"In His risen life on earth Christ often made Himself
recognized only by the characteristic
of His unmistakable love,
by showing His wounds, by His infinite courtesy,
by the breaking of bread.
He would not allow the sensible beauty
and dearness of His human personality,
His familiar appearance, to hide the essential Self
that He had come back to give.
Wholly consistent with this
is Christ's return to us in the Host.
We know that in it He is wholly present:
body, blood, soul, and divinity.
But all this is hidden;
even His human appearance is hidden.
Because this is the way of absolute love,
He insists on coming to us
stripped of everything but Himself."
of His unmistakable love,
by showing His wounds, by His infinite courtesy,
by the breaking of bread.
He would not allow the sensible beauty
and dearness of His human personality,
His familiar appearance, to hide the essential Self
that He had come back to give.
Wholly consistent with this
is Christ's return to us in the Host.
We know that in it He is wholly present:
body, blood, soul, and divinity.
But all this is hidden;
even His human appearance is hidden.
Because this is the way of absolute love,
He insists on coming to us
stripped of everything but Himself."
Caryll Houselander
TODAY: Day 6
Novena to the Holy Spirit
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful,
and enkindle in them the fire of Your love.
Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created,
And You shall renew the face of the earth.
O God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit,
did instruct the hearts of Your faithful,
grant that by that same Holy Spirit,
we may be truly wise and ever rejoice
in His consolation, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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