After Communion

After Communion - Gabrielle Bossis, HE AND i 19 July 1939

1939 July - 19  -   After Communion.

"For love I gave myself into the hands of men who did with Me as they wished. Now, I give Myself up in the Eucharist, and once again you do with Me what you wish. This is for love too. Right to the end. Right to the end of time. "

St. Teresa 'Exclamation' - incomprehensible

St. Teresa, Solilquies INTRODUCTION, Kieran Kavanaugh O.C.D. comments on the earlier Fray Luis de Leon long descriptive title, "Meditations or exclamations of the soul to God writen by Mother Teresa in theyear 1569 on different days according to the spirit ou Lord gave her after Communion." 
He says, "The collection is also, in  way, a complement to the Life.
Three translations of this one Soliloquy affords an enriching relish of generations of English.
The word, INCOMPREHENSIBLE,  shares significantly in the exclamation spirit in the three columns below.
"Thou art almighty; Thy works are incomprehensible.  Grant, then, Lord, that Thy words may never be absent from my thoughts."
                                               EXCLAMATIONS OF SOUL TO GOD

St. Teresa of Ávila: There is no other time than thanksgiving after Mass when we can so easily enrich our soul  with virtues, or so rapidly advance to a high degree of perfection.

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... spiritual practice among Christians who believe in the Real Presence of Jesus Christin the ... Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity, said in the Bible that whoever receives... St. Teresa of Ávila urged her daughters not to rush out after Mass but to ... with Jesus," she said, "and not waste the hour that follows Communion.

From the writings of Saint Teresa of Jesus (Collected Works Institute of Carmeite Studies, Washington. D.C.1987, Soliloquy 8, pp. 450-451)	The Complete Works Of Saint Teresa Of Jesus by E. Allison Peers Volume II   (1946) EXCLAMATIONS OF SOUL TO GOD	Minot Works of St. Teresa, Exclamations, trans. By Stanbrook Benedictines, Edit Benedict Zimmerman.
We are your handiwork O Lord, my God, how you possess the words of eternal life,*Jn. 6:67-68, where all mortals will find what they desire if they want to seek it! But what a strange thing, my God, that we forget your words in the madness and sickness our evil deeds cause! O my God, God, God, author of all creation! And what is creation if you, Lord, should desire to create more? You are almighty; your works are incomprehensible. *Rm. 11:33;Jb. 9:10. Bring it about, then, Lord, that my thoughts not withdraw from your words. 2. You say: Come to me, all who labour and are burdened, for I will comfort you.*Mt. 11:28 What more do we want, Lord? What are we asking for? What do we seek? Why are those in the world so unhappy if not because of seeking rest: God, help me! Oh, God, help me! What is this, Lord? Oh, what a pity! Oh, what great blindness that we seek rest where it is impossible to find it! Have mercy, creator, on these your creatures. Behold, we do not understand or know what we desire, nor how we obtain what we ask for. Lord, give us light; behold, the need is greater than with the man born blind, for he wanted to see the light and could not.*4 Now, Lord, there is no desire to see. Oh, how incurable an illness! Here, my God, is where your power must be demonstrated; here, your mercy. 3. Oh, what a difficult thing I ask you, my true God: that you love someone who does not love you, that you open to one who does not knock, that you give health to one who likes to be sick and goes about looking for sickness. You say, my Lord, that you come to seek sinners;*Pr. 8:17; Mt. 7:7; 9:13, these, Lord, are real sinners. Do not look at our blindness, my God, but at all the blood your Son shed for us. Let your mercy shine upon evil that has so increased; behold, Lord, we are your handiwork. May your goodness and mercy help us.	VIII O Lord, my God, Thou hast indeed the words of life, *2 wherein, if we will seek it, we mortals shall all find what we desire. But what wonder is it, my God, that we should forget Thy words when our evil deeds have made us so infirm and foolish? O my God! God, God the Maker of all things created! And yet what are all things created, Lord, if Thou shouldst be pleased to create more? Thou art almighty; Thy works are incomprehensible. *3 Grant, then, Lord, that Thy words may never be absent from my thoughts. Thou sayest: "Come to Me, all you that labour and are burdened: and I will comfort you." *4 What more do we want, Lord? What do we ask for? What do we seek? Why are worldly people lost if not because they are seeking repose? O God! O God! What is this, Lord? How sad a pity! How blind of us to seek repose where it cannot possibly be found! Have mercy, Creator, on these Thy creatures. Reflect that we do not understand ourselves, or know what we desire, nor are we able to ask as we should. Give us light, Lord. Behold, we need it more than the man who was blind from his birth," for he wished to see the light and could not, whereas nowadays, Lord, no one wishes to see it. Oh, what a hopeless ill is this! Here, my God, must be manifested Thy power and Thy mercy. Ah, how hard a thing am I asking of Thee, my true God! I ask Thee to love one who loves Thee not, to open to one who has not called upon Thee *5 to give health to one who prefers to be sick and who even goes about in search of sickness. Thou sayest, my Lord, that Thou comest to seek sinners; these, Lord, are the true sinners. Look not upon our blindness, my God, but upon all the blood that was shed for us by Thy Son. Let Thy mercy shine out amid such tremendous wickedness. Behold, Lord, we are the works of Thy hands *6. Help us by Thy goodness and mercy. 1 St. Luke i, 46. 2 [St. John vi, 69]. 3 Job ix, la. 4 St. Matthew xi, 28 [D.V. has "refresh," but the Spanish is consolaT]' 5 St. John ix, 1. 6 ... St Mt. vii, 7.	EXCLAMATION VIII. 1. O Lord my God, truly " Thou hast the words of life," *l wherein men can find all they crave, if they but seek it ! But what wonder is it if we forget Thy words, seeing the state of folly and disorder to which our sins have reduced us ? 2. O my God ! God ! God and Maker of all Creation ! What is all this creation compared with what Thou canst create, dost Thou but will ? Thou art omnipotent : Thy works are incomprehensible. *2 Permit not Thy words ever to become effaced from my mind : " Come unto Me all you that labour and I will refresh you." ' What more can we desire or seek, Lord ? Why are worldlings lost, save through seeking happiness ? 3. Good God ! Good God ! How is it, Lord ? How pitiful ! What utter blindness to seek for happiness where it cannot be found. Have pity, Creator, on Thy creatures ! Remember, we do not understand ourselves, or know what we want, nor do we ask aright ! Lord, give us light ! See ! we need it more than did the man who was born blind, for he longed to see the light but could not, while we do not wish to see it. 1 St. John vi. 69 : Domine, ad quern ibimus ? verba vitcB ceternce habes. 2 Job ix. 10 : Qui facit magna et incomprehensibilia. 3 St. Matt. xi. 28 : Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis et onerati estis, et ego reficiam vos. 4. Oh ! ill past remedy, needing Thee to manifest both Thy power and Thy mercy. O true God of mine ! How hard a thing I crave of Thee ! No less than that Thou shouldst love those who love not Thee : shouldst open to those who do not knock — shouldst cure those who wish to ail, and who foster their maladies. 5. Thou didst declare, my Master, that Thou earnest to seek sinners : *4 these are the real sinners ! Look not on our blindness, my God, but on the streams of blood shed by Thy Son for us. Let Thy mercy shine forth amidst such monstrous wickedness. Remember, Lord, we are " the work of Thy hands; *6 " succour us by Thy goodness and mercy !

