The Visit...

"The [Eucharistic] Visit is the practice which guides and influences our whole life... It draws together the fruits of all other practices and brings them to fruition. 
It is the great means for living Jesus Christ.  It is the great means for putting adolescence aside and forming a personality in Christ.  It is the secret for our transformation in Christ. 
It is experiencing the relationship of Jesus with His Father and with humanity. 
It is the guarantee of perseverance." - Bl James Alberione

The Eucharistic Visit

The Visit is a meeting of our soul

and of our whole being with Jesus.
It is the creature meeting the Creator;
the disciple before the Divine Master;
the patient with the Doctor of souls;
the poor one appealing to the Rich One;
the thirsty one drinking at the Font;
the weak before the Almighty;
the tempted seeking a sure Refuge;
the blind person searching for the Light;
the friend who goes to the True Friend;
the lost sheep sought by the Divine Shepherd;
the wayward heart who finds the Way;
the unenlightened one who finds Wisdom;
the bride who finds the Spouse of the soul;
the “nothing” who finds the All;
the afflicted who finds the Consoler;
the seeker who finds life’s meaning.

Bl Jame Alberione (+1971)

Click here: Directory of Churches and Chapels Having Eucharistic Adoration

Christian bravery...

Be strong and courageous.  Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged,for

the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. - Joshua 1:9

"We must unite ourselves with our Eucharistic Lord,

both inside and outside of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

Pope Benedict XVI said, "Kneeling before the Eucharist

is a profession of freedom: those who bow to Jesus cannot and must not

prostrate themselves before any earthly authority..."

My gloss on Benedict is this:  If we stand at the altar of the Lord with incense,

we are less likely to offer a pinch of incense on the altar of Caesar

- the idol of tyranny.  Or the altar of Mammon - the idol of riches. 

Or the altar of Baal - the idol demanding the blood of children.  Or the altar

of public opinion - the idol that makes promises it cannot keep.

Prayer, Penance, Eucharist: taken together they are the

foundation upon which the virtue of a truly Christian bravery can grow. 

They will allow us to answer the summons of Sacred Scripture:

"Let the weak say, 'I am a warrior'!" Joel 3:10

Fr Robert McTeigue, SJ