that of your companions is to unite yourselves with Me as closely as possible; through love you will reconcile earth with heaven, you will soften the just anger of God, and you will plead for mercy for the world. I place in your care two pearls very precious to My Heart: these are the souls of priests and religious. You will pray particularly for them; their power will come from your diminishment. You will join prayers, fasts, mortifications, labors (9) and all sufferings to My prayer, fasting, mortifications, labors and sufferings and then they will have power before My Father." -Saint Faustina, Diary #531. November 24, 1935. "To 'preside in charity' is to draw men and women into a Eucharistic embrace - the embrace of Christ - which surpasses every barrier and every division, creating communion from all manner of differences." -Pope Benedict XVI, Feb. 19, 2012, Homily. ​ Power to Evangelize "When I stand up to talk, people listen to me; they will follow what I have to say. Is it any power of mine? Of course not. St. Paul says, ‘What have you that you have not received and you who have received, why do you glory as if you had not?’ But the secret of my power is that I have never in fifty-five years missed spending an hour in the presence of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. That’s where the power comes from. That’s where sermons are born. That’s where every good thought is conceived." -Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen ​ Testimony of apostle to the lepers: "Without the constant presence of our Divine Master upon the altar in my poor chapels, I never could have persevered casting my lot with the lepers of Molokai; the foreseen consequence of which begins now to appear on my skin, and is felt throughout the body. Holy Communion being the daily bread of a priest, I feel myself happy, well pleased, and resigned in the rather exceptional circumstances in which it has pleased Divine Providence to put me." -St. Damien, Apostle of the Lepers. "What will convert America and save the world? My answer is prayer. What we need is for every parish to come before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in Holy Hours of prayer." -Mother Teresa of Calcutta. ​ Find Jesus in the poor "Do you wish to honor the Body of Christ? Do not ignore him when he is naked. Do not pay him homage in the temple clad in silk, only then to neglect him outside where he is cold and ill-clad. He who said: 'This is my Body' is the same who said: 'You saw me hungry and you gave me no food,' and 'Whatever you did to the least of my brothers you did also for me.' What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with gold chalices when your brother is dying of hunger? Start satisfying his hunger and then with what is left you may adorn the altar as well." -St. John Chrysostom ​ "The Holy Hour before the Eucharist should lead us to a 'holy hour' with the poor." -St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta. When Exhausted. "When the Sisters are exhausted, up to their eyes in work; when all seems to go awry, they spend an hour in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. This practice has never failed to bear fruit: they experience peace and strength." -Mother Teresa of Calcutta ​ "All love tends to become like that which it loves. God loved man; therefore He became man. For nine months her own body was the natural Eucharist, in which God shared communion with human life, thus preparing for that greater Eucharist when human life would commune with the Divine. Mary’s joy was to form Christ in her own body; her joy now is to form Christ in our souls. In this Mystery, we pray to become pregnant with the Christ spirit, giving Him new lips with which He may speak of His Father, new hands with which He may feed the poor, and a new heart with which He may love everyone, even enemies." -Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. ​ EUCHARISTIC ADORATION ​ Eucharist adored since the beginning "The Sacred Councils teach that it is the Church's tradition right from the beginning, to worship 'with the same adoration the Word Incarnate as well as His own flesh,' and St. Augustine asserts that, 'No one eats that flesh, without first adoring it,' while he adds that 'not only do we not commit a sin by adoring it, but that we do sin by not adoring it.' It is on this doctrinal basis that the cult of adoring the Eucharist was founded and gradually developed as something distinct from the [Eucharistic]. ...[The Church] manifests living faith in her divine Spouse who is present beneath these veils, she professes her gratitude to Him and she enjoys the intimacy of His friendship." -Pope Pius XII, "Mediator Dei", 1947 A.D. "Our communal worship at Mass must go together with our personal worship of Jesus in Eucharistic adoration in order that our love may be complete." (Pope John Paul II, Redeemer of Man) ​ "Regarding the Eucharist: It is a mistake to oppose celebration and adoration, as if they were in competition. Benedict XVI. ​ Go to daily mass and adore the Eucharist. “The Eucharist is the ‘treasure’ of the Church, the precious heritage that her Lord has left to her. And the Church preserves it with the greatest care, celebrating it daily in holy Mass, adoring it in churches and chapels, administering it to the sick, and as viaticum to those who are on their last journey . . . . “On this feast day, the Christian Community proclaims that the Eucharist is its all, its very life, the source of life that triumphs over death. From communion with Christ in the Eucharist flows the charity that transforms our life and supports us all one our journey toward the heavenly Homeland. -Pope Benedict XVI, Homily for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, June 11, 2009. ​ Adoration is a prayer that prolongs Eucharistic celebration and communion, during which the soul continues to nourish itself: it feeds on love, on truth, on peace. It feeds on hope, because he before whom we bow does not judge us, does not crush us, but who liberates and transforms us. -Benedict XVI, Homily for Corpus Christi, May 22, 2008. "Concentrating all our relationship with the Eucharistic Jesus into only the moment of the Holy Mass runs the risk of emptying His presence during the rest of existential time and space. In that way, one perceives the constant presence of Jesus in our midst much less. A Presence that is concrete, close, between our homes like the "beating heart" of the city, of the place, and the territory with its various expressions and activities. The sacrament of Christ’s charity must penetrate all our daily lives" -Pope Benedict XVI, Homily 7 June 2012. "God is indeed ever-present. But again, the physical presence of the risen Christ is something different, something new. The risen Lord enters into our midst. And then we can do no other than say, with Saint Thomas: my Lord and my God! Adoration is primarily an act of faith – the act of faith as such. God is not just some possible or impossible hypothesis concerning the origin of all things. He is present. And if he is present, then I bow down before him. Then my intellect and will and heart open up towards him and from him. In the risen Christ, the incarnate God is present, who suffered for us because he loves us. We enter this certainty of God’s tangible love for us with love in our own hearts. This is adoration, and this then determines my life. Only thus can I celebrate the Eucharist correctly and receive the body of the Lord rightly." -Pope Benedict XVI, Christmas Address to Curia, Dec. 22, 2011. "The Hour of Adoration prepares one for Holy Mass and Holy Communion. Frequent encounters and familiar conversation with Jesus produce friendship, resemblance, and identity of thought, of feeling and of willing with Jesus." -Bl. James Alberione "Outstanding among the forms of prayer fervently recommended by St. Alphonsus is the visit to the Most Blessed Sacrament or, as we would say today, adoration--brief or prolonged, personal or in community--of the Eucharist. 