The Houses of Adoration, Marie-Benoite Angot.

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Second from left: foundress Marie Angot

The Houses of AdorationMarie-Benoite Angot.  (www.lesmaisonsdadoration.com) 
was founded in 1989 in France by Marie-Benoite Angot. 
This spirituality offers a way for lay people to consecrate themselves through Mary to the Living Person of Christ in the Eucharist, consecrating the world in preparation for His return in Glory. 
Houses of Adoration received final recognition by the Pontifical Council for the Laity in Rome on April 5, 2012, Holy Thursday, as a private international association of the faithful. 
Their vocation is to be the leaven in daily life like the yeast in the dough, in every country and in every situation. 
The spirituality is to spread throughout the world bringing the Living Love of Jesus-Eucharist to the world, through a true ministry of visitation carried out in the simple action of everyday life: the spirituality if that of Our Daily Bread. 
In imitation of the Virgin Mary, in her house of Nazareth, the souls of adoration never let a day pass without gazing on the Living Jesus with love in adoration. Responding to the call of Vatican II, they offer themselves as churches based in the home, to become "true domestic sanctuaries of the church." 
Priests known as "Missionaries of the Eucharist" adopt the same spirituality as the lay members, sharing their aims and helping them to live out their vocation and mission. 
The direction of the association is carried out by lay country delegates and diocesan delegates. 
The association is under the guidance of the Pontifical Council for the Laity in Rome. 
For additional information, please contact 
Ms. Angot, 31 rue du Sommerard, 75005 Paris, France 
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Books of Marie Angot on adoration

  

                                                                                 

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Trans:  Livres

·         Le mystère de l’amour vivant

·         Les Maisons d’adoration

·         Adorer avec Marie

·         La vie d’adoration

·         Le Christ, eucharistie éternelle

Lettres

·         Jeudi Saint, Jour de Lumière

·         La joie de l'Eglise

·         La Montée à Béthléem

·         La Maison de Nazareth, racine de l'Eglise

Documents

·         Benoit XVI à Lourdes

·         L’Eucharistie au cœur de notre vie

·         L'Eglise vit du Christ Eucharistique

·         Prière des délégués

Adoration in the Home Father Mateo Crawley-Boevey

Thank you, Fr. Mark. for this Post.
I am searching for the lady who set up Adoration in the Home, France.

