My kind of date.
Make a date with Jesus soon!
“To every soul that visits the Blessed Sacrament, Christ in the words of the spouse in the Song of Songs says: Rise. Hurry, my friend! Come, my beautiful one. Rise above your troubles. I am here to enrich you with grace. Hurry to my side. Do not fear my majesty; it is hidden in this bread to overcome your fear and to give you confidence…My beautiful one, God’s grace fills you with splendor. Come, throw yourself into my arms….”
Saint Teresa said that the King of Glory disguised himself in this bread of life to encourage us to approach his heart with bold confidence. Let us then go to him with boundless trust and love. Let us ask for his powerful graces.
A God-Man present in this sacrament for me! What a comfort! What a privilege to know that I kneel before God! And to think that this God loves me! Lovers of God, wherever you are, love him for me too. Mary, my Mother, help me to love him. And you, my loveable Lord, become the goal of my heart’s desires. Become the sole owner of my will. Possess me completely. I offer you my mind; may it think only of how good you are. I offer you my body; may it always please you. I offer you my soul; may it be yours forever.
O divine Lover, I wish all men knew how tenderly you love each one of them. Then surely they would worship you and live to please you, as you desire and deserve. Let me at least live only to love you. From this moment I will begin to do everything I can to satisfy you. I resolve to cast aside anything that displeases you. No price is too high…not even my life. What a blessing it would be to lose everything to gain you…my God, my Treasure, my Love, my Everything!”
- St. Alphonsus Liguori (8th Visit to the Most Blessed Sacrament)
TRUE LOVE.
“To every soul that visits the Blessed Sacrament, Christ in the words of the spouse in the Song of Songs says: Rise. Hurry, my friend! Come, my beautiful one. Rise above your troubles. I am here to enrich you with grace. Hurry to my side. Do not fear my majesty; it is hidden in this bread to overcome your fear and to give you confidence…My beautiful one, God’s grace fills you with splendor. Come, throw yourself into my arms….”
Saint Teresa said that the King of Glory disguised himself in this bread of life to encourage us to approach his heart with bold confidence. Let us then go to him with boundless trust and love. Let us ask for his powerful graces.
A God-Man present in this sacrament for me! What a comfort! What a privilege to know that I kneel before God! And to think that this God loves me! Lovers of God, wherever you are, love him for me too. Mary, my Mother, help me to love him. And you, my loveable Lord, become the goal of my heart’s desires. Become the sole owner of my will. Possess me completely. I offer you my mind; may it think only of how good you are. I offer you my body; may it always please you. I offer you my soul; may it be yours forever.
O divine Lover, I wish all men knew how tenderly you love each one of them. Then surely they would worship you and live to please you, as you desire and deserve. Let me at least live only to love you. From this moment I will begin to do everything I can to satisfy you. I resolve to cast aside anything that displeases you. No price is too high…not even my life. What a blessing it would be to lose everything to gain you…my God, my Treasure, my Love, my Everything!
(St. Alphonsus Liguori)
“Arise, my friend, my beautiful one, and come!
For see, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of pruning the vines has come,
and the song of the turtledove is heard in our land…
Arise, my friend, my beautiful one, and come!
My dove in the clefts of the rock,
in the secret recesses of the cliff,
let me see your face,
let me hear your voice,
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely. — Song of Songs 2:10-14