'Certainly,' wrote Alphonsus, 'among all the devotions this one of adoration of the sacramental Jesus is the first after the sacraments, the dearest to God and the most useful to us. O, what a beautiful delight to be before an altar with faith and to present to him our needs, as a friend does to another friend with whom one has full confidence!'" -Pope Benedict XVI, March 30, 2011, General Audience. "Jesus could have limited his presence only to the celebration of Mass, but no! He wanted to make a permanent dwelling among us. Night and day he awaits us and offers himself to us at all times. Like a most tender mother, he opens his arms to us. He is there generously to give us his gifts. He is there to draw us to him and lead us to paradise with him. Oh! Let us go visit him often." -St. John Bosco. "Adoration! It is no little comfort to me, I confess, when before the Tabernacle I think that all those whom I have loved here on earth are adoring with me the same God—they face to face, I under the mystic veil. Members of the Church Triumphant and the Church Militant, we are kneeling before the same Redeemer, the same Father. My prayer rises to melt into the hymn of love which my dear ones beyond the tomb are lifting around the throne of the Lamb in their eternal dwelling, I meet them again in this sacred assembly" -Bl. John Baptist Scalabrini. ​ Adore Jesus + Offer Mind, Heart, Will "Adore Jesus in the Divine Host by offering the sovereign homage of your mind to Him who is its sovereign truth, of yourr heart to him who is its God, of your will to Him who is its Lord." -St. Peter Julian Eymard. ​ Visit Him Often “We ought to visit Him often. How dear to Him is a quarter of an hour spared from our occupations or from some useless employment, to come and pray to Him, visit Him, and console Him for all the ingratitude He receives! When He sees pure souls hurrying to Him, He smiles at them” -St. John Vianney, Patron of Priests. Make Him adored. Priest of the Eucharist Adorers are “not content to be alone in adoring, loving, and serving the God of the Eucharist,” they wish “to make Him adored, loved and served by all…to erect a throne of love for Him everywhere and find faithful adorers for Him.” -St. Peter Julian Eymard. The Eucharistic apostolate to which you dedicate your efforts is very precious. Persevere in it with commitment and passion, encouraging and spreading Eucharistic devotion in all its expressions. Enclosed in the Eucharist is the treasure of the Church, namely, Christ himself, who on the Cross immolated himself for the salvation of humanity" -Pope Benedict XVI, Nov. 11, Audience. ​ "Adoration leads to compassion for all human beings, and from this compassion comes the thirst to evangelise.... I exhort you to develop your spiritual life, giving pride of place to the personal meeting with Christ, Emmanuel, God with us. An authentically Eucharistic life is a missionary life." -Pope Benedict XVI, Feb. 3, 2011, address to Emmanuel Community. ​ Love Him like Mary "With how much faith and love the Virgin must have received and adored the Blessed Eucharist in her heart. For her, each time was like reliving the entire mystery of her Son Jesus, from conception to resurrection" -Pope Benedict XVI, June 14, 2008. Mary can guide us toward this most holy sacrament because she herself has a profound relationship with it." (Blessed Pope John Paul II, Ecclesia de Eucharistia) ​ Trust in Despair "When tempted to despair, I have only one resource: to throw myself at the foot of the tabernacle like a little dog at the foot of his master." -St. John Vianney ​ At Fatima, prostrated before the Sacred Host, the Angel of Peace taught the children a prayer of Adoration. "If you have this Eucharistic spirit, if your thoughts are tuned continually toward the Eucharist, the presence of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament will never leave you." St. Peter Julian Eymard. Filial Relation with God "[Through] Eucharistic adoration, [we] were filled with profound gratitude to God for the great love He has given us, the love with which He binds us to Himself in a filial relationship." (Pope Benedict XVI, March 3, 2012) ​ It is a Personal Invitation to You from Jesus. "Jesus waits for us in this Sacrament of Love." -Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Canae. ​ "Look upon the hour of adoration assigned to you as an hour in Paradise. Go to your adoration as one would go to Heaven, to the divine banquet. You will then long for that hour and hail it with joy. Take delight in fostering a longing for it in your heart. Tell yourself, ‘In four hours, in two hours, in one hour, our Lord will give me an audience of grace and love. He has invited me; He is waiting for me; He is longing for me.’" -St. Peter Julian Eymard This is a Great Need for All. "The Church and the world have a great need of Eucharistic Adoration." -Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae. ​ To Be Like Him. "He proposes His own example to those who come to Him, that all may learn to be like Himself, gentle and humble of heart, and to seek not their own interest but those of God." -Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei. To be one with Him. Receiving the Eucharist means adoring the One Whom we receive. Precisely in this way and only in this way do we become one with Him." -Pope Benedict XVI. Our duty and honor "The Blessed Sacrament is the Living Heart of each of our churches and it is our very sweet duty to honor and adore the Blessed Host, which our eyes see, the Incarnate Word, Whom they cannot see." -Pope Paul VI, Credo of the People of God. ​ Our dignity "The Divine Eucharist bestows upon the Christian people the incomparable dignity." -Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei. ​ Center of the Church and of all hearts. "Christ is reserved in our churches as the spiritual center of the heart of the community, the universal Church and all humanity, since within the veil of the species, Christ is contained, the Invisible Heart of the Church, the Redeemer of the world, the center of all hearts, by Him all things are and of whom we exist." -Pope Paul IV, Mysterium Fidei. ​ "Our essential commitment in life is to preserve and advance constantly in Eucharistic life and Eucharistic piety and to grow spiritually in the climate of the Holy Eucharist." -Pope John Paul II, Redeemer of Man. Conversing with Christ in the Blessed Sacrament leads to holiness. "How great is the value of conversation with Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, for there is nothing more consoling on earth, nothing more efficacious for advancing along the road of holiness!" -Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei. "(Eucharistic Jesus) restores morality, nourishes virtue, consoles the afflicted, strengthens the weak." -Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei. ​ Most meritorious act "Here on earth it is impossible to perform a more meritorious act than visiting Jesus often in the Holy Eucharist." -St. Teresa of Avila ​ To be consumed by love "I desire but this one grace, and long to be consumed like a burning candle in His holy Presence every moment of the life that remains to me." -St. Margaret Mary ​ "Loving souls can find no greater delight than to be in the company of those whom they love. If we, then, love Jesus Christ much, behold we are now in his presence. Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament sees us and hears us; shall we, then, say nothing to Him? Let us console ourselves in His company; let us rejoice in His glory, and in the love which so many enamored souls bear Him in the Most Holy Sacrament. Let us desire that all should love Jesus in the Holy Sacrament, and consecrate their hearts to Him; at least let us consecrate our affections to Him. He should be all our love and our whole desire." -St. Alphonsus Liguori ​ Back

