This Lent must be a "Lent of the Eucharist" in our devotional lives.
During the Lenten season we ought to participate in the weekly parish devotion of the Stations of the Cross.
This can be achieved in various ways. For one thing, for those who have access to a perpetual adoration chapel, but have not committed to a regular time of adoration, now should be the time to do so. Such a Lenten commitment would not only strengthen the spiritual life in the short-term, but would also continue beyond Lent for the perpetual uplifting of the soul well into the future.
Those without access to eucharistic adoration might perhaps commit to regular visitation to their parish church for personal prayer before the tabernacle of our Lord.
During the Lenten season we ought to participate in the weekly parish devotion of the Stations of the Cross. We ought to offer a personal prayer of thanksgiving, as we consider that the very same Lord Jesus whose suffering and death are commemorated in this devotion is present to us in the Eucharist.
As we attend the Mass and hear the priest say, “This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world,” we must know that we are looking upon the very same Christ who walked that Way of the Cross so long ago. He who suffered so much for us, who died and rose again, is truly and physically with us still in this marvelous and most mystical sacrament.
We are reminded that we cannot look upon the events of our salvation as ancient history. Nor do we have to look into the history books even to find the Lord Jesus. To look upon the Eucharist is truly to look upon the Lord of Lent and Easter.
May this Lent be transformed by our knowledge that to find the Lord Jesus, we need only to find the Holy Eucharist. “I will not leave you abandoned,” the Lord promised us. That promise has been fulfilled.
During the Lenten season we ought to participate in the weekly parish devotion of the Stations of the Cross.
This can be achieved in various ways. For one thing, for those who have access to a perpetual adoration chapel, but have not committed to a regular time of adoration, now should be the time to do so. Such a Lenten commitment would not only strengthen the spiritual life in the short-term, but would also continue beyond Lent for the perpetual uplifting of the soul well into the future.
Those without access to eucharistic adoration might perhaps commit to regular visitation to their parish church for personal prayer before the tabernacle of our Lord.
During the Lenten season we ought to participate in the weekly parish devotion of the Stations of the Cross. We ought to offer a personal prayer of thanksgiving, as we consider that the very same Lord Jesus whose suffering and death are commemorated in this devotion is present to us in the Eucharist.
As we attend the Mass and hear the priest say, “This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world,” we must know that we are looking upon the very same Christ who walked that Way of the Cross so long ago. He who suffered so much for us, who died and rose again, is truly and physically with us still in this marvelous and most mystical sacrament.
We are reminded that we cannot look upon the events of our salvation as ancient history. Nor do we have to look into the history books even to find the Lord Jesus. To look upon the Eucharist is truly to look upon the Lord of Lent and Easter.
May this Lent be transformed by our knowledge that to find the Lord Jesus, we need only to find the Holy Eucharist. “I will not leave you abandoned,” the Lord promised us. That promise has been fulfilled.
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