Writings of St. Peter Julian Eymard

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On Interior Formation.pdf Interior formation for adoration consists in learning to think, to speak, and converse with our Lord. All formation consists in this, to teach children to think rightly, and to speak properly. They must choose their words with a certain tact, and then they must learn to converse and be able to follow a conversation. Children finish conversations quickly, because after a few words they say: I don’t know any more. Ah! How delightful! Poor children, they don’t know any more; they’ve sai Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
On Mortification.pdf We have spoken about two important religious virtues: holy poverty and obedience – virtues that are difficult for human nature. Yet, without the following virtue, a religious could never reach the perfection of her vocation; that virtue, my Sisters, is mortification. To be detached from the things of this world, and to have renounced your will in order to submit to religious obedience will not be worth much if we are not mortified. Mortification is the virtue that makes saints, and you c Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1858
On Patience.pdf Our Lord had two states: one state of glory – a divine state by means of his divine nature; and a humble and humiliated state by means of his human nature. In so far as he remained here on earth in a mortal state, he maintained his humiliated state, although he had all the virtues[…]. The same thing happens to us, although in a finite order, with an aspect that is great, beautiful, supernatural and divine, but which is not visible, and should not be so. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
On Propitiation.pdf Reparation has two parts: to make reparation for the injury done to our Lord. We already dealt with this. There remains the second part: namely, to ask for the grace that sinners need. This is what we properly call propitiation. To make reparation for the injury of sins committed against our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar, is one of your greatest missions on earth at the feet of the Blessed Sacrament, because it is the mission of pure love. When we love someone, we are more affe Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
On Reparation. Other Motives. Reparation of Justice.pdf Our Lord Jesus Christ came to satisfy the glory of his Father, and to redeem us. There’s no doubt that his reparation was complete, but one thought remains. Our Lord was our mediator with the Father, but who will be mediator now with him? It is clear that up to his passion and death, in the Garden of Olives and on the cross, he was asking mercy for us from his Father. Our Lord was not seeking for himself. That idea is very simple and natural. After his death, now that he is in the Bles Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
On Reparation.pdf We spoke of adoration and thanksgiving; that leaves reparation. Let’s talk about it today. […] When we adore we make an act of homage: we adore our Lord on his throne, our Lord to whom all honor is due. When we express gratitude, we should be always doing that, since the angels and the saints2 do nothing else. But reparation is much more: we give. What do we give? We give ourselves to the Lord: we offer ourselves as victim, as holocaust with him on the same altar. This grace of rep Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
On Thanksgiving.pdf What is thanksgiving? It is the contemplation of the goodness of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, his goodness in itself first of all, then in its expansion towards humanity. It centers on how he gives, what sacrifices he makes in order to come to us with such tenderness, the road he traveled to come to us from heaven in order to visit us. Gratitude responds to the influence of love and goodness. It experiences joy, like a poor beggar who is showered with gifts and who is at a loss for wor Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
Openness of Heart.pdf This conference will dwell on openness of heart. The principle of perfection for each of us depends on our fidelity to grace. This is all-important. God calls each one to a particular perfection, to follow counsels of perfection. On the other hand, all perfection is based on obedience. […] Obedience is faith in practice, humility in action. Because our Lord based perfection upon abnegation and abnegation is the sacrifice of the whole person, the practice of obedience must be made to a pe Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament.pdf My Sisters, take note that no one2 has yet honored Mary with the title of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament. She is honored with the name of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, of Nazareth, of the Presentation, etc. But, in spite of the fact that the Blessed Virgin spent much of her life3 in the Cenacle, no one has yet thought of honoring her as adorer. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1858
Our Lord God Savior and King. To Adore Praise Bless and Love.pdf Now, to vary the work of adoration, here are three practical thoughts. You adore God as creator; you adore him as all powerful. He created everything, the almighty, perfect, and eternal creator, as the source of your being and of all other beings. You adore this sun of life who communicates life to all creatures. By this homage, you adore our Lord for all his creatures that have no reason and love. You adore our Lord for the millions of beings that cannot adore him, and that don’t prais Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
