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Twelve reasons from Scripture for wanting to spend one hour each
week with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
1.
He is really there!
"I Myself am the Living Bread come down from Heaven." (Jn 6:35)
2. Day and night
Jesus dwells on the Blessed Sacrament
because
of His infinite love for you!
"Behold I will be with you always even to the end of the world,"
because "I have loved you with an everlasting love, and constant is My
affection for you." (Mt 28:20, Jer 31:3)
3. The specific way
that Jesus asks you to love Him in return is to spend
one
quiet hour with Him each week
in the Blessed Sacrament. "Where your treasure is, there is your
heart..." "Could you not watch one hour with Me?" (Mt 6:21, 26:40)
4. When you
look upon the Sacred Host,
you look upon Jesus,
the Son of
God. "Indeed, this is the will of My Father, that everyone who looks
upon the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life. Him will I raise
up on the last day'" (Jn 6:40)
5. Each moment that
you spend in His Eucharistic Presence will
increase
His Divine Life within you
and deepen your personal relationship and friendship with Him. "I have
come that they may have life, and have it more abundantly." I am the Vine
and you are the branches. Whoever remains in union with Me shall bear much
fruit for without Me, you can do nothing." (Jn 10:10, 15:5)
6. Each hour you
spend with Jesus will
deepen His Divine Peace
within your heart. "Come to Me all of you who are weary and find life
burdensome and I will refresh you..." "Cast all of your anxieties upon the
Lord, who cares for you." (Mt 11:28, ! Pt 5:7, Jn 14:17)
7. Jesus will give
you
all the graces you need
to be happy in life. "The Lamb on the throne will shepherd them. He will
lead them to springs of living water." (Rev 7:17)
8. Jesus is
infinitely
deserving of our unceasing thanksgiving and adoration
for all He has done for our salvation. "Worthy is the Lamb that was
slain to receive honor, glory and praise." (Rev 5:12)
9. For
peace
in our country! "When My people humble themselves and seek My Presence, I
will receive their land." (2 Ch 7:14)
10. Each hour you
spend with Jesus on earth will leave your soul
everlastingly more beautiful and glorious in Heaven.
"They who humble themselves shall be exalted..." "All of us , gazing on
the Lord's glory with unveiled faces are being transformed from glory to
glory into His very image." (Lk 18:14, Cor 3:18)
11.
Jesus
will bless you,
your family and the whole world for this hour of faith you spend with Him in
the Blessed Sacrament. "Blessed are they who do not see and yet
believe.." "Faith can move mountains..." "What is needed is trust..."
"Behold I come to make all things new" (Jn 20:29, Mk 11:23, Mk 5:36, Rev
21:5)
12. Each moment you
spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
brings
joy, pleasure and delight to His Sacred Heart!
My joy, My pleasure, My delight is to be with you." (Prov 8:31) |