A Miracle of Your Love

Adorn in splendor you stand before me,

Your Eucharistic presence,

A great miracle of your love.

I think of your Resurrection garment,

The brightness shines forth like the rays of the sun.

You have invited me here to this place of rest.

Your gift of peace is a kiss to my cheek.

My heart quickens within my chest.

“Love me”, I feel you say. “And love me for those that do not love me,

Witness with your life”.

“Yes Lord, I will”.

I love this time alone with you,

These moments feed the hunger within.

I will take these moments with me and share them with those you send my way.

And, in sharing these moments maybe others will come and spend time with you too.

"The First Friday of each month was designated by our Savior Himself as a day to be
consecrated to honoring His Sacred Heart…. As the object of this devotion is to make our Savior Jesus Christ ardently and perfectly loved, and to make reparation for the outrages offered to Him in the past, as well as for those which he daily receives in the Blessed Eucharist…

Stay With Me Lord....

“Peace be with you…”


“Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see…..”Luke 25 : 38-39

We all need the peace that only comes from our risen Savior, for though we are a people of faith, we still experience times of trouble and questions arise. It is in times like these that we look for Christ in others and that others look for Christ in us.

All human beings yearn for life to the full. We are truly blessed who have been given food from heaven and the water of life in the Easter sacraments of baptism and Eucharist. 1 Easter Wednesday, Magnificat

Help me to me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of bread, so that the Eucharistic Communion be the light which disperses the darkness, the power which sustains me, the unique joy of my heart.

Stay with me, Lord, for it is You alone, Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart, Your Spirit, because I love You and ask for no other reward but to love You more and more, with a strong and active love.

Grant that I may love You with all my heart while on earth, so that I can continue to love You perfectly, throughout all eternity, dear Jesus. Amen!2 Stay with me Lord (Prayer after Communion)

May Our Adoration Never Cease

 For the past several days the Lord has invited me to Adoration of the most Blessed Sacrament. There is a church close to my work, so I have been spending my lunch time with Jesus.

While I am  before the Lord in prayer, many people come to mind, family members, friends from long ago, political leaders and even Supreme Court judges. Their names and faces astound me, some of them aren’t even people I’ve seen or thought of in such a long time, but I know I was brought here to pray for their needs and the needs of the whole world.

The good Lord always needs prayer warriors, and I see that I am not alone. Many other people have been called here to pray too. For these past days I have noticed a steady stream of worshipers in and out ; my heart rejoices to be in their company.

As I thumbed through my prayer book, I came across these words:

“Let us be generous with our time in going to meet him in adoration and in contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world. May our adoration never cease.” Pope John Paul II

“Indeed, this is the will of My Heavenly Father, that everyone who looks upon the Son, and

believes in Him, shall have eternal life. Him I will raise up on the last day.” John 6:40

 

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My soul longs for your sweet embrace, my Lord

And my ears yearn for the sound of your gentle call.

My heart waits for the fire of your love to warm
The areas that have grown cold with time,
How I long to be with you.

So I run to where I know I’ll find you,
Where I know you will be waiting for me.

Here I find your sweet embrace,
Your gentle voice that woos me.

As I kneel before you my restlessness subsides.
Peace is mine once again.

I hear your voice, your word that guides me.
My hands tremble as they stretch forth to accept your
Precious body and partake of your precious blood.

With such eagerness I raise you to my lips.
Transform my heart as you transformed this bread and wine
Is the cry of my soul.

The joy of your holy presence consumes me,
We are one.

Finding the True Presence

Today you have a hard time finding Jesus. But if you can find that lit lamp in the church, then you know where the Lord is. That light indicates that in that tabernacle is the Love of All Love-Infinite Love. You can’t love unless you get close to love. You can’t have a fire unless you get close to a fire. You can’t be warm unless you’re near the heat. We have to know that we are loved by a God who is real and present.

~ Mother Angelica




How many times have you drawn near to walk with me my Lord

And I have not recognized you;

How many times have I been slow of heart, debating your truth,

Looking for an easier path to follow?

But you O Lord are always faithful,

And in your great mercy you have never abandoned me;

Your presence is always before me, comforting, consoling and nourishing me.

Like Peter and John, you call me to your table

And in the breaking of the bread,

I am with you and You are with me.


Strengthen me in faith O Lord,

That I may bring that faith to others.


In Your Name I Pray