Monthly Devotion: The Holy Eucharist

The Virgin Adoring the Host by Jean Auguste Dominque Ingres

The devotion for this month is the Holy Eucharist. What can one say about this most precious gift? Here are some of the favorite quotations about the Eucharist from our Sisters in formation:

from a postulant: "O Jesus, most ardently desired and longed for, behold, the moment is near, the rapturous moment when I shall receive Thee, my God, into my soul. Behold, O my Jesus, I come unto Thee, and run to meet Thee with the utmost devotion and reverence of which I am capable. Stretch forth, therefore, Thy most sacred hands to embrace my soul; those pierced hands of Thine which Thou didst stretch forth amidst the anguish of Thy Passion to embrace all sinners. O my Crucified Jesus, I stretch forth not my hands only, but my heart and soul, to embrace Thee and to leas Thee into the innermost recesses of my heart." Prayer of St. Gertrude the Great

from a novice: "Make use of devotion to the Blessed Sacrament as a means of persevering in the practice of virtue. Go to Him toward evening and tell Him about our shortcomings, and ask Him for help and forgiveness. Our Lord loves us, He thinks of us constantly and His glance follows us every moment of the day." ~Cardinal Merry del Val

from a novice: "When you approach the tabernacle, remember, He was been waiting for your for 20 centuries." ~A paraphrase of St. Josemaria Escriva