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[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

I teach philosophy at Boston College — one of the top Catholic universities in America.

If Kreeft honestly thinks that BC is one of the top "Catholic universities in America" then he's in as much trouble as his students.

[Salvation]

Because we no longer understand this “real presence,” this difference between Christ abstract and Christ concrete; because we no longer understand St. Paul's startling one-word definition of “wisdom,” “righteousness,” “sanctification,” and “redemption” given in I Corinthians: Christ.

Says it all, doesn't it. One word --- Christ---

[Salvation]

Let the Son Shine Out [in China]

[Sock]

THIS GREAT SACRAMENT OF LOVE

A couple of months before his death Bishop Fulton J. Sheen was interviewed on national television. One of the questions was this:

 

"Bishop Sheen, you have inspired millions of people all over the world. Who inspired  you? Was it a Pope?"

 

Bishop Sheen responded that it was not a Pope, a cardinal, another bishop, or even a priest or a nun. It was a little Chinese girl of eleven years of age. He explained that when the Communists took over China,  they imprisoned a priest in his own rectory near the Church.  After they locked him up in his own house, the priest was horrified to look out of his window and  see the Communists proceed into the Church, where they went into the sanctuary and broke into the tabernacle. In an act of hateful desecration, they took the ciborium and threw it on the floor with all of the Sacred Hosts spilling out. The priest knew exactly how many Hosts were in the ciborium:  thirty-two.

 

When the Communists left, they either did not notice, or didn't pay any attention to a small girl praying in the back of the Church who saw everything that had happened.  That night the little girl came back. Slipping past the guard at the priest's house, she went inside the Church. There she made a holy hour of prayer, an act of love to make up for the act of hatred.

 

After her holy hour she went into the sanctuary, knelt down, bent over and with her tongue received Jesus in Holy Communion, *since it was not permissible for laymen to touch the Sacred Host with their hands.

 

The little girl continued to come back each night to make her holy  hour and receive Jesus in Holy Communion on her tongue. On the thirty-second  night, after she had consumed the last and thirty-second host, she accidentally made a noise and woke the guard who was sleeping. He ran after her,  caught her, and beat her to death with the butt of his rifle. This act of heroic martyrdom was witnessed by the priest as he watched grief-stricken from his bedroom window.

 

When Bishop Sheen heard the story he was so inspired that he promised God he would make a holy hour of prayer before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament everyday of his life.  If this frail, little child could give testimony and witness to the world concerning the real and wonderful Presence of her Savior in the Blessed Sacrament, then the Bishop was absolutely bound by all that was right and true, to do the same. His sole desire from then on was to bring the world to the burning Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

The little girl showed the Bishop what true courage and zeal really is; how faith could overcome all fear, how true love for Jesus in the Eucharist must transcend life itself. What is hidden in the Sacred Host is the glory of His love. The sun in the sky is symbolic of the Son of God in the Blessed Sacrament. This is why most monstrances are in the form of a sunburst. As the sun is the natural source of all energy, the Blessed Sacrament is  the supernatural source of all grace and love. The Blessed Sacrament is JESUS, the Light of the world.

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    Yes, it is really sad that so many do not believe in the real presence of Christ in Holy Eucharist.

    Have any of you ever been to a shrine or seen remains of a saint preserved, like Saint Clare or the many other saints? You are in awe of the sight; it is so amazing to see a saint right before your eyes. But you would agree that if you saw Christ walk into your room, it would be a more amazing sight. Did you know that you could see him every day of the year, and you would actually be able to touch him every day of the year expect Good Friday? It is that real.

    Have you ever thought of the suffering of Christ and his crucifixion? I am sure you have a cross or a picture of it. That is the same body blood soul and divinity you receive every time you go to mass. That is his Sacred Heart, that is his hand or foot which was driven with a nail, or that is his blessed head which was pierced with thorns you receive.

    If you are having trouble with realizing the real presence, and you are not alone, I would suggest spiritual reading before you go to mass that talks about the presence of Christ in Communion. I know it helped me a lot too.

    Dominus Vobiscum.

[SuziQ]

This is a terrific article. I've forwarded it to our Parish priests (we have Adoration on Fridays) and to my brother-in-law whose Parish has Perpetual Adoration.

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Thought for the Day

Visits to the Blessed Sacrament are powerful and indispensable means of overcoming attacks of the devil. Make frequent visits to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and the devil will be powerless against you.

 -- St. John Bosco

[My back yard]

I just loved this. Made my day to read it.

[the invisib1e hand]

John is a wise man.

Isa was wiser. Or, as we say in NYC, Isa wuz wizah!

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