Our Lord must be happy with us.pdf I wish that the Good Lord may always be happy with you, and that you may always be happy with the Good Lord. These are the two ideas that we will develop. First, I want our Lord to be pleased with you, so happy that he will remain with you willingly. Our Lord can be forced to stay with people even if he’s not happy. Certainly. In the Blessed Sacrament, our Lord belongs to mankind. He can be forced to stay there, although not happy because he is despised, blasphemed, and crucified. M Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
Our Lord Wants You Completely for Himself.pdf Our Lord wants you completely for himself. In the Church, there are many vocations, many orders, and many graces. Each one has its work, and its mission. Most Christian vocations are mixed, that is, partly for our Lord and partly for the neighbor. There are very few that are purely contemplative, completely at the service of God. Some few communities, however, are purely contemplative, like the Carthusians, men and women, the Capuchins, the Carmelites. They practice their charity towards t Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1861
Poverty.pdf To become a true Servant of the Blessed Sacrament, a sister must love poverty, honor it by the way she dresses, by what she eats, by her room, by her entire life. It must be like the royal virtue of Jesus Christ, her master. The vow of poverty is necessary in the religious life in order to live this life perfectly. Human nature finds poverty difficult, because the heart can easily become attached. We see this in religious, men or women, who have left everything, all the pleasures of the wo Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1858
Preserving Grace and Making It Bear Fruit. Recollection.pdf It is good and right to receive graces, but that’s not enough; we must care for them. And there’s still more: we must let them bear fruit. You have received many graces, and you will receive them every day. In his goodness, God wants to honor you among the daughters of Israel. Your gratitude should also be very great, because his goodness is infinite. Sometimes you tell me: I don’t know what to say. You know how to say thank you; say thank you like poor people do. You don’t need m Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
Recollection in Our Lord Through a Spirit of Love.pdf The month of Mary is moving on, my good Sisters; we must do something [special]. Be careful to keep silence. In your work, if you must speak, speak softly and only when necessary. Silence is the soul of recollection, the soul of the presence of God. It is hard to keep it when we are bearing some suffering and when we are distracted. Take a good resolution. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
Recollection of Contemplation. Recollection of Union..pdf Let us continue the subject of our last meeting. I spoke only about going out of self; now I will speak about the rest. To go out of yourself is both difficult and easy. Why? Because we know ourselves, we feel ourselves, and we can grasp ourselves. It is difficult because we must divest ourselves of the self, even though we still hold on to something. There is a satisfaction there, even in suffering, in spiritual death. What is difficult is to go towards our Lord. We see nothing, feel no Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
Recollection of Silence.pdf Recollection is absolutely necessary. The devil will try to preoccupy us with external things – even good and excellent ones – in order to draw us away when our soul is taken up with God. Satan does not want to lose us. Like a kidnapper who draws a person out of her house, away from the presence of her mother, to the countryside to make her his slave, the devil tries to take us out of ourselves, away from the presence of our Lord, in order to daze us and remove us from our center. Then o Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1869
Recollection our Life in God.pdf Today, we will meditate on the life of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. It would be useless, my good Sisters, to prepare a beautiful dinner, if you did not eat anything, if you could not digest it well. It would be useless for you to hear spiritual words, if you don’t digest them. What do we mean by digestion? This is recollection. Digestion takes place when internal heat produces the transformation of food. It follows that recollection, the interior grace of our Lord, produces this tr Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
Recollection. Definition.pdf You have the mission from God to live from him and for him. For this, you need recollection. This is the principal science that you must learn. It is a grace, and also a virtue. Acquire this science – we will teach you – and, with the help of grace, you will do it on your own. To recollect oneself means to draw from the outside to the inside, to offer oneself to our Lord within us, as in a tabernacle where he receives the homage of heart, mind, will, and senses. This is how to continue Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1859
Recollection. Different ways of Placing Ourselves in the Presence of God.pdf We said that recollection is loving attention to God within us. We must be recollected within ourselves. There are several ways of placing ourselves in the presence of God within us, according to these words of our Lord: 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 (Jn 14:23). Our Lord says that the Father and the Holy Spirit come to us. They do not come in order to leave, but to make their dwelling there. That’s h Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1859