Adoration at Home

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Judging from some recent comments, I think it may be helpful to say something about the practice of Eucharistic adoration in the home for those who, for one reason or another, cannot go to a church or chapel where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved. The zealous apostle of this kind of adoration in the home was a priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary of Perpetual Adoration, Father Mateo Crawley-Boevey (1875-1960).Father Mateo wrote:

Not every one is able to make the hour of Eucharistic Adoration in the church, particularly at night. Must they be deprived, then, of the honor and privilege of consoling the Divine Prisoner, alone and forsaken in so many tabernacles? By no means! In the sanctuary of their homes, let them prostrate themselves in spirit before the tabernacle, and, in union with the Priests who at that moment, in some part of the world, are offering the Sacrifice of Calvary to the Trinity, let them adore, praise, petition and atone in the name of their own and other families who offend and sadden the Sacred Heart by their daily denial of His rights as King.

It is helpful to make one's adoration at home in front of a blessed image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus or of the Holy Face. There are many people suffering from chronic illnesses, who are unable to go to a church where the Blessed Sacrament is present. They are not deprived of the graces flowing from Eucharistic adoration, and their prayer, even if it is made from a sickbed or a chair, is all the more precious in the sight of Our Lord, insofar as they unite it with patience to His own sufferings. One might say something like this;

Lord Jesus Christ,
my desire and the intention of my heart
is to pray before Thy holy image as if I were in Thy Eucharistic presence.
Transport my soul before the tabernacle where
Thou art most forsaken at this hour,
and there let me offer Thee my desire to adore Thee,
and my love,
in a spirit of reparation.

Or, like this:

Receive this time before Thee
as an act of adoration and reparation directed to Thee
in the Most Blessed Sacrament,
especially in that tabernacle on earth where Thou art most forsaken.
Make me, especially for the sake of Thy priests and for their sanctification,
a faithful adorer of Thy Eucharistic Face
and of Thy Open Heart hidden in the Sacrament of Thy Love.
Trusting that faith, hope, and love abolish every distance
and transport the soul straightway to the object of its desire,
I will adore Thee now with the same sentiments
of thanksgiving, confidence, and pleading love
that I would have,
were I prostrate before the Sacrament of Thy Body and Blood
hidden in the tabernacle, or exposed to my gaze upon the altar.

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Saint Alphonus Ligouri 1st August Visit Blessed Sacrament

Wednesday, 01 August 2012 St. Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and Doctor of the Church (1696-1787)

Saint Alphonus Ligouri
*Many of the quotations are from St. Alphonsus Liguori's books The Holy Eucharist and Visits to the Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

http://www.acfp2000.com/Saints/St_Alphonsus_Liguori/St_Alphonsus_Liguori.html

Photo Attribution: Andreas F. Borchert (Creative Commons Attribution-Share license)

Photo: Carlow Cathedral, Ireland. Bottom of a right stained glass window, depicting St Alphonsus kneeling before the Blessed Sacrament.

