Seek Jesus in the Eucharist

”Seek first the Kingdom of God” Matthew 6:33

Seek: (verb) to go in search of, to look for, to try to discover.  Seek is an action verb.  

The Eucharist is central to devotion to The Divine Mercy, and many of the elements of the devotion are essentially Eucharistic – especially the Image, the Chaplet, and the Feast of Mercy. The Image, with its red and pale rays, represents the Eucharistic Lord Jesus, whose Heart has been pierced and now pours forth blood and water as a fountain of mercy for us. It is the Image of God’s sacrificial gift of mercy made present in every Mass.

Several times in her Diary, St. Faustina writes of seeing the red and pale rays coming, not from the Image, but from the Sacred Host; and once, as the priest exposed the Blessed Sacrament, she saw the rays from the Image pierce the Host and spread out from it all over the world. So too, with the eyes of faith, we should see in every Host the merciful Savior pouring Himself out as a fountain of mercy for us.

”Once, the image was being exhibited over the altar during the Corpus Christi procession [June 20, 1935]. When the priest exposed the Blessed Sacrament, and the choir began to sing, the rays from the image pierced the Sacred Host and spread out all over the world. Then I heard these words: These rays of mercy will pass through you, just as they have passed through this Host, and they will go out through all the world. At these words, profound joy invaded my soul.” Divine Mercy in my soul # 441

In a note in the Catechism of the Council of Trent, pastors are urged to “compare the Eucharist to a fountain and the other sacraments to rivulets. For the Holy Eucharist is truly and necessarily to be called the fountain of all graces, containing, as it does, after an admirable manner, the fountain itself of celestial gifts and graces, and the Author of all the Sacraments, Christ Our Lord, from whom, as from its source, is derived whatever of goodness and perfection the other sacraments possess”.

In the Eucharist is found Divine Mercy. When we approach the altar to receive the Eucharist or kneel before the Blessed Sacrament in adoration, we stand before Jesus Himself. We consume Jesus’ Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity when we receive the Eucharist at Holy Mass. we need to strive always to make the receptacle worthy of receiving the Lord of the Universe. As impossible as it is to truly be worthy of this great gift that Jesus gives to us, no worries. Jesus covers the soul approaching Him in His Divine Mercy making it worthy not for what the soul has or can do but worthy because of what He has done for the soul.
We approach Jesus with a prayer on our heart, best stayed by Patrick Campbell, my brother in Christ, “create in me what I lack in You.”
The Eucharistic Lord, through the Divine Mercy of the Father in the power of the Holy Spirit will joyfully fill your soul with the grace necessary to receive this greatest of gifts.

No wonder, then, that St. Faustina was so devoted to the Eucharist and wrote so powerfully about it in her Diary.

“Oh what awesome mysteries take place during Mass! … One day we will know what God is doing for us in each Mass, and what sort of gift He is preparing in it for us. Only His divine love could permit that such a gift be provided for us … this fountain of life gushing forth with such sweetness and power” (914).

“All the good that is in me is due to Holy Communion” (1392).

“Herein lies the whole secret of my sanctity” (1489).

“One thing alone sustains me and that is Holy Communion. From it I draw all my strength; in it is all my comfort. … Jesus concealed in the Host is everything to me. … I would not know how to give glory to God if I did not have the Eucharist in my heart” (1037).