Recollection. Uncommon Today. Virtue and Grace of God in Us.pdf Let me return to my subject, recollection. Here, there are two things, or rather there are three: science, virtue, and grace. First, science. What is the meaning of recollection? When a teacher wants to emphasize a point, he says: Pay attention, my children. Then they become attentive. This kind of attention is what we call recollection. In the same way, we focus on a subject. Recollection means to go from the outside to the inside, keeping the mind attentive. The more attention ther Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1859
Recollection. Watching and Resting.pdf Recollection is the grace that preserves all virtues, nourishing and perfecting them. Recollection makes us always present to God for him to guide us, and present to ourselves so as to belong to him and to be in him. Without recollection you cannot be humble, mortified and obedient, you cannot practice prayer, since you would be outside yourself. Isn’t it recollection that preserves all virtues? Not only that, but a recollected person always at the disposition of God, ready to leave when h Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
Religious Life. A Means not an End.pdf Our Lord said to a young man, If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and come, follow me – you will have treasure in heaven (cf. Mt 19:21). When this young man heard these words, he became sad, because he held tightly to his goods and his wealth. He was holding on to glory, and he went away sad. He did not do what our Lord had asked of him; he kept his goods. He did not follow our Lord. […] Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1864
Renouncing the Mind the Heart and the Will.pdf What is this self-denial? It means to crucify oneself by dying to the old self. To better understand this, let’s go into some details. When my mind wants something that is not according to my vocation, grace will say: You must make a sacrifice; it’s useless. There is a conflict: the interior self who wants to please our Lord renounces what the mind wants. It costs – it always does, but grace will be victorious over self- love. I could propose something – a good action – but the o Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1859
Reparation. The Words of our Lord on the Crossdocx.pdf Do not forget the role of reparation, especially on Friday, or whenever you adore on the other days, in the morning or evening. Actually, the evening is the best time for reparation and propitiation, as you recall the crucifixion of our Lord, our priceless redemption. One is better disposed through union with our Lord. One has a special grace that speaks to the soul and senses; there is something easier and more touching, while the topics under consideration become more striking. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1859
Second Anniversary of Foundation.pdf When a grace is first given, at the beginning of a society, things are very simple. As it grows, it takes on importance and the grace becomes more demanding, because it seems that, without decreasing, it becomes a grace of virtue rather than a grace of gift and mercy. Humans want to intervene. The first grace is like a ray of the sun. Human effort is nothing compared to God’s gift. You received that first grace without being aware of its height, its width and its length; only God knows. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1861
Self annihilating Love.pdf In the Eucharistic life there are two distinct elements: the goal and the means. The goal is our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar, and his good and adorable service. You came here to commit yourselves to this goal, just as we did, to fulfill the first commandment: You shall adore the Lord your God and love him alone. (cf. Mt 4:10) Adoration includes many parts, even all the virtues. Besides adoration there is canonical office in choir as a style of adoration, the pr Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1863
Self-love.pdf We will reflect on the principal enemy to the love of our Lord, since this love must be your life, your perfection, and your crown some day. What is this enemy, my dear Sisters? For us it is not mortal sin or venial sin. What is it? It is self-love, two loves fighting each other – the reign of one necessarily destroys the reign of the other. God is love (cf. 1 Jn 4:8), and man is love – God wants to be loved royally [above all]. Man wants to love royally, but the two loves are always i Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1859
Silence.Direction.pdf To live an interior life, we must be silent. The Holy Sprit said: The Lord does not dwell in the storm (cf. 1 Kgs 19:11-12). God speaks with a soft voice, in a gentle manner, and we must pay careful attention to hear him. In one of the psalms he also says through the mouth of the prophet: Listen, my daughter, turn your ear to my voice (cf. Ps 44:11). Our Lord does not speak in cities and in public places (cf. Is 42:2), but in deserts (cf. Hos 2:16), on mountain tops (cf. Mt 5:1); he did no Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1858
Simplicity Goal of Your Relationship.pdf Simplicity must be the goal of your relationships. True love, real charity makes all our relationships very simple, because it destroys self-love. Where there is love, there is no self-love. Self-seeking will lead to embarrassment or loud behavior. A child is simple, without self-love. God is simple; he comes to us because he loves us. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
