The Love of God in the Sacrament of the Altar is Absolutely Indescribable

How Much Our Lord Desires to Give Himself to the Soul Who Loves Him!

"Consider in how small a space I give you My entire Divinity and My Humanity. Compare the size of this with the size of the human body, and judge then of the greatness of My love. For as the human body surpasses My Body is size - that is to say, the quantity of the species of bread under which My Body is contained - so My mercy and charity in this Sacrament reduce Me to this state, that the soul which loves Me is in some sort above Me, as the human body is greater than My Body." 

~ Jesus to Saint Gertrude the Great

 

 

The next time you bring up the gifts during the Offeratory, mystically place the globe (in miniature, of course) in the tinction cup and offer the entire world to God the Father, with the intention that when the Precious Blood of Christ is poured in the cup after the Consecration, everyone on the entire planet will be covered with the Precious Blood of Christ.

Adorn your soul with spiritual vestments to receive your Savior in the Blessed Sacrament.

Saint Gertrude once was about to receive Holy Communion and feared that she was not prepared sufficiently, and after reflecting more on her unworthiness, placed her confidence completely in the mercy of God.  Saint Gertrude said to herself, "Why defer longer, since, even had I a thousand years, I could not prepare as I ought, having nothing which could serve to promote the right dispositions in me.  but I will meet Him with confidence and humility;  and when my Lord beholds me from afar, He can fill me with all the grace and the attractions with which His love desires that I should appear before Him." 1

She thought only of her imperfections and negligences, but while advancing, perceived our Lord regarding her with compassion and love;  He sent her His innocence, His humility, filler her with hope, presented her with His love of souls, inspired her with joy, and gave her confidence "with which He deigned to rest on the inconstancy of human frailty, and which made Him find His delights with the children of men.  And thus she was worthy to be presented to God." 1

 

 

 Love much, and don't ever just be Catholic; 

be PROFOUNDLY Catholic! 

 God is at work in you! + + +

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Sources:

Images taken at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Slovak Catholic Church, Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S.A., in the Archdiocese of Detroit.

1.  St. Gertrude the Great and The Religious of Her Monastery, The Life and Revelations of St. Gertrude the Great (Rockford, IL:  Tan Books and Publishers, Inc., 2002), pp. 164-165.