Thursday Devotion to the Holy Eucharist

''Make me believe in Thee more and more, in Thee l hope,

in Thee my Love to store"
(St.Thomas Aquinas, Hymn ''Adore te devote")

I love You, my Jesus,
With my whole soul,
for You are infinitely perfect
and all worthy of my love.
Give me the grace nevermore in any way to offend You.
Grant that l may be renewed
by Your Eucharistic presence here on earth
and be found worthy to arrive with Mary
at the enjoyment of Your eternal and blessed presence in heaven.
Amen.

The unpleasing ways to God on how the consecrated host, the Holy Eucharist is handled by humans

SACRILEGE 

"My Son is not pleased with the manner in which His Body and Blood is being given to all of the humans upon earth. "Communion in the hand has not been, and will not be accepted by Heaven. This is a sacrilege in the eyes of the Eternal Father, and must not be continued, for you only add to your punishment when you continue on in the ways that have been found to be unpleasing to the Eternal Father." 

- Our Lady, June 30, 1984

SOILED HANDS 

"No soiled hands can touch My Son's Body. Only God can purify the hands." 

- Our Lady, September 7, 1970 

UNCLEAN HANDS

"Look, my child, upon the abominations that have fallen into the cup. Unclean hands shall stain the Body of your Creator." 

- St. Michael, September 28, 1973

PURIFIED FINGERS 

"We ask and repeat that no one handle in unconsecrated hands the Body of My Son! It will be defiled and discarded, unless only a legally-ordained priest, a man of God, with purified fingers of the Holy Spirit, give the Body and Blood of My Son to each one under his care." 

- Our Lady, September 6, 1975 

GREATEST SORROW 

"The greatest sorrow that smites My Heart, My children, is the desecration to My Son's Body. These abominable acts are being committed by His own in His houses, His churches upon earth. "I repeat again that none shall bring the sacred Body of My Son, His Body and Blood, to another but a legally-ordained priest with consecrated hands. I say, My children, consecrated hands, blessed hands, washed clean by the Holy Spirit! No man shall render excuses for defilement of My Son's Body."

- Our Lady, May 14, 1977

The two dimension of the Holy Eucharist

The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life" (ccc 1324). The Holy Eucharist is not just the what meal at the Last Supper. It actually has to aspect or dimension like a coin which has to sides. The first dimension is 'Meal' dimension (a Sacrament) and the second dimension is the 'Sacrificial' dimension (a Sacrifice). The meal aspect of it reminds of the Last Supper and the sacrificial aspect of reminds us of the passion and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Jesus chose the time of Passover to fulfill what he had announced at Capernaum (Christ calls himself the bread of life, come down from heaven, John 6), giving his disciples his Body and his Blood. Christ instituted the Holy Eucharist at the Last Supper by taking the bread, He blessed and broke it, and giving it to His apostles, said: "Take and eat; this is My body;" then He took a cup of wine, blessed it, and giving it to them, said: "All of you drink of this; for this is My blood of the new covenant which is being shed for many unto the forgiveness of sins;" finally, He gave His apostles the commission: "Do this in remembrance of Me." 

When Jesus said, "This is My body," the entire substance of the bread was changed into His body and when He said, "This is My blood," the entire substance of the wine was changed into His blood. Jesus by his omnipotence and by His word we truly believe Holy Eucharist is the body and blood of Christ.

The change of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ continues to be made in the Church by Jesus Christ, through the ministry of His priests. Only ordained priests have the power of changing bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. When they consecrate, they act in the person of Christ, through the power received in the sacrament of Holy Orders.The changing of the entire substance of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ upon consecration is called Transubstantiation. The appearances of bread and wine remains after the substance had been changed into body and blood of Christ. Through our bodily eyes we see the bread and wine as it is but through the eyes of faith, we the real presence of the Lord in the consecrated bread and wine.