Simplicity.pdf Follow the common and ordinary way of life. Something that has been approved by an entire group is better than what comes from only a few. A common law, a common rule is better than a personal rule. Therefore, love the simple and common life; the name community says clearly that your life should be such. Do not strive after virtues that are externally unusual. Keep anything extraordinary to yourself. Externals must be simple and common. In our day, people are fond of anything extraordi Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1858
Sins Against Charity.pdf We must be very careful and strict in avoiding all sins against charity. These offend our Lord much more than other sins, because our Lord is love and the command of charity is closer to his heart than all others. This precept contains the entire law. Our Lord said: If you are merciful, I will show mercy to you (cf. Mt 5:7). His rule of conduct towards us will be taken from the way we treat others. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
Spirit of Love and Sacrifice.pdf Make your first meditation on this subject, examining the sacrifices you should make toward God, your neighbor and yourselves. Sacrifice is love in practice. 1° Toward God. I cannot tell you what these sacrifices are; there are no general rules. Each one should follow her grace; discern the characteristic of God’s love within you. Then you will be sure of the sacrifice God is asking from you. The goal of love is a perfect union with God. You have to be like a drop of water poured in Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1858
St. Joseph Servant. Adorer. Disciple. and Our Model.pdf This feast of St. Joseph is so beautiful and consoling for us! I must offer him special honor and give him to you as protector and model. That’s why I will speak to you about St. Joseph: apostle, prophet, servant, adorer, disciple and model of the coenobitic life. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1868
Suffering and Joy. Fraternal Charity.pdf […] As soon as we give ourselves to God, we give ourselves to the cross, to sacrifice. It will be death in order to have life. God crucifies us and gives us life. He crucifies the old self who is always with us. Crushed at night, it revives in the morning even stronger than the night before. Our life is a constant struggle, says Job. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
Supernatural Charity of the Heart, of Respect, Affection and Action.pdf We must build our perfection on charity, for this is the Lord’s commandment. He based all holiness on the love of God, and charity towards our neighbor as its expression. This is the greatest and first commandment: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, and with all your mind. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself (for the love of God) (cf. Mt 22:37-39). Our Lord also told his apostles: Keep my precept, my new commandment � Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1858
The Annunciation.pdf The angel found the Blessed Virgin alone. She had no witnesses, because the house in Nazareth was divided into two parts. It lay against a cliff. There was a part that was more withdrawn, where the Blessed Virgin prayed. Then there was the front part of the house, judging from what has been said. What was she doing? Surely, she was at prayer. When God wants to give any grace, this happens during times of prayer. So also with the Blessed Virgin. We always picture her in silence and praye Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1861
The Ascension.pdf the feast of the Ascension. This feast continues for ten days, until Pentecost. Ascension is the end, the last feast of our Lord on earth; it is the triumph, the harvest. Our Lord Jesus Christ certainly deserved this triumph, since his poor body suffered much to enjoy glorification and to be seated at the right hand of the heavenly Father. He had suffered such bodily humiliation, he was crushed as under a press (cf. Is 53:5), as the prophet Isaiah says, his appearance like that of a leper ( Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
The Attraction of Eucharist.pdf I told you that we must serve our Lord according to our internal state,2 because this state is the positive indication of the will of God. Moreover, we must follow the attraction of the grace that then becomes the motivation of all the actions of our life, because that’s why it is offered. The attraction of grace for you can only be a Eucharistic attraction. If you had a different one, it could be a movement of grace, but not an attraction. God cannot contradict himself. He cannot give y Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1859
The Attraction. We Must Serve God by Our Interior State of Grace in our Vocation.pdf We must serve the Good Lord according to the attraction of grace, because the attraction of grace is the will of God manifested in us. What is an attraction? How shall I say it? I don’t know. This is how it is defined: An extraordinary movement of grace in us that draws us strongly and gently to God or to one of his mysteries; to something that comes from God, that really draws the soul very gently and powerfully. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1859
The Complete Gift of Self.pdf We will begin meditating on the gift of self. You must give yourselves totally to God. Everything depends on that, all the rest is nothing. Giving what we own has value, but it means merely giving back to God what already belongs to him. To give our work entails giving only part of ourselves, the fruit of our labors; but we hold on to “the self”. To give ourselves little by little is not possible, and is an insult to God. He made the world for us and us for himself (cf. 1 Cor 3:21-23). Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
