Young Girl with a Candle ~ Godfried Schalcken
"You consider Zacheus happy because Our Lord vouchsafed to enter his house and eat with him; you deem St. John happy because he rested on the breast of our Saviour at the Last Supper; and, above all, you regard St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary so very happy because they nourished and supported Our Dear Lord. But are you not as happy as they? Are you not even happier?
You do not hold Our Lord in your arms as Simeon did, but you receive Him into your heart in Holy Communion; you do not rest on the bosom of St. John, but the Saviour rests in your heart after Holy Communion; you do not nurse and support Our Lord like St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin, but you have a still greater happiness, for the Saviour Himself nourishes you and gives Himself to you as your food.
O Love! O Love! O who can understand the love of God for men!"
Fr. Michael Muller, C.S.S.R.
The Blessed Eucharist
Thank you for sharing this beautiful - and oh, so true - perspective.
ReplyDeleteGreetings, Nancy!! - And may we be ever-cognizant of the perspective when we approach the altar!
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