My heart, a resting place...

"I am a child of God through Baptism and my resemblance to Him 

has grown stronger through Holy Communion. May I never forget my last 

Communion and may my heart yearn for the next one." - Mother Angelica

"Heavenly Father, when Your priest

holds up the host

and says "the Body of Christ"

let my soul bow in humble adoration

before the love and humility of Jesus.

Let my heart be

a pure resting place for Your Son.

I desire, dear Father, that the image of Jesus

grow brighter in my soul after every Communion.

At that tremendous moment God and I are one."

Mother Angelica

Foundress of EWTN and the Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration

Excerpt from The Mass is my Life

Painting: Francisco Ribalta