The Lord and Ruler will be
coming soon, and his name
will be called Emmanuel, because he will be God-
with-us. –
Cf
Isaiah 7:14; 8:10 (Today’s Entrance
Antiphon)
Image: Our
Ladyof the
Light
"After
Holy Communion, we carry Christ within us in the sacramental species just as
Mary carried Him in His own species for nine months. ...
Pregnancy
in particular is dense with spiritual lessons: being 'with child' is the model
of being 'with Christ' in faith, hope, love, in humble service and deepest
prayer.
Having
come, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, to make his home within me, Christ
wants to remain sub tectum meum,
'under my roof', the king and centre of my heart. Obedience to God,
formed by loving contemplation and flowering into loving action, is unending
pregnancy, perpetual birth."
John Saward
Redeemer in the Womb
Thanksgiving After Communion ~ Alphonse
Legros (1837-1911)