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Your Life Is A Prayer When I say your life is a prayer, [I mean that] your life is an offering. To offer Me your life is the perfect prayer. Your thoughts directed to Me, directed to love, is a prayer. Your desire to know Me, love Me, and serve Me is a prayer. Your touch is a most beautiful prayer. Your words of encouragement and love to others are a prayer. Your efforts to bring peace and unity to your families are a prayer. Your smile is a prayer. But your most perfect prayer is your pure suffering united to Me and My Mother. ​ The prayer of pure suffering is the sweetest fragrance that reaches and delights the Heart of our Father. This is also the prayer that produces an abundance of fruit. This is the prayer that is most united to Mine as I intercede before the throne of My Father. This is why My Mother's suffering of solitude produced and continues to produce showers of graces upon the world. I wish the Mothers and Missionaries of the Cross to be perfected in the prayer of suffering. But my Lord, what about contemplative prayer and the prayer of praise? It is through contemplative prayer that you come to know Me and the prayer in which I fill, guide and form you, but it is the prayer of suffering in which you honor, console and love Me, and participate in the redemption of souls. The prayer of gratitude and thanksgiving should be your every breath. 8/23/10 Simple Path #97 p.278 Back

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Love Crucified encounter with Regnum Christi Medellin, Colombia, 2020 Come to Me, says the Lord... My gaze is upon each of you. I see your struggles; I know your trials; I feel and suffer your sorrows; I collect your tears; I suffer with each of you. Have perfect faith in the God that loves you… Believe in the power of your hidden ordinary lives lived through Me, with Me and in Me, ONE with Me, no longer two. Believe in My crucified love, in the power of My crucified gaze to penetrate all darkness. My gaze is upon you; allow Me to heal your wounds and purify all darkness. — Diary of a MOC p.59 on the Path. Heart to heart sharing the Path... My desire for you, My thirst for each of you, is to make you My living icons. My little ones, suffer all with Me, gazing upon My crucified love so that your suffering can perfect your faith and you can become My living chalices poured upon the world, redeeming, restoring and purifying with Me. Learn to wait upon the Lord, for that proves your love and perfects your trust. — continuation of the above The soul that lives wrapped in the gift of knowledge grows in true humility and is then able to advance in My path on the wings of the Holy Spirit. At times, you fall and have setbacks; but do not get discouraged, for these falls are meant to help keep you wrapped in the gift of knowledge, the gift of knowing that you can do nothing without the grace of God. The Lords heals my wounds and fills me with joy... Pg.3 Main Web Page

Holy Sorrow Vs. Sadness Lourdes Pinto — November 12, 2022 ​ “The union of sorrows is the perfect union of love with God on earth.” This teaching answers the questions: Is there a difference between holy sorrow and the emotion of sadness? How is sadness transformed into holy sorrow? Back

Father Ron's Testimony Fr. Ron Sciera – November 17, 2022 Fr Ron shares some “gold nuggets” he has discovered by struggling to live the Simple Path. Fr Ron and Lourdes reveal the beauty of helping one another walk the narrow path. Back

JESÚS Jesus Lyrics and music: Maria Hickein ​ Jesús... Jesús Jesus... Jesus ​ Mi Señor mi Amado, mi Adorado My Lord my beloved, the one I adore ​ Mi Consentido, mi Siervo Herido My Preferred, my wounded Servant ​ Quiero ser Tu consuelo, Tu paz, Tu Cielo I want to be your consolation, Your peace, Your heaven ​ Todo mi anhelo es fundirme en Tu fuego All my longing is to fuse myself in Your fire ​ Brisa fresca y agua clara Fresh breeze and clear water ​ que sacie Tu mirada that satisfies Your gaze ​ Consumida en Ti... consumido en mí Consumed in You... consumed in me ​ Jesús... Jesús Jesus... Jesus ​ Mi Verbo Encarnado, mi Tesoro hallado My Incarnate Word, my Treasure found ​ Corazón ardiente, Amor Crucificado Burning heart, Crucified Love ​ Mi Esposo y mi Vida, uno a Ti mis heridas My Spouse and my Life, a unite my wounds to You ​ Me adentro en Tus llagas, I enter Your wounds, ​ pon Tu TODO en mi nada Place Your ALL in my nothingness ​ Mi Jesús Eucaristía, mi Esperanza y mi Alegría My Jesus Eucharist, My Hope and my Joy ​ Hostia viva en Ti, Hostia viva en mí Living host in You, Living host in me ​ Jesús... Jesús Jesus... Jesus ​ Mi Infinita Dulzura, la belleza más pura My infinite Sweetness, the most pure beauty ​ Qué fuego al contemplarte, sólo quieto amarte What fire as I contemplate You, I only want to love You ​ Bendecirte y alabarte, adorarte y ensalzarte Bless You and praise You, adore You and exalt you ​ Acompañarte y consolarte Accompany and console you ​ Sufrirlo todo contigo, Suffer all with you, ​ Dios-Amor-Amante-Amigo God-Love-Lover-Friend ​ Encarnada en Ti, Incarnate in You, ​ Encarnado en mí Incarnate in me ​ Jesús...Jesús... Jesús Jesus... Jesus... Jesus ​ Music Page