The Dominant Virtue of a Servant of the Blessed Sacrament.pdf My Sisters, I have to leave next week, and so I cannot give your retreat. You have enough things to read, and the Good Lord will do the rest. I2 think that you had a good Christmas season. Very often these great feasts are times of trial; we suffer more than we rejoice. In the past, we had this experience – it’s true that we are engaged in some ministry: we would go to God through our neighbor rather than through ourselves, through charity rather than through our own piety. What could Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
The Essence of Love Is Suffering.pdf What is the essence of love? How do we know that we love God? And how does God perfect this love? This is a good question: what is the essence of the love of God on earth? The answer is this: suffering – by suffering we unite ourselves to God, and God perfects his love in us through suffering. I must explain this well. The essence of love is suffering. Without suffering there is no true love – we cannot say that we love God if we don’t suffer. What is divine love, or even natura Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
The Eucharist. My Only Good.pdf 1. The adorable Eucharist will be my starting point, my rule for judging all creation. No object, science, art, person will be esteemed unless they have some connection of service, virtue, love with the divine Eucharist. What is outside of this will be indifferent to me. What is contrary to his service, his glory, or his love will be my bitter enemy. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	No D
The Eucharist. My Rule of Life.pdf Jesus said: The one who feeds on me will have life because of me [will live for me] (cf. Jn 6:57) It is only right that the servant will work for the master who nourishes her, that the slave will work for the one who ransomed him, the creature for its God, the Christian for Jesus Christ. Here in the Eucharist, Jesus nourishes me, feeds me with his body, blood, soul, and divinity. I don’t change this divine nourishment into myself, as happens when I eat ordinary bread because the bread is ma Click below to view the whole content continue reading	No D
The Eucharist. Purpose of the Servants of the Most Blessed Sacrament.pdf We are going to meditate on this truth: the Eucharist must be your life2. Our life is shaped by our purpose. In the natural order, when aiming for a certain profession, we direct all our work and studies to this goal – in order to become fit to attain it. That is our end purpose. It’s the same in the spiritual order. When we have a goal, we must direct all our efforts towards it. All our thoughts, our desires, and our entire self are geared to attain a goal that sanctifies everything. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
The Eucharist. Source of Life.pdf Jesus Christ communicates his life by his grace, by his spirit, and by his truth which (is) Himself. He does this by his grace, not only as all Christians receive it, but in a special way by our Eucharistic attraction. This attraction is at first through sentiment. We feel happiness and devotion in the Eucharist, but this sweet attraction and consolation will pass. For an attraction to be true, everything must lead to it. Our thoughts, our actions, have no other goal but to see the Eucha Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1858
The Eucharist. The Aim of Everything.pdf Education is not a way of being; it is a preparation for arriving at a way of being. All our studies are necessary means for arriving at the state to which we aspire. Likewise, my Sisters, the practice of the virtues, of prayer, penance, and charity are not your state, your center; they are but means, preparations for becoming Eucharistic servants. Therefore, all that you do must be done in view of the Eucharist, for love of the Eucharist. Nothing must occupy you outside of the divine Euchar Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1858
The Eucharist.pdf When Our Lord was on earth, he was only passing through, as we see in the Gospel, going about doing good, curing those whom he met along the way, the blind, the crippled, those possessed, etc. (cf. Mt 4:23- 24) […] Now, Jesus no longer walks about, he remains (with us), waiting night and day, and will do so until the end of the world. He remains waiting for us, to heal our wounds, to dry our tears, comfort our infirmities. What love! Poor soul, you can come to visit me whenever you wish, Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1858
The Eucharistic Passion.pdf During this holy Lenten season only one thought should occupy your mind, namely, the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. It must become your major focus, your great devotion. Your love of God will not be great or strong, unless based on the Passion. You will not understand our Lord’s love, since one understands love only through sacrifices. Our Lord’s greatest proof of love was the passion itself. For this reason St. Paul says that he loves only Jesus and Jesus crucified (cf. 1 Cor 2:2). Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1861
The Eucharistic Thought.pdf My good Sisters, may you have only one fundamental idea, only one thought, only one center. When this royal thought, this fundamental idea weakens and becomes indolent, strengthen it through recollection, through penance, through every means, so that it will always remains central. What must this thought be? That of the service of our Lord in the most Blessed Sacrament. It must be central, so as to guide your perfection. This is the reason for your being around the Holy Eucharist: to serve Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1859
