An Easy Way to Become a Saint - August 23

Continued from yesterday...

Chapter 6. After His Ascension

He has done even greater things for us

But why complain? Our Lord has given each of us proofs of love as great and greater than those visible favors just mentioned, which He gave to the Saints.

Does He not come to us daily in Holy Communion, if we allow Him? He, the great Creator of Heaven and Earth, comes, not into our arms or into our rooms, but into our very souls. He not only comes, but He comes with infinite love. He unites Himself to us so intimately that He, the great God, becomes one with us. Did He fold us in His arms and press us to His bosom, it would be much less than when He unites Himself to our souls in Communion.

He does not come for a moment; He stays in our souls as long as the Sacred Host retains the appearances of bread.

Strange blindness of many Catholics who receive Communion and who do not enjoy it!

As Martha and Mary longed for the visits of Jesus to their home in Bethany, as St. Rose longed for the visits of the Divine Child, so should we long for the visit of Jesus in Holy Communion and enjoy it. He is in our souls as really and truly as He is in Heaven.

What will He not give us in these precious moments if only we ask Him? He is not only in our souls, He is there with infinite love. He pours out His graces on us with infinite generosity. We eat His Flesh and drink His Blood. Our souls are bathed, purified, strengthened by this Precious Blood, the same Blood that flowed for us on Calvary.

Oh! if Christians only understood the wonders of Holy Communion, they would not complain that God has not given them as intimate, personal proofs of His love as He gave to the Saints!

The glorious Angels themselves, were they capable of jealousy, would envy us the wondrous grace of Holy Communion. These great Angels do not receive God as we do, but stand around us gazing with ineffable love as Jesus enters our hearts. As long as He remains in our souls, they adore and bless and praise Him in an ecstasy of delight. They see here something that they do not see in Heaven itself.

Oh, that we understood the unspeakable grace of Holy Communion! All Eternity will not be sufficient to thank God even for one Holy Communion.

What more could God do for us than come into our souls and make Himself one with us!

What more could He do than give us His Flesh to eat and His Blood to drink.

Holy Communion thus made will make us Saints...

[Continued tomorrow]
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From An Easy Way to Become a Saint
by E. D. M. (1949)
The Catholic Printing Press
Lisbon, Portugal
With Ecclesiastical Approbation
13th June 1949

More on the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe

From the La Crosse Tribune:

Archbishop Raymond Burke, former bishop of the diocese of La Crosse, prays during the deposition of the relics portion of Thursday’s Mass of Dedication for the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
PETER THOMSON photo

Nine years after Archbishop Raymond Burke, former bishop of the La Crosse Diocese, first announced plans for the shrine, he dedicated the church at a Mass on Thursday that lasted more than three hours...
At 12:35 p.m., altar boys dressed in blue, knights and ladies of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem — the women in black, the men in white — about 100 priests and 20 bishops and archbishops led the 20-minute procession to the church plaza....

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To see photo galleries, videos, a timeline and an interactive tour of the shrine, click here.

Coming This Week-"Weekly Wisdom with Fr. John Corapi"

From a recent email:

Beginning November 3, 2007 Father John Corapi and the administrative arm of his ministry, Santa Cruz Media, Inc., will offer a web-based subscription service called “Weekly Wisdom with Fr. John Corapi.”

Click here to see a short video of Father Corapi introducing his new program.

The service will provide a 20-30 minute presentation each week taken from Fr. Corapi's most current homilies, sermons, and spiritual conferences. These will be chosen from the Catholic Church’s current liturgical calendar, current events, and/or matters Fr. Corapi believes are of great interest to the People of God.

At the end of each of these weekly segments, Father will be presenting some of the most important elements of spiritual direction to help you with your personal journey to God.

The only way to access these weekly talks will be via the web-based subscription service, which is linked to www.fathercorapi.com. The service initially will be available only on a month to month basis for a monthly subscription fee of $9.95.

Many may be unable to afford this but I'm presenting this as information which might be of benefit for some.