Novena to the Holy Spirit INITIAL OFFERING (daily) PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT ​ Come Holy Spirit, pour forth on our entire family of Love Crucified, as well as our personal family, the source of Your grace, and enkindle a new Pentecost in Your Church! Come down upon Your bishops, Your priests, your seminarians, your religious, Your faithful and upon those who do not believe, upon the most hardened of sinners, and finally, upon each one of us! Come down upon all the people of the world, upon all races, and upon every class and category of people! Stir us with Your divine breath, purify us of all our sins, and free us from all deceit and evil! Inflame us with Your fire; grant that we may burn and be consumed in Your love! Teach us to understand that God is everything-all our happiness and joy, our present, our future and our eternity are in His hands. Come Holy Spirit and transform us, save us, reconcile us, unite us and consecrate us to Yourself! Teach us to belong completely to Christ, to be one with Love Crucified, and to belong totally to God! This we ask through the intercession and under the guidance and protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Your Immaculate Spouse, Mother of Jesus and our Mother! Amen. ​ PRAYER TO OUR BLESSED MOTHER THE MYSTICAL ROSE ​ Dear Heavenly Mother, through the Power of the Holy Spirit, we ask for your intercession for ______ Please take our prayers, fasting and sacrifices and present them to your son, and with the grace afforded to You, perfect our offerings that we may be granted beyond every imaginable expectation all that we desire for the conversion of hearts, for the protection of our family and mission. We pray Mary, for the Holy Spirit to invade our nation and the whole world, igniting both the hearts of Christians and unbelievers alike. That the spark of grace in each soul will combust into a mighty flame that will create such a fire of conversion that it will quickly spread throughout our land beginning here in our domestic churches. We pray this especially for our bishops, and the priests, sisters, deacons, seminarians and faithful of our own diocese. We pray for the presence of tens of thousands of angels to begin filling our homes, our parishes, our cities, our countries, every single one of our activities, so that all may be surrounded with the grace of heaven, and that Satan will find no entrance to bring his evil intentions. Most especially, we pray that there will be no pride in our own hearts for Satan to work, only the true humility of your heart and the heart of Jesus. Lastly, we pray for each member of our family, including every child down to the youngest members in their mother’s womb, to have a profound experience with the Holy Spirit, so that our hearts will be made pure, and the new Pentecost would descend down upon each one of us, uniting us as one. All for the Sacred and Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, all through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, all in union with Saint Joseph. “Jesus, Savior of all mankind, save them, save them!” ​ FIRST DAY ​ Jesus to Conchita: "There exists a hidden treasure, a wealth remaining unexploited and in no way appreciated at its true worth, which is nevertheless that which is the greatest in heaven and on earth: the Holy Spirit. The world of souls itself does not know Him as it should. He is the Light of intellects and the Fire which enkindles hearts. If there is indifference, coldness, weakness, and so many other evils which afflict the spiritual world and even My Church, it is because recourse is not had to the Holy Spirit. His mission in heaven, His Life, His Being, is Love. On earth, His mission consists in leading souls toward this hearth of Love which is God. With Him, there is possessed all that can be desired. -If there is sadness, it is because recourse is not had to this divine Consoler, to Him who is perfect spiritual joy. -If there is weakness, it is because there is no reliance on Him who is invincible Might. -If there are errors, it is because of disregard for Him who is Light. Faith is extinguished through the absence of the Holy Spirit. In each heart and in the whole Church, there is not rendered the Holy Spirit that which is due to Him. Most of the evils that are deplored in the Church and in the field of souls comes from not according to the Holy Spirit the primacy which I have given to this Third Person of the Trinity who has taken so active a part in the Incarnation of the Word and in the founding of the Church. He is loved lukewarmly, invoked without fervor and in many hearts, even among my own, not even called to mind. All this deeply wounds My Heart. It is time that the Holy Spirit reign. But it is necessary that He reigns, here, right close, in each soul and in each heart, in all the structures of My Church. The day on which there will flow in each pastor, in each priest, like an inner blood, the Holy Spirit, then will be renewed the theological virtues, now languishing, even in the ministers of My Church, due to the absence of the Holy Spirit. Then the world will change, for all the evils deplored today have their cause in the remoteness of the Holy Spirit, the sole remedy. Let the ministers of my Church react, through the medium of the Holy Spirit, and the whole world of souls will be divinized. He is the axis around which revolve the virtues. There is no virtue without the Holy Spirit. The decisive impulse for raising up My Church from the state of prostration in which she lies, consists in reviving the cult of the Holy Spirit. Let His place be given Him, that is, the first in intellects and wills! No one will be lacking anything with this heavenly wealth. The Father and I, the Word, We desire an ardent and vitalizing renewal of His reign in the Church. May the Holy Spirit reign in souls, and the Word will be known and honored, the Cross taking on a new force in the souls spiritualized by divine Love. To the extent the Holy Spirit will reign, sensuality, which today invades the earth, will disappear. The Cross will never take root unless beforehand the soil is made ready by the Holy Spirit. That is why He appeared to you first even before the vision of the Cross. It is because of this He is at the summit of the Cross of the Apostolate. One of the main fruits of the mystical incarnation is the reign of the Holy Spirit which must bring about the disappearance of materialism" (Diary, Feb. 19, 1911). ​ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will be in you. (John 14:16-17) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be and the following final prayer (daily) ​ SECOND DAY ​ 'He is the source of divine grace and He never remains inactive. Day and night, He labors in souls who give themselves to Me, and these souls constantly advance in virtues. But when souls resist or are indifferent, then I withdraw since My graces are of too great a price to be wasted on them. The work of the Holy Spirit in souls is most delicate, and the soul who despises it is quite culpable… If it does not respond to My inspirations, to what I demand of it, I withdraw. There are some souls which it is necessary to push along at each step, others which run and fly. According to the measure of their correspondence with grace, they advance constantly rising to the degree I have destined for them. Be vigilant, hear My voice. You know quite well that for hearing me it is necessary to keep your ears open… A total renunciation of yourself and a constant spirit of sacrifice. (Letter to Msgr. Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores, June 23, 1904). Jesus answered and said to him, "Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. (John 14:23) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be and the following final prayer(daily) ​ ​ THIRD DAY ​ "Some souls think that the Holy Spirit is very far away, far, far up above. Actually, He is, we might say, the divine Person who is most closely present to the creature. He accompanies him everywhere. He penetrates him with Himself, He calls him, He protects him. He makes of him His living temple. He defends him. He helps him. He guards him from all his enemies. He is closer to him than his own soul. All the good a soul accomplishes, it carries out under His inspiration, in His light, by His grace and His help. And yet He is not invoked, He is not thanked for His direct and intimate action in each soul. If you invoke the Father, if you love Him, it is through the Holy Spirit. If you love Me ardently, if you know Me, if you serve Me, if you imitate Me, if you make yourself but one with My wishes and with My heart, it is through the Holy Spirit. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? (1Corinthians 6:19) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be and the following final prayer (daily) ​ ​ FOURTH DAY ​ "He is considered inaccessible and He actually is but there is nothing that exists nearer, more helpful to the creature in his misery than this being of a supreme transcendence, this most Holy Spirit who reflects and who constitutes one and the same holiness with the Father and the Son. Centuries have passed and He remains ever the principle of all things. He engraves His mark on souls and His sign on the priest. He communicates the light of faith and all the virtues. He irrigates and fertilizes the whole field of the Church. Despite this, He is not appreciated, He is not known, He is not thanked for His perpetually sanctifying action. If the world is ungrateful to Me, how much more so toward the Holy Spirit! Here is why I want His glory to be shown to the end of time… One of the cruelest interior sufferings for My Heart was this ingratitude of all times, this worship of idols of other times, and today man's self-worship, forgetful of the Holy Spirit. In these latter days sensuality has set up its reign in the world. This sensual life obscures and extinguishes the light of faith in souls. That is why more than ever, it is necessary that the Holy Spirit come to destroy and annihilate Satan who under this form penetrates even the Church" (Diary, Jan. 26, 1915). But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." (Acts 1) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be and the following final prayer (daily) ​ ​ FIFTH DAY ​ "Every movement of My soul has been inspired and carried out under the movement of the Holy Spirit. He is who animates My faculties, My senses, My will, holding them in His possession for the glory of the Father to whom I return everything… The Holy Spirit loves My humanity with an incomparable predilection… If you only knew with what delicacy, with what tenderness, and with what splendor the Holy Spirit adorns My soul, My faculties, My feelings, My body and My heart! Even more than a mother He is all love. He displayed all His might, all His riches to form Me in Mary's womb, as a perfect model of all that is beautiful, pure and holy. All the riches and treasures which adorn My Heart, I owe to the Holy Spirit. I do not like devotion to My Heart, to be regarded as an end, but only as a means of being raised up to My Divinity, as a step for reaching the Holy Spirit since it is He who created, formed and enriched My human heart, who poured on it all the delights of His love as well as all the interior sufferings and the manner of undergoing universal expiation for the pardon of culpable mankind. The heart of man and his body had sinned. There was need of another heart and another body united to the power of a God to give satisfaction to this Other who is God. This plan, this action, this salvific purpose, glorifying my humanity and for the salvation of the world, are owed to the Holy Spirit" (Diary, Jan. 29, 1915). ​ Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim. (Acts 2) Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be and the following final prayer (daily) ​ ​ SIXTH DAY ​ "The Holy Spirit took an extremely active part in the carrying out of the eternal plan of Redemption. Then, when the time came, He carried out the work of the Incarnation, after having made it clear to the prophets, announcing it to them before hand. During My life it was He who sustained me, He who presented to My Father My infinite expiation and touched souls, drawing them to the Truth which I am. I had promised to send Him and I have done so, for, in each of His acts, in the sacraments and His infallible action, the Holy Spirit holds in My Church the first place" (Diary, Jan. 28, 1915). ​ Peter (said) to them, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." (Acts 2) ​ Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be and the following final prayer (daily) ​ ​ SEVENTH DAY ​ "I am her pilot and that is why centuries will pass and My Church will reach the shores of heaven as pure, as holy, as maternal, as filled with love and charity as when she came from my hands. What matter betrayals and persecutions, even on the part of her own (the most painful), She will majestically sail on through the myriads of tempests which served, serve and will serve but to render her more wondrous and glorious. ​ "Who can prevail against God? Generations pass, persecutions cease, schisms are mended, only My Church goes on as beautiful and pure, holy and immutable as when she came from my hands, borne by love which does not change for it is divine, thanks to the unity she possesses in herself, impregnated by love and diffusing only love. "Yet the time has come to exalt the Holy Spirit in the world. He is the soul of this Beloved Church. This divine Person diffuses Himself prodigally in every act of the Church. I desire that this last epoch be consecrated in a very special way to this Holy Spirit who ever operates out of love. He guided the Church from her very beginnings, by the three acts of humble love in Peter. I desire that in these latter days this holy love inflame all hearts but most of all the hearts of the Pope and My priests. It is his turn, it is his epoch, it is the triumph of love in my Church, in the whole universe. To obtain this, I again ask that the world be consecrated in a very special way to the Holy Spirit, beginning with all the members of the Church, to this third Person of the Trinity. Since the Spirit binds and unites the Trinity itself and makes God God (For God is love), and the Holy Spirit is the Person of Love (Love itself)… That is why the Holy Spirit is the soul, the great divine force, the energy, the heart, the heartbeat of the Church of God" (Diary, March 2, 1928). ​ Acts 2:17-21 "No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: 'It will come to pass in the last days,' God says, 'that I will pour out a portion of my spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams. Indeed, upon my servants and my handmaids I will pour out a portion of my spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy. And I will work wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below: blood, fire, and a cloud of smoke. The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and splendid day of the Lord, and it shall be that everyone shall be saved who calls on the name of the Lord." ​ Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be and the following final prayer (daily) ​ ​ EIGHTH DAY ​ "I will tell you a very deep secret. Graces accumulate upon My Church as well as the treasures, the riches, the most fertile sources of the merits of the Incarnate Word, but each day, men, even those who are called Mine, close the doors to the Holy Spirit. Satan determines the Church through the weakness and dissipation of those who should be the guardians of the sanctuary. Souls languish through want of directors possessed by the Holy Spirit. My Church, so beautiful and rich, must leave her treasures locked up for she does not know to whom to distribute them. The saddest thing is that these infinite treasures of grace I bought at the price of My Blood, remain inactive in My Church, due to want of laborers who are holy. They understand in their own way the spiritual life and, due to lack of profound studies in this matter, due to ignorance and negligence they leave unachieved the designs of God on a great number of souls. "My Heart is saddened because my ministers are sleeping. On many occasions, they are the first to conform themselves to superficial piety. They do not make the Cross enter souls, and still less do they reveal to them the Holy Spirit. I tell you again in greatest confidence that routine has deeply penetrated the sanctuary. This devotion in spirit and in truth is completely extinguished in numerous communities. May my ministers react through the Holy Spirit, may they appreciate to the full the interior life! May they possess it themselves and communicate it through the Holy Spirit! Then the Church will reflourish in her prime vigor. There is lacking in My Church the stamina of the Holy Spirit, it is wanting in seminarians and in members of the clergy. Consequently it is wanting in souls who live and are nourished by this vital essential, called to communicate to them the life of grace. (Diary, Feb. 21, 1911) ​ "I want a living, palpitating, clear and powerful reaction of the clergy through the Holy Spirit. A priest no longer belongs to himself. He is another Me and he must be all to all, but first of all by sanctifying himself, for no one can give what he does not have and only the Sanctifier can sanctify. So then, if he wants to be holy - as it is imperious he must - he must be possessed, impregnated by the Holy Spirit, since if the Holy Spirit is indispensable for the life of any soul whatsoever, for the soul of priests He must be their breath and very life. If priests are Jesus, should they not have the Spirit of Jesus? And this Spirit, is he not the Holy Spirit?" (Diary, Oct. 9, 1927). ​ To one is given through the Spirit the expression of wisdom; to another the expression of knowledge according to the same Spirit; 9 to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit; 10 to another mighty deeds; to another prophecy; to another discernment of spirits; to another varieties of tongues; to another interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing them individually to each person as he wishes. (1Corinthians 12) ​ Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be and the following final prayer(daily) ​ NINTH DAY ​ "On sending to the world a new Pentecost, I want it inflamed, purified, illuminated, and purified by the light and fire of the Holy Spirit. The last stage of the world must be marked very specially by the effusion of the Holy Spirit. He must reign in hearts and in the entire world, not so much for the glory of His Person as for making the Father loved and bearing testimony of Me, although His glory is that of the whole Trinity" (Diary, Jan. 26, 1916). ​ "Tell the Pope that it is My will that in the whole Christian world the Holy Spirit be implored to bring peace and His reign into hearts. Only this Holy Spirit will be able to renew the face of the earth. He will bring light, union and charity to hearts. The world is foundering because it rejects the Holy Spirit, and all the evils which afflict it have therein their origin. The remedy is found in Him. He is the Consoler, the author of all grace, the bond of union between the Father and the Son and the supreme conciliator since He is charity, uncreated and eternal Love. May the whole world have recourse to this Holy Spirit since the day of His reign has arrived. This last stage of the world belongs very specially to Him that He be honored and exalted. May the Church preach Him, may souls love Him, may the whole world be consecrated to Him, and peace will come along with a moral and spiritual reaction, greater than the evil by which the world is tormented. May all at once this Holy Spirit begin to be called on with prayers, penances and tears, with the ardent desire of His coming. He will come, I will send Him again clearly manifest in His effects, which will astonish the world and impel the Church to holiness" (Diary, Sept. 27, 1918). ​ "Ask for this renewal, this new Pentecost, for My Church has need of priests sanctified by the Holy Spirit. The world is foundering in the abyss since it lacks priests who will help it from falling in; priests who bear the light to shine on the paths of good; pure priests to pull out of the mud so many hearts; priests afire who will fill the entire universe with divine love. Ask, supplicate heaven, that all may be restored in Me by the Holy Spirit" (Diary, Nov. 1, 1927). ​ "I want to return to the world in My priests. I want to renew the world of souls by making Myself seen in My priests. I want to give a might impulse to My Church infusing in her, as it were, a new Pentecost, the Holy Spirit, in My priests" (Diary, Jan. 5, 1928). ​ "To obtain what I ask, every priest must make a consecration to the Holy Spirit, asking Him, through Mary's intercession, to come to them as it were in a new Pentecost, to purify them, to fill them with love, possess them, unify them, sanctify them and transform them into Me" (Diary, Jan. 25, 1928). ​ "One day not too far away, at the center of My Church, at Saint Peter's there will take place the consecration of the world to the Holy Spirit, and the graces of this Divine Spirit, will be showered on the blessed Pope who will make it. "It is My desire that the universe be consecrated to the Divine Spirit that He may spread Himself over the earth in a new Pentecost." (Diary, March 11, 1928) ​ Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been given to us. (Romans 5) ​ Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be and the following final prayer (daily) ​ ​ FINAL OFFERING (To be recited daily during the novena) ​ ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT On my knees before the great multitude of Heavenly witnesses, I offer myself, soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice and the might of Your love. You are the strength and light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace, and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light and listen to Your voice and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You, by Your compassion, to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus, and looking at His Five Wounds and trusting in His Precious Blood, and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore you, adorable Spirit, helper of my infirmity, so to keep me in your grace that I may never sin against you. Give me grace, 0 Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Father and the Son, to say to you always and everywhere, "Speak Lord, for Your Servant is listening." Amen ​ PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ​ O Lord Jesus Christ, Who before ascending into Heaven, didst promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your apostles and disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul the work of Your grace and Your love. ​ Grant me the -Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal, -The Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of your divine truth, -The Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven, -The Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation, -The Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints, -The Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amicable, -The Spirit of Fear of the Lord that I may be filled with a loving reverence toward God and may dread in any way to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Your true disciples and animate me in all things with Your Spirit. Amen.

