Showing posts with label adoration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adoration. Show all posts
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Live Christ through Adoration
For us Catholics, there is no better , more profound and deeper way to express our personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ than to spend our very lives and time with Him in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, through which He gives us His flesh and blood. His real and awesome presence. Whenever we set foot in any Adoration Chapel, we are reminded of that biblical image of the prophet Moses, who falls on both knees trembling with fear before the holy presence of God, who manifested Himself through a "burning bush". Do we not, like Moses, also feel the same way whenever we recline ourselves before him in the Blessed Sacrament? " Were not our hearts burning...?" to quote the disciples on the road to Emmaus, every time we come to his table?
In the old testament, the Lord commanded Moses that "on the table, before me, you must place the bread of continual offering" (Exodus 25:30). And yet in the new testament, the reverse happened. It was no longer man who continues to offer the shewbread to God, but rather, it is now God who himself has become the "Bread of the Presence", who has given himself as the Bread of Life come down from heaven through the Jesus Christ who willingly offered Himself on the Cross.
As such, through the Blessed Sacrament, Jesus comes to us as Love. And because He comes to us as Love, we also go to Him with love and because of love. It is out of love for Jesus that we respectfully kneel and genuflect before Him, who comes to us in the humble form of the Consecrated Host. It is out of love for Jesus that we observe a sacred silence whenever we seek to adore Him in this Sacrament, together with fellow Christians. After all, it is in the silence that the heart speaks loudly and clearly. And most importantly, our personal relationship with Jesus deepens further every time we come face-to-face, heart-to-heart with Him through this Sacrament of Love. When we recline our heads on His chest like what the beloved disciple did during the Last Supper, the words of St. Augustine of Hippo come to its fullness: "Our hearts our restless and we will not rest until we find rest in You".
Resources:
The New Evangelization Resource Book (NERB)
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Live Christ Through Confession
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Live Christ
You have met Christ and your life has changed forever. Because of this encounter, you have been transformed. Unworthy as you are, you have been loved. You were once in the dark, now you are in the light. You were once hopeless, now you have become full of hope.
Because you have met Him, you have experienced in abundance His extravagant love that you cannot help but to love Him in return. To love Him is to do all that is pleasing to Him. To love Him is to let Him love you and to allow Him to take control of Your life. To love Him is to do everything for Him, no matter what it takes. You have met Him, and this has been the best encounter of your life. Now you know there is no other way but to live in Christ.
How exactly do we live in Christ? The answer is: C.A.R.E:
- Confession - Whenever we sin, we turn away from God and cause damage to ourselves and others because we upset the order established by the Creator, When we sin, we cause chaos or unrest, and these are the exact opposite of peace. Formally known as the Sacrament of Reconciliation, confession brings us a new life of grace whenever we decided to turn away from sin.
- Adoration - For us Catholics, there is no better more profound and deeper way to express our personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ than to spend our very lives and time with Him in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, through which He gives us His flesh and blood.
- Rosary - Praying the rosary daily especially with the family can work wonders in our lives. Through the intercession of Mary our Mother, we can be assured of the grace and mercy we needed through this life's journey.
- Eucharist - The Holy Mass or the Sacrament of the Eucharist is the "source and summit of the Christian life" (CCC 1324). Whenever we go to Mass, we meet Jesus. He is truly present in Mass in the form of Bread and Wine through the mystery that we call transubstantiation.
Resources:
The New Evangelization Resource Book (NERB)
The New Evangelization Resource Book (NERB)
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adoration,
Blessed Sacrament,
Catholicism,
Christ,
Christian,
confession,
Holy Eucharist,
rosary,
Sacrament of Reconciliation
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