This song came up next on my song list this morning. I sat here as I prepared for the work day, tears streaming down my face with desire to receive my Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. My heart broke with yearning for Jesus. Jesus came to me, saying, “My son, this deep desire to receive Me is what gives life and transfiguration through reception of the Bread of Life. Always know, I AM the Bread of Life, when you receive this host, you receive all of Me – all My Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. And, I give you MY life. Life eternal. Always desire to receive the Eucharist as you do now.”
This is life – THIS is Jesus. Without Jesus, in the Eucharist, our soul dies. Our body may go on, for a short time. But, death is imminent. Eternal Life comes through Jesus in the devoted reception of the Eucharist.
“These times of union are a taste of Eternity,” Divine Mercy in My Soul # 969
St Faustina was strengthen and supported in the daily struggles of life by receiving Holy Communion. The Lord told her: “In the Host is the power; it will defend you always” Divine Mercy in My Soul # 616.
Eucharistic love is infinitely powerful to defend us from all that is harmful to our salvation.
During the reception of the Eucharist St. Faustina offered herself in total abandonment to God’s will composing her personal act of oblation:
Jesus-Host, whom I have this very moment received into my heart, in this union with you I offer myself to the Heavenly Father as a sacrificial host, abandoning myself totally and completely to the most merciful holy will of my God. From today onward, your will, Lord, is my food. You have my whole being; dispose of me as you please . . . I no longer fear any of your inspirations, nor do I probe anxiously to see where they will lead me . . . I have placed all my trust in your will which is, for me, love and mercy itself. (Diary of St. Faustina, 1264, 456)
Prayer to Become a Living Monstrance
Lord Jesus, please fashion me into a living Eucharistic monstrance so that I may become a vessel of mercy carrying Your love to others. Through our Eucharistic incorporation, grant that I may be a child of the light, salt of the earth, bread for the hungry, water for the thirsty, new wine, and healing oil for others. May people see You in my servant’s heart, You in the light of my eyes, You in the warmth of my heart, You in the works of my hands, You in the words of my mouth, You in the incense of my prayer, You in the lightness of my laughter, You in the glistening of my tears, You in the lowliness of Your creature. Hide me, I pray, in the gilded monstrance of Your loving heart so that I can be a living monstrance radiating Your healing rays of mercy. Forever and ever, Amen!