The Process to Mourn with Mary Lourdes Pinto – March 4, 2023 The Lord tells the Mothers of the Cross, "Remain in mourning with Mary." This teaching explains the lament of Mary and the process of the purification of the human emotion of sorrow needed to achieve the union of sorrow and joy in the cloister of Mary’s Heart.

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Open Our Hearts to the Holy Spirit Lourdes Pinto, March 2017 Beginning Reflection of Retreat: ​ Simple Path pp.8-9: Pope Benedict XVI “God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us” (Rom 5:5). Nevertheless, it is not enough to know the Spirit; we must welcome Him as the guide of our souls, as the “Teacher of the interior life” who introduces us to the Mystery of the Trinity, because He alone can open us up to faith and allow us to live it each day to the full. Pope Francis Trust in the Holy Spirit, for it is He who “helps us in our weakness” (Rom 8:26). But this generous trust has to be nourished, and so we need to invoke the Spirit constantly. … It is true that this trust in the unseen can cause us to feel disoriented: it is like being plunged into the deep and not knowing what we will find. I myself have frequently experienced this. Yet there is no greater freedom than that of allowing oneself to be guided by the Holy Spirit, renouncing the attempt to plan and control everything to the last detail, and instead, letting him enlighten, guide and direct us, leading us wherever he wills. The Holy Spirit knows well what is needed in every time and place Holiness is life in the Holy Spirit. The Path is the fruit of the Holy Spirit. The Path became the result of our listening to Christ in the Holy Spirit. Are these two reflections how we live our lives? Do we invoke the Holy Spirit before we pray and read the Path? Bring to your conscience your concerns, troubles, issues, for example with spouse, child, work, health. How are you living these situations in your life according to life in the Spirit. Back

Testimonials The Simple Path Testimonies ​ Your book is an enormous encouragement. ​ …I am reading your book! I can relate to everything you write, and it is soooo consoling to see how the Holy Spirit is inspiring different souls around the world to go down the same path of union with Christ. Nothing you write is “new” to me and yet, you have a way of presenting the path and most of all the union of our wounds with the Lord, so practical and helpful as I have never encountered it before. Your book is an enormous encouragement not only to enter my wounds and bring them to the Lord, but even to discover them as MY big TREASURE rather than handicap, which fills me with great gratitude for my personal history of woundedness. Thank you for having responded to his call and given this treasure to the Church!!! I entrust myself to your prayers! With much love - also to Maria- yours in Jésus and Mary, ​ ​ The Path is real, and I am on it. ​ ​ I have been wanting to let you know how powerfully God has been removing veils and breaking down strongholds in my life through the Path. It is truly amazing! And in lightening speeds. He is just making me understand the words on the pages and allowing me to realize what he has been doing with me for so long. The book is alive. The Path is real, and I am on it. It's amazing how I read a section and then I randomly listen to one of the audios later and it pertains to the exact section I'm reading. God is doing exactly what He has promised you, do not doubt. I thank Him for your faith and fiat and Fr. Jordi and the others that have made this possible. Thank you and God bless. ​ ​ ​ Testimonies of Our Retreats ​ ...when I heard your great reflections, I couldn't hold back the tears. ​ From a seminarian I was at your really nice talk that you gave us this Wednesday at the Athenaeum. Well, I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for what you shared with us. The day before, a brother went to your other talk and then invited me to go with him to the one on Wednesday. To tell you the truth, at first, I didn’t want to go but I felt the Holy Spirit was inviting me to go. And well, I’m not the type of person that cries a lot but really, when I heard your great reflections, I couldn’t hold back the tears. I think above all the three big things you talked about for me were (1). making yourself vulnerable so God can love you more and (2). learning to suffer with Christ and (3). going out of our way to help our brothers learn to suffer with Christ. I was so overwhelmed! And I’ve been using these points as thought for meditation since then and they still keep sticking to me. I could go on saying more things but really, I just wanted to write you this email thanking you so very much for what you shared with us… ​ Really, I just want to thank you again. I ask you to pray for me that I be a holy legionary. You definitely are a woman of God and I know he will hear your prayers…I will pray for you and for your community that you can bring God’s message to more people. ​ God bless you! Yours in Christ, ​ ​ ​ Testimonies about the Love Crucified Community ​ I love the revolutionary focus on brutal transparency. From an aspirant of the community What I love about Love Crucified: I love that Love Crucified does not recruit but allows the Holy Spirit to bring those He chooses to draw closer to its charism and spirituality. I love that it is focused on the daily duties of our hidden lives and that the emphasis is on the Eucharistic Life of the Church. I love that I do not have to leave my home or family to participate in fellowship of kindred souls. I love the revolutionary focus on brutal transparency. I love that I am guided and accompanied by persons I naturally care for, who authentically care for me and whom I “trust” to share the sorrows and challenges of my soul. I am humbled that though I do not possess the level of mystical experiences that others do and confess to find it challenging to relate to some of those experiences, nonetheless, I am inspired and moved by the same Spirit that inspires them. Most of all I love that I am learning what it means to really LOVE the Lord. As an aspirant I feel that I am richly blessed to be a part of such a loving group of believers who are healing together and being sent forth to love and heal others. ​ ​ A true breath of fresh air! From a Mother of the Cross I have become acquainted in this community with true Christian sharing and respect for others’ thoughts and expressions. A true breath of fresh air! I can’t remember when I had that last. I join this new-found positive freedom of expression (new for me) and in praise and thanksgiving join to my Blessed Mother Mary in Christ’s heart all those who been silenced. Thank you all in the Hidden Force for your prayers and acceptance. Thank you for showing me how to share myself – I’m sure it will only get better in time. I love you all!!! B. ​ ​ HOME

