n honor of the upcoming feast day of Corpus Christi Sunday, Frances pulls together thoughts and teachings on how to improve one’s preparation for the reception of Jesus in the Eucharist. Many approach Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in a routine way. This is so sad! Let’s get fired up and ignite the fire of divine love by considering what some of our Carmelites and others say in their own love of Jesus in the Eucharist. We need to refine our thoughts, feelings, affections and attitudes as we approach our Lord in Communion. What are some of the ways that even those souls closest to Jesus wound His Heart when receiving Him in the Eucharist? What are the teachings of St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi on receiving Jesus in communion? How might we become more intimate with Jesus in the reception of His Most Holy Body and Blood? What were some of the experiences of Holy Mother St. Teresa of Avila? Let us find ways to eagerly approach Jesus in the Eucharist. Let us prepare well NOW!
Sources (books):
“Bread of Heaven: A Treasury of Carmelite Prayers and Devotions on the Eucharist” compiled by Penny Hickey, OCDS.
“Eucharistic Colloquies” by Mother [now Blessed] Maria Candida of the Eucharist, OCD (1884-1949).
“Hidden Riches: the Eucharist in the Carmelite Tradition” edited by Eltin Griffin, OCarm..
“God, Be Yourself My Sanctity.” (Part 2)
“God, Be Yourself My Sanctity” (Part 1)
The Beatitudes Connection to the Ten Commandments (and Carmel)
A Model for Parents: Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin
Replay: Testing and Discerning a Vocation to the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites with Guest, Colleen Sollinger, OCDS
An Analogy of Spiritual Childhood and a Reflection on the Rosary, with Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS
Detachment: An Essential for Divine Intimacy, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
The Prophetic Life and the Call of Discalced Carmelite Seculars to the Living Flame of Love, Homily by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
Homily for the feast Day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin
Reparation with Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS
Silence…the Language of God, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
Work: The Road to Holiness, with Tim Bete, OCDS
A Radiance of the Holy Spirit: St. Mary of Jesus Crucified, OCD, with Frances Harry, OCDS
The Holy Trinity, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
St. Joseph the Worker and the Work of Prayer,Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS
The Church Prepares, Year after Year, for the Anniversary of Her Birth: The Church and the Holy Spirit, with Jean Crowley, OCDS
Pray without Ceasing: Fulfilling the Lord’s Precept through the Liturgy of the Hours ; Part 2, with Marika Zimmerman, OCDS
Pray without Ceasing: Fulfilling the Lord’s Precept through the Liturgy of the Hours, with Marika Zimmerman, OCDS
Personal experiences of suffering, with Frances Harry, OCDS, and Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
Go to Joseph, by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
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