So we very recently had a Eucharistic Congress in the United States... Praise God! I was not able to be physically there, but my heart was. I don't always have a chance to go to my local adoration chapel, but I try to take my little one to church a couple times a week (including Sundays) for Mass. I can't always focus in, with one eye on my toddler and the other on what's going on at the sanctuary; but I commit to still being present there because of the way Christ is ever Present to me. I keep praying, whether I am at church, at home, or anywhere else.
Having this awareness of Jesus in the Eucharist is also about having a relationship with the One Who died and rose again for you. For you! I am still in the process of watching the different talks and moments of adoration from the Congress (via YouTube). I am taking on a renewed appreciation that I keep needing, as I thirst for the Bread of Life.
I also have renewed a personal devotion to the Divine Mercy, and find great meaning in praying the chaplet. In this sacred space that I clear the way for, I offer God the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity, of Jesus Christ... The Eucharist! He stands in our place both now and at the hour of death, if we but let Him. He wants us with Him! Let us never distance ourselves or doubt His GREAT, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE for us!
Maybe you were able to go to the Eucharistic Congress, or maybe you were only able to watch online. But let us not lose this invitation to revival and repentance, to draw near to Our Lord in the Eucharist. He is calling us to a renewed union with Him, my brothers and sisters! We are called to love and live Jesus!
