Want MORE? JESUS in The Eucharist!

The message i got this week while at my morning at the monastery in prayer was "More!"...and i want to encourage all of us to look at this word and see where God wants "More" from us.  There are two women i encourage in their walk with God and they both are extremely deep, sincere, innocent and open to the Promptings of the Holy Spirit.  After spending time sharing with the both of them, i felt that same message should go out to you....

As Catholics we believe and know the Eucharist is the "Source and Summit of our faith".  St. John Paul II is the one who coined this phrase.   The Eucharist is the Holy Communion...when the bread and wine are changed into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.  Every Sunday (or Sat. night vigil) we go to Mass to honor God and the Sabbath and receive this Life Giving Food.  This Jesus, Disguised in Ordinary Form, gives us every possible good thing to be empowered to go forth and bring His Love and Virtue to everyone and every circumstance of the upcoming week.  This is a serious obligation for all Catholics to go to Mass every Sunday/Sat Vigil and receive Him, He Who can change and grow us up to become the saints we were created to be.  Only for serious reason can a Catholic miss Mass on Sunday.  Otherwise one needs to go to Confession to repent of missing and have the sincere intention of not making that same mistake again.  More than following a rule, we lose out when we miss....we are not in our empowered self when we miss....

And so....my suggestion to these lovely women is to pick a day midweek and go to Mass and receive Jesus a second time.  Mass during the week is shorter due to the fact that there is only one reading instead of two and there is no music, so the Mass is about 20-30 minutes.  The greatest thing people complain about in the spiritual journey is not being able to sustain the strong faith filled living they desire.  Want to sustain better?....Want more evident Presence of God in your daily life?....MORE....PRAY MORE, FAST MORE, GIVE ALMS MORE, DO MORE, SEEK MORE, AND ASK FOR MORE!  Many people ask me why i go to daily Mass.  i used to give a long winded answer most could not understand and now i just say,"If Jesus Christ was going to be on my porch tomorrow morning at 9 am, where would you be 9 am tomorrow?...MY PORCH OF COURSE!"  I go because Jesus is there...i go because i need Him to be the "Best Version of Myself".....i go because we are in a war fighting for many and need to be Empowered by The King to succeed....Everyone wants to have what the saints had, but most of us are unwilling to go to those lengths to get it.

i asked my two "sisters" how they felt after receiving Jesus in Holy Communion...The list they gave of positive responses was unbelievable!  Peaceful, Strong, Confident, able to Love and bring that Love to others, happy, centered, felt deeply Loved, able to hear many extraordinary inspirations from God to accomplish great works for Him....the list goes on and on and on...My reply,"Then why don't you get to Mass another day in the week and receive Him again to further all this Good in you?"

Pick 5 of the closest Catholic churches, monasteries, convents, and/or Catholic Retreat Centers surrounding your home or work.  Contact all of them and find out what their daily Mass Schedule is.  Make a list and you will have many options on all different days to be able to squeeze in Mass during the week according to your life and responsibilities.

If you cannot get to a Mass....stop in a church and just be present to Jesus in the Tabernacle (where the Consecrated (Blessed) Hosts  (JESUS) are kept and let Jesus  heal you and fill you even just for 5 minutes in the middle of the week.  Communion on Sunday is the requirement for the general population as a Catholic.....if you want an extraordinary prayer life....then we need to implement MORE...if MORE is truly what we are looking for.

Receiving Holy Communion more than once a week, being with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament (What we call the Consecrated Host that is no longer ordinary bread but the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ).....has Extraordinary Fruits and Gifts that come ONLY from this SOURCE!  There are many beautiful things in the spiritual life that are beautiful, marvelous, empowering....but JESUS IN THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT brings to us what no other means can....HIMSELF....HIS BODY, BLOOD, SOUL AND DIVINITY....

May the heart of Jesus, in the Most Blessed Sacrament, be praised, adored, and loved with grateful affection, at every moment, in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time. Amen

til next time....watch these first two videos from YouTube...they are marvelous in presenting information on the Eucharist...Jesus Truly Present in the Form of Bread and Wine by Bishop Rick Barron, one of the best Catholic Teachers of our time.  The lower two listings you can go to see more videos of Bishop Barron and many other apologists who have done projects to help us grow our faith in the Truths of the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist!  always in my prayers!  ang 


Mystery of eating Jesus' Flesh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDVLBUK5FGw

Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJjW3LXuHzo


Many videos from Bishop Barron on Eucharist...what Catholics believe
https://www.youtube.cosearch_query=bishop+Rick+Barron+on+jesus+in+the+eucharistm/results?

Various videos on Eucharist available on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=EUCHARIST