Red Flags of the COVID Agenda Fr. Jordi Rivero, 2022 Below: 2 text viewing options Also: Complete series here 🔗 Back

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The Significance of Women's Veil in Church Lourdes Pinto – May 7, 2022 Back The Significance of the Veil Lourdes Pinto, May 7, 2022 Below the audio: 2 text viewing options Back

Testimony: The Gift of My Accident Lourdes Pinto – June 8, 2023 ​ "Trust, for there isn’t a suffering I permit that will not bring you into the union of love I desire". 7/9/12 This testimony given by Lourdes Pinto reveals the truth and beauty contained in the above sentence from the Lord. Go to top

Jesus' Wounds Radiate His Mercy Lourdes Pinto — 2016 Back

A Well-Formed Conscience is Critical for Our Decisive Times –I Lourdes Pinto — September 23, 2021 Video 🎥 A Well-Formed Conscience: Critical for These Decisive Times, part 1 Cenacle 9/23/21 Lourdes Pinto Fr Jordi spoke to us last week of Papal authority. He explained what INFALLIBILITY is, other teachings on faith and morals called ordinary magisterium, and a pope’s judgment applying a moral principle to a situation or controversy. This is the case of the pope’s support for the vaccine. An uncritical acceptance of the pope’s opinion on these matters is contrary to our responsibility to discern and act according to our conscience. What is our conscience? CCC 1776 - “Deep within his conscience, man discovers a law which he has not laid upon himself but which he must obey. Its voice, ever calling him to love and to do what is good and to avoid evil, sounds in his heart at the right moment. … For man has in his heart a law inscribed by God. ... His conscience is man’s most secret core and his sanctuary. There he is alone with God, whose voice echoes in his depths.” My Word is My life that must touch the depth of your heart. A hardened heart cannot feel the touch of My living Word. The intellect can receive My Word and manipulate it, but the Spirit penetrates a heart with My Word and transforms it. #116, p.311 They (men) too must make themselves VULNERABLE at the feet of Jesus crucified and expose the depths of their hearts. Simple Path, p.33 CCC 1779- It is important for every person to be sufficiently present to himself in order to hear and follow the voice of his conscience. This requirement of interiority is all the more necessary as life often distracts us from any reflection, self-examination, or introspection: By being attentive to how you use your hands or fail to use your hands, how you gaze at others, and how the words flow from your lips, you will come to know the sin that remains in your hearts. Simple Path, #105, p. 291 My family, prepare for battle. Be attentive to Me. SP, #148, p.437 CCC 1781 - Conscience enables one to assume responsibility for the acts performed. II. Formation of Conscience CCC 1783 - Conscience must be informed and moral judgment enlightened. The education of conscience is indispensable for human beings who are subjected to negative influences… CCC1790 - Yet it can happen that moral conscience remains in ignorance… CCC1791 - This ignorance can often be imputed to personal responsibility. This is the case when a man “takes little trouble to find out what is true and good.” Knowledgeable of Church’s teachings on faith & morals forms our conscience: Birth control- CCC2370 – as an end or means to render procreation impossible is intrinsically evil. Premarital sex- CCC2390-2391 - the sexual act must take place exclusively within marriage. Outside of marriage, it always constitutes a grave sin and excludes one from sacramental communion. Homosexuality- CCC-2357-2359 - basing itself on sacred scripture, which presents homosexual Max at acts of great depravity, tradition has always declared that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.” they are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved. CCC 1784 - - The education of the conscience is a lifelong task. …it prevents or cures fear, selfishness and pride, resentment arising from guilt, and feelings of complacency, born of human weakness and faults. The education of the conscience guarantees freedom and engenders peace of heart. CCC 1785 - In the formation of conscience, the Word of God is the light for our path; we must assimilate it in faith and prayer and put it into practice. We must also examine our conscience before the Lord’s Cross. We are assisted by the gifts of the Holy Spirit, aided by the witness or advice of others, and guided by the authoritative teaching of the Church. Conscience before difficult decisions- Covid & mRNA “vaccine.” CCC 1787 - Man is sometimes confronted by situations that make moral judgments less assured and decisions difficult. But he must always seriously seek what is right and good and discern the will of God expressed in divine law. CCC 1788 - To this purpose, man strives to interpret the data of experience and the signs of the times assisted by the virtue of prudence, by the advice of competent people, and by the help of the Holy Spirit and his gifts. Fruits of Covid pandemic “Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.” Mt 12:33 FEAR worldwide – caused anxiety, depression, mental distress, sleep disorders, pediatric depression, suicide, but also darkens our capacity to reason & discern Spiritual problem – Philippians 4:4-7 Before we can go deep into our conscience to listen to the voice of God, we must deal with our fears. Our fears need to come into the light of our conscience before Christ crucified. This is important work for spiritual accompaniment (CCC1788-). DECEPTION -Lies: Vaccine immunity is long-lasting (booster every five months. Vaccinated persons can get the virus and transmit it.) Unvaccinated are spreading the virus (no mention of natural immunity) CENSORSHIP of any person, no matter the qualifications, that speak against the “agenda.” Fruit of censorship & deception- to health measures of unknown substances with unknown long-term effects as love of neighbor DIVISION in families, communities, Segregation – unvaccinated are being banned from “non-essential” services Labeling of groups of people, “anti-vaxxers,” “conspiracy theorist,” misinformation Bishops forcing their priests to confess to the congregation that they are unvaccinated DISTANCING- loneliness, hospitals, social interactions, touch, smiles, human contact CHILDREN are being greatly harmed CONTROL, - TYRANNY, mandate vaccines violate the dignity of the person– loss of jobs, lockdowns, CDC “camps.” Diocese in Canada is mandating vaccines to go to mass “Stop and think about that: perfectly healthy priests being barred from administering the soul-saving graces of the sacraments because their natural immunity is no longer considered to be of any use. This is not only anti-science, anti-immunology, and anti-human, but anti-Christ.” Mark Mallett, The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently issued a new National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin implying that if Americans question and challenge the COVID shot mandates, they are now considered potential “” (DVE). CCC 1782 - Man has the right to act in conscience and in freedom so as personally to make moral decisions. “He must not be forced to act contrary to his conscience. Nor must he be prevented from acting according to his conscience, especially in religious matters. . Back