"That in this sacrament are the true Body of Christ and his true Blood is something that 'cannot be apprehended by the senses,' says St. Thomas, 'but only by faith, which relies on divine authority.' For this reason, in a commentary on Luke 22:19 ('This is my body which is given for you.'), St. Cyril says: 'Do not doubt whether this is true, but rather receive the words of the Savior in faith, for since he is the truth, he cannot lie.'" (ccc 1381)

Our Lord's invitation to us before communion, "Take this and eat it, all of you".

The Lord addresses an invitation to us, urging us to receive him in the sacrament of the Eucharist: "Truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you." (ccc 1384)

Our response to the Lord's invitation, "Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul will be healed."

O Son of God, bring me into communion today 

with your mystical supper. 

I shall not tell your enemies the secret, 

nor kiss you with Judas' kiss. 

But like the good thief I cry, 

"Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."

~ Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ~

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist

Adoring or honouring the Presence of Christ in Holy Eucharistic Presence of Christ, when we remain "silent in prayer" in His Presence and open ourselves to His Graces which flow from the Blessed Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. Truly in the Holy Eucharist, we experience the divine and spirit of Jesus Christ is always presence through his Body and Blood.

During consecration at Holy Mass, the gifts we offer of bread and wine are transformed (transubstantiated) into the actual Body and Blood of Christ, at the altar. It is the real and actual physical  presence of Jesus Christ during every Holy Eucharist celebration, Benediction and Adoration. Due to these beliefs, the consecrated gifts are given the same adoration and devotion that Christians in traditions accord to Christ himself.

In the process of the solemn exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, a priest removes the sacred host from the tabernacle and places it in the Monstrance on the altar for adoration by the faithful. When Sacred Host is in the Monstrance, the priest does not touch it with his bare hands, but instead, holds it with a humeral veil, a wide band of cloth that covers his shoulders and has pleats on the inside in which he places his hands. Except during Holy Eucharist celebration, Benediction and Adoration, the Holy Sacrament is kept locked in the Tabernacle at all other times. Within churches of these traditions the reserved sacrament serves as a focal point of religious devotion. The faithful may pray in the presence of the Sacrament at the Tabernacle.

There is 2 types of Adoration, 
1. "Perpetual Adoration" is Eucharistic Adoration round the clock (24 hours a day). 
2. "Holy Hour" is Eucharistic Adoration of Reparation which lasts for about an hour.

Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour always dwells in the Blessed Sacrament because of His Infinite love for us!

"Monstrance" is the vessel used by the Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, and Anglican churches to display the consecrated Eucharistic Host, during Eucharistic Adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.  In Latin the word "monstrare" means "to expose" or "to show".










The Holy Eucharist is perfect sacrifice manifested by the Son of God for each one of us. Jesus Christ descended from Heaven to become our heavenly food, changing the substance of simple elements of bread and wine into His Body and Blood to nourish us with food for our everyday journey that we currently live.

On the Cross, Jesus’ Heart burns in love for us and speaks, “I thirst” (John 19:28, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”) but He does not thirst for mere wine or water. Christ thirsts for us, for every part of our life and nothing less. Son of God thirsts for your true love. He thirsts for you to discover your true freedom in His holiness, your true freedom from every stain of sin, and your true freedom to love authentically! Christ thirsts for you to participate in His great salvific work on earth, by denying yourself as He has done, taking up your Cross of discipleship, and following Him wherever He may lead you, even to mounting the Cross with Him. Jesus thirsts for you to share in the greatest love that is God Himself, through which you are empowered to love your fellow man as He does (John 13:34, Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another).

Jesus desires perfect communion with you, that your heart and His Sacred Heart may be one, as the Father and Son are One. When we find ourselves in true communion with Christ, made possible by Christ’s shedding of Blood in self-sacrifice, we gain that perfect communion with God which gives us entrance into the glorious Kingdom of God with the communion of saints in heaven. As fruit of this love, we realize deeper bonds of communion with each other even now in this life as brothers, true friendships bound by God’s love, brothers in arms whom we need in order to carry out the great apostolic work of our Faith. In the Eucharist, the gift of life that we’ve been given regardless of its trials and battles, is directed towards the reality of heaven of which we already partake.