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St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor, Italy (1696-1787) Patron of Arthritis Sufferers—Feast day, August 1 "Outstanding among the forms of prayer fervently recommended by St. Alphonsus is the visit to the Most Blessed Sacrament or, as we would say today, adoration--brief or prolonged, personal or in community--of the Eucharist. 'Certainly,' wrote Alphonsus, 'among all the devotions this one of adoration of the sacramental Jesus is the first after the sacraments, the dearest to God and the most useful to us. O, what a beautiful delight to be before an altar with faith and to present to him our needs, as a friend does to another friend with whom one has full confidence!'" (Pope Benedict XVI, March 30, 2011, General Audience) St. Alphonsus Eucharistic Quotes:                               "Nowhere have holy souls made more admirable resolutions than here at the feet of their hidden God. Out of gratitude to my Jesus, veiled in this great Sacrament, I must declare that it was through this devotion, visiting Him in the tabernacles, that I withdrew from the world where, to my misfortune, I had lived until the age of twenty-six. Happy will you be if you can separate yourself from it earlier than I did and give yourself wholly to that Lord who has given Himself wholly to you." “Suppose that our Lord, Jesus Christ, would be present in only one church in the whole world . . . . What a beautiful tabernacle would be built! What lighting would be placed there! With what immense respect would respond all who succeeded to get close! Well, Jesus is now in every Catholic Church where there are consecrated hosts!” "To souls enamored of God, hours spent before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament appear moments." "This (Blessed) Sacrament above all inflames the soul with divine love. 'God is love' (1Jn.IV,8). And He is the fire which consumes in our hearts all earthly affections: 'The Lord thy God is a consuming fire' (Dt.IV,24). Now the Son of God came precisely to kindle this fire of love: 'I am come to cast fire in the earth'; and He added that He did not desire other that to see ignited this holy fire in our hearts: 'and what will I, but that it be kindled?' (Lk.XII,49). And oh what flames of divine love Jesus Christ ignites in each one who devoutly receives Him in this Sacrament! "Certainly amongst all devotions, after that of receiving the sacraments, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament holds the first place, is the most pleasing to God, and the most useful to ourselves. Do not then, O devout soul, refuse to begin this devotion; and forsaking the conversation of men, dwell each day, from this time forward, for at least half or quarter of an hour, in some church, in the presence of Jesus Christ under the sacramental species. Taste and see how sweet is the Lord." "My Jesus, what a lovable invention this Holy Sacrament is that You would hide under the appearance of bread to make Yourself loved and to be available for visits by anyone who desires You."

YOU AND i = ADORATION

YOU AND i by Gabrielle Bossis.
The experience of reading her spiritual journal is something for pausing and reverse in the feelings  and thoughts.
The STOPS of music is one thing, the punctuation of poem can be another.
Below, the previous quotation spaces out the lines, ADORATION.

STOPS of Harmonium
a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality

Definition of poem: A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its ...

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June 25, 1942 - Le Fresne church. Visit.

"If you could only see My splendour in the tabernacle ... 

My power and My tenderness and the guard of honour formed by My hosts of angels burning with zeal. 

What reverence, what a sense of nothingness you would feel! ( ... ) 

You would see the utter unimportance of everything that is not love. 

You would realize too, that nothing could possibly give you more joy than to give Me joy. 

And you could no longer cease to gaze on Me and on Me alone. 

For I am all attractiveness. I am Charm and the Charmer. 

I am Heaven itself.

Heaven is inside the tabernacle. 

Adore with all the heavenly hosts. 

Love with them. Sing. Praise. 

Never can you overdo it, since all you have is what I have given you and all My merits are yours for the taking.

Do you know about My merits? 
Only the Father knows them all. 

And do you realize that if it were necessary I would begin all over again? 

Find a new way of praising Me every day. 

Keep on exploring My hidden treasures. 

You can never come to the end of them. 

Discover, discover, until fires undreamed of are kindled within you, and you will say, 'It was you, Lord. 

How blind I was! The best of me is always You.'

And while you are talking to Me, I'll continue to heap blessings upon you, for My heart is filled with them, and to give eases it of its burden. 

It takes a mere nothing from you to make it overflow. 

If you only knew! My poor little ones, wake up to your power over Me. 

Get to know Me a little better. 

Stammer out your words of love. I'll complete them. 

You've seen the great sun dancing in tiny mirrors? 

Who can bear its dazzling bril­liance? 

But what is a mirror without the sun?"

YOU AND i - "If you could only see My splendour in the tabernacle ..."

YOU AND i Gabrielle Bossis. p.136/7 1942

To read ‘You and i’, is to pause for a word, a phrase, a sentence.

At the top of a page I read the two short sentences, 

“Do you know about My merits? 

Only the Father knows them all.”

And I shut the book.

Then compelling to find the words again, but I had to search for the place, and got to the top of page 137.

And so it goes on, to the next sentences, the previous sentences, to next paragraph.

The words enlighten, enlarge and speak to the heart. - - -

Following the dates are the kind of Rubric for Holy Hour or Visit at the Le Fresne church, Nantes etc ....

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"You didn't hear it. But My Father does and so do all the saints in heaven. Adore each one of my loving impulses in Galilee, in Judea, on those roads you yourself have travelled. Never mind if you don't understand very well.

Already I loved you; I loved everyone without ex­ception. Love Me for all of them - or at least offer Me your desire to do so." ( ... )

June 20 - 1942. In the country.

Climbing an old flight of stairs and offering each step.

"Lord" how can You accept such tiny things?"

"You call them tiny, yet you use your memory, your understanding, and your will; in other words, your en­tire being. No matter where you give yourself to Me, I take you. Do you understand?"

June 25 - 1942. Le Fresne church. Visit.

"If you could only see My splendour in the tabernacle ... My power and My tenderness