Living in the Trinity on Earth Lourdes Pinto – December 16, 2021 12/15/21 Living in the Trinity on earth The Father has always been; He is the Great I Am. My little one, His greatness, and power have been misunderstood and feared by people in every generation, yet He is pure love. He begets Me, His Son, with all tenderness and longing. He begets Me from Himself. That is why to know Me is to know My Father. From our union and communion, the Holy Spirit is immaculately conceived. Think of the Father as a living ocean, and He flows into the Son and this current of power is pure Love, which flows into the Holy Spirit, which flows back to the Father. This exchange of love is so powerful, a continuous Life from and back to the Father, that this triangle of Life is but One Life. We are three distinct Persons that share the same Life. That is why to know Me is to know the Father, for we are One. I became flesh, the God-Man, so that you could come to know and see the Father. This coming to know personally the Great I Am through Me is the greatest gift of redemption. The Father also desired for his humanity to come to know and see the third Person of the Trinity, and He created the Mother of God from her conception full of grace. She is full of the Holy Spirit, consumed totally by Him so that it is the Holy Spirit that you see and know in and through Mary. Even though she is created not divine, for humans, she becomes the most perfect image of the Holy Spirit, which also reveals to humanity the beauty and goodness of the Father and Son. To know and love Mary is to know and love the Holy Spirit, which is to know and love the Father. Mary becomes the created being that is the gate to enter God through Me, her beloved Son. My little one, these mysteries of the Most Holy Trinity can only be received by the souls who out of humble love of Me follow My Mother to the foot of My Cross to enter My crucified Heart. No one on earth can journey the narrow path of My passion without the help and guidance of My Mother for it is the Holy Spirit as one with her that is the path back to the Father through the Son. Therefore, the Mystery of the Cross reveals to humanity the Mystery of the Trinity. (I asked Jesus about myself because I do not feel I am living life in the Trinity.) My little one, you must be careful because you are relying on human feelings to determine your life in the Trinity. I, on the Cross, felt abandoned by the Father, yet I knew I wasn't abandoned. Your level of union with the Trinity on earth is determined by the abandonment of your will to the Will of God, not by feelings. We are one, My beloved spouse, yet most of the time I do not allow you to feel my presence. This I do to perfect the abandonment of your human will to Mine. Perfect peace in the midst of suffering is the sign of a soul living in the life of the Trinity through her union with My sacrifice of love by the grace of the Holy Spirit. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ What does it mean that God begets? To beget is to become the father of: to create is to make. And the difference is this. When you beget, you beget something of the same kind as yourself. What God begets is God; just as what man begets is man. What God creates is not God, just as what man creates is not man. By saying that Jesus is begotten from the Father, we are saying that Jesus is fully God and not a creation of God (Arianism), nor is the Son of God simply a mode or action of God. (Catholic Answers) 12/8/21 Feast of the Immaculate Conception Message from the Immaculate to LC You have received the gift of entering into the mystery of what God has done with me, a humble handmaid of the Lord so that each of you can receive the gift of greater knowledge of God's desire for all His creatures from the beginning of time-consummation into the life of the Most Holy Trinity to participate in the ecstasy of Divine Love. “In all he does, God always wills to make use of instruments…. God, who gave us free will, wants us to serve him freely in the role of instruments, by bringing our wills into harmony with his, even as his Most Holy Mother did when she said: “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to thy word.” (Immaculate Conception & The Holy Spirit, p.48, quote from St Maximilian Kolbe) A handmaid is one who abandons her own right to decide for herself; she allows herself to be commanded by a superior authority; she does this willingly, of course; still, her submission hands over to the superior authority the right to control her activity. (Immaculate Conception & The Holy Spirit, p. 48) Because you have given me your fiats to walk with me the narrow path of the Cross into your hearts to die of self and rise through Christ crucified, your hearts have become ready to receive the gift of my Immaculate Conception. God in His immense goodness is now preparing you to live consumed in my Immaculate Heart through the fire of the Holy Spirit as one in Christ crucified into the embrace of the Father to know and taste, to different degrees according to each soul, the ecstasy of Divine Life lived on earth. This grace must be nurtured through continuous prayer and silence and protected from choosing to fall into Satan’s temptations. That is why continuous prayer and silence are of the essence to live in God's Kingdom on earth. This grace of knowing and living in the life of the Trinity will be the source for your endurance during the great persecution that must come. Pope Francis catechesis on St Joseph, man of silence 🔗 : I am struck by a verse from the Book of Wisdom that was read with Christmas in mind, which says: “While gentle silence enveloped all things, your all-powerful word leaped from heaven”. The moment of most silence, God manifested himself. With his silence, Joseph confirms what Saint Augustine writes: “To the extent that the Word – that is, the Word made man - grows in us, words diminish”. “The Father spoke a word, and it was his Son”, comments St John of the Cross, the Father said a word and it was his Son - “and it always speaks in eternal silence, and in silence it must be heard by the soul” How good it would be if each one of us, following the example of Saint Joseph, were able to recover this contemplative dimension of life, opened wide in silence. But we all know from experience that it is not easy: silence frightens us a little, because it asks us to delve into ourselves and to confront the part of us that is true. And many people are afraid of silence, they have to speak, and speak, and speak, or listen to radio or television… but they cannot accept silence because they are afraid. The philosopher Pascal observed that “all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber”. We must learn from Joseph to cultivate silence: that space of interiority in our days in which we give the Spirit the opportunity to regenerate us, to console us, to correct us… Back