The Eucharistic Work. Rule Drawn from the Tabernacle.pdf May God be blessed for everything! My poor Daughters, providing that God’s will be done, and that we allow him to work, all the rest makes no difference to us. We would have liked to go very fast. It didn’t happen! Our Lord seems to stop everything, but only because he wants to do something better. The devil is working furiously against the work, and he uses all his malice to fight it and crush it, if that were possible. And so we need only undertake something for the Eucharist to come Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1858
The Four Ends of the Sacrifice. Adorationdocx.pdf We honor the entire Eucharist by the four ends of the sacrifice: not by only one; we take all four of them. These four are: adoration, thanksgiving, reparation, and intercession. Some communities have chosen only one or two of these fruits, one or two of these ends; some have only adoration and thanksgiving, such as in Brittany, and as Fr. Hermann does. This is a work of thanksgiving, not an order. I don’t know any order of thanksgiving2. These are associations that could become orders / Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
The Gift of Self.pdf Giving is a good thing – it means making a donation, a gift. It involves returning what we have received; but this is not the same as giving oneself. Our Lord requires giving as a condition for evangelical service: Go, sell what you have and give to the poor, then come, follow me; and you will have treasure in heaven (cf. Mt 19:21). Abandon everything, come, give yourself in your poverty as my follower, and I will give you everything. Our Lord says that this is a big sacrifice, for he adds Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1861
The Good Lord Unites Us to Himself by Gentleness.pdf The Good Lord unites us to himself by gentleness; it is through the gentleness of this union that he leads us to strength. I often spoke to you about sacrifices, virtues, and everything that you should do; but you should not center in these sacrifices, in that state of death that I spoke of. This is not your center. The Good Lord does not unite us to himself through sacrifice, but through the experience of his goodness. He makes us feel a great sweetness, a sign of the grace of God in us, be Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
The Grace of Consolation.pdf Surely God knows what we need much better than we do. If he gives a grace of consolation, of sweetness in his service, a grace of devotion, it’s because we need it, or we will need it. And so, in his mercy, he sends it to us. Why should we refuse it? It would be like saying that the Good Lord doesn’t know what he’s doing. It would also be acting like a beggar who has nothing, yet refuses to accept what is given to him. Perhaps one might object: that God is treating me like a child a Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1861
The Grain of Wheat.pdf My Sisters, it is necessary that you should become like the grain of wheat, the substance of which is totally transformed. We will consider the grain of wheat reaching its condition as a host, becoming Jesus Christ. That will give you an idea of what you need to do to attain eucharistic life. The grain of wheat is cast on earth and there it dies and its life springs from its death. From this death comes forth a seed. The grain becomes a plant. It becomes the wheat. Then we gather the ear, Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
The Health of the Soul.pdf What I desire is the health of your soul. When do we know that we have it? When we are faithful to his grace. The body is healthy when it has strength in its organs; the soul that is faithful to grace has interior health: it has strength and the love of God. When we are sick, work will exhaust us: everything is tiring; food is not digested by the stomach. When a soul is sick, nothing will be beneficial to her, or will benefit only slightly – she has not the strength to carry out her work: Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
The Hidden Holiness of Jesus Christ.pdf Let us return to the subject of our hidden life. Be satisfied with the holiness of Jesus Christ, who is hidden. Jesus Christ has two kinds of holiness. There is one that is external, in great things, in his glory, in his heroic virtues. Don’t seek the holiness of the grandeur of Jesus Christ. That one is less perfect, less esteemed by Jesus. Consider his hidden life, where there is more love. There was more love in Nazareth than on Tabor. In Nazareth he deferred his miracles. Jesus is g Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
The Hidden Life of Jesus.pdf Our Lord preferred to choose the hidden life, from his birth to the time when he began his public life. For thirty years, he lived unknown to the world, but his love for the hidden life shines in all its brilliance in the most Blessed Sacrament. In fact, nothing appears there – all is veiled: his beauty, his majesty, and his glory are not seen. The divine gentleness of his words is not heard; only one thing is evident, the virtue he cherishes – humility. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1858
The Humility of Love.pdf You will make your meditation on the humility of love. A king wanted to get married. He was a perfect king, with all the qualities that make great kings. He had a large kingdom and he was honored by his subjects. He wanted to espouse someone worthy of him. All who were part of a princely family were hoping to catch his eye and please him, but everyone was surprised when his choice landed on the least girl in his kingdom. Everyone was saying: How could the king have taken someone whose pare Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
The Humility of Mind Heart and Body.pdf I think you were attentive to your short meditation this morning – it fits you well. Humility is your dowry as spouses of Jesus Christ, to be Servants of the Most Blessed Sacrament. You have no other. If the Good Lord asked you for another dowry, you could not give it to him. Examine all the virtues, and you’ll find them impossible. You may practice them a little, but their perfection is impossible for you. It’s the same with the virtues of the mind, those that come from the working Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
The Interior Attraction of Recollection.pdf We said that you must serve God through your attraction of grace. We gave some preliminaries; now let’s continue. It is clear that we must serve God as he wants to be served – the will of God becomes the norm for good works. We will experience great consolation and encouragement, once we have established this principle! Who knows whether the Good Lord is pleased when I practice this specific virtue, when I enter this vocation? Who knows if God is happy? As soon as I start doubting when Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1859
The Last Days of Holy Week.pdf This week we celebrate the mysteries of the Passion. They are great and solemn; meditate on them. You must enter into their spirit, and follow the grace of each day. Tomorrow, we recall the betrayal of Judas. The Church has always considered Wednesday as a day of sadness. It is a day of penance in many religious orders. When permission is given to eat meat, Wednesday is excluded. On that day, our Lord was sold. This crime is often repeated through bad Communions, and the Church remembe Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
The Life of Love.pdf Our Lord Jesus Christ said: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will have their fill (Mt 5:6). This is not said in today’s world, where these people are called unfortunate. If you are hungry, you must eat. If you are thirsty, you must drink. Our Lord Jesus Christ considered happiness to consist in satisfying hunger and thirst. In heaven, the saints always live of the Good Lord; they never exhaust him. Their hunger and thirst are always satisfied, and yet they al Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
The Life of Our Lord in Us.pdf Recollection means pouring ourselves into God – that’s the first part. The second part is making room for God to live in us – our Lord in us. At first, we are the ones going into God. We go there by choice and out of love, renouncing everything along the way. That’s fine! Once a soul resides in God, the reverse occurs, as I told you frequently in the past. These truths are not easy to grasp. Our Lord says: Whoever eats me remains in me (cf. Jn 6:56). First we go, then there is Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
The Life of the Blessed Virgin in the Cenacle.pdf Let us reflect on the life of the Blessed Virgin in the Cenacle. Everyone has a center of life that gives stability. For example, a child’s center of life is the affection of its mother, its family home. A merchant’s center of life is his business, he thinks only of that, and dwells there. A scholar’s center of life is knowledge, etc. Every person has a center of life, in which to rest, recreate, and find pleasure. A young man may work the entire day far from his family; he is happy Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1861
The Loving Sacrifice of Our Lord in the Eucharist.pdf What is a sacrifice? Renunciation. There are two kinds: suffering of the body and renunciation of the soul. The greater the sacrifices are, greater is the love; the less perfect they are, the more love decreases. This is the rule: there is no love without sacrifice. While the love of God is perfect, when he wants to show it to us, he shows it by sacrifice Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
The Mercy of Love.pdf My dear Sisters, we spoke about the love that our Lord gives us; now let us see how he forgives us. We need his forgiveness more than his gifts; we have more guilt than virtue; we do more harm than good. My poor Daughters, we miss out on many graces! We render so many graces barely effective, if not sterile, by our own fault! What touches me more deeply about the love of God for us is his mercy; it touches me more than his gifts. When he gives, he is so good that he cannot help but give; an Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
The Mission of the Holy Spirit.pdf Let us reflect on the mission of the Holy Spirit in us. The Holy Spirit has a mission, since he is sent. You know what is written in the Gospel, that he is sent by Jesus Christ who says, If I do not go, the Advocate (Holy Spirit) will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you (cf. Jn 16:7). Clearly, then, the Holy Spirit has a mission. The eternal Word has a mission as Savior, while the Holy Spirit has one as Sanctifier of souls. Alone, Jesus is not sufficient. The Father give Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
The Month of Mary.pdf here comes the month of Mary; we will begin it tonight, as we end the final day of April. Our men will do the same. We have prepared our chapel that is even more beautiful than yours. Although we are Religious of the Most Blessed Sacrament, we must not for that reason have a lesser devotion to the Blessed Virgin. It would be offensive to say, Jesus is enough for me. Where do we find Jesus on earth, if not in Mary’s arms? We cannot separate Jesus from Mary, for isn’t she the Gate of He Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1861
The Mystery of Suffering.pdf God surrounds suffering with mystery – especially the sufferings of love that we can call the sufferings of sanctification. He wraps them up, he hides them from us. He has to wrap them as in a veil of mystery, so that we will not recognize them. We can have a foreboding of sufferings, and, no doubt, know them in advance, and we can say: I will suffer. But the spiritual man does not see the suffering until the time of God has come. God does not manifest it. Each of us has a sum of sufferi Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1860
The Presentation of our Lord.pdf The Presentation of our Lord and the Purification of the Blessed Virgin is a great feast both in heaven and on earth. Heaven has never received so great a victim as our Lord offered by the hands of his mother. And earth has never possessed so great a gift as this fruit of the earth, the flower of Jesse (cf. Is 11:1), the fruit of the virginity of Mary. The earth was so rich that the angels in heaven could never equal a gift in any way comparable to that offered by Mary. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1863
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin.pdf God was drawing her with his love. David, the ancestor of the Blessed Virgin, said: I rejoiced because they said to me, “We will go up to the house of the Lord.” (Ps 121:1) She rejoiced, as we will, when we go to heaven. In her visit, she preceded her parents; love has wings. Everyone must have noticed this little girl, so good and pure, especially when she climbed the stairs of the temple, built on a mountain, Mt. Mello. Why did she run ahead? To arrive sooner, to be the first to kiss Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862
The Purity of Love.pdf 1866 God loves you with an infinite, perpetual, and eternal love, that is my hope, since he has given you sufficient signs of that love. Now, you should want to love him as much as you can. In order to love the Good Lord well, my Sisters, you must be pure and not offend him. You must avoid everything that displeases him, that’s the one and only proof that you love the Good Lord. To love him perfectly, you must give yourself in religious life. Try to be good religious. If you want to Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
The Purpose of the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament.pdf The purpose of man is to know, love, and serve God in this world and to possess him in the next – that is the catechism. The purpose of the Christian changes one word: to know, love and serve Jesus Christ, God and man, in this world, and to share his glory in heaven. As for you, my Sisters, your purpose is the know, love, and serve Jesus Christ in the most Blessed Sacrament of the altar in this world, and reign with him in heaven. That is your entire law; that is your purpose. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1859
The Qualities of Eucharistic Service.pdf How shall I serve Jesus in his loveable sacrament? With all my mind, with all my heart, with all my will, and with all my strength. (Mt? Mk 12:29) 1º With all my mind. The Holy Eucharist will be my dominant thought; his better service will be my ambition; his perpetual service will be my most glorious bond with him. I will be indifferent to whatever cannot be related to the service of the adorable Eucharist, because it is not my task, not my duty as a servant. I will consider as an exerc Click below to view the whole content continue reading	No D
The Recollection of Love.pdf Recollection means going from outside to inside, paying attention to God in us. I deliberately avoided using a word that would have surprised you; namely, loving attention to God in us. Whoever speaks of attraction, speaks of love, since that is its character. Perfection is just that. The desire to make him our center means to desire life, joy, and well-being. One who centers on a friendship will find happiness; whatever pleasure one centers on will also bring happiness. In the same way, t Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1859
The Recollection of Study. of Contemplation. of Attention. Center.pdf As a science, recollection comes through a learning process, and through practice. It is a natural act and is done like any natural act. It consists in giving attention which is more or less sustained, on a thought, a truth. One can work on recollection. When it has the characteristic of study, then it is a recollection of study, and the mind works. If it is a discovered truth that we contemplate, then it is the attention of contemplation; the soul remains in the silence of contemplation. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1859
The Resurrection. We Must Rejoice with the Blessed Virgin.pdf Now, we focus on the Resurrection. You would not enter into the spirit of this feast if you wanted to weep and return to Calvary. If that were your particular grace, I would say nothing, but you would not be following the flow of Gods graces. Rejoice with the Church; you have found your lost treasure. There is great joy and happiness in recovering a treasure that had been lost (cf. Lk 15:6, 9, 24). Here is our Lord, our Friend, our Father, and our Spouse. Let us not lose him again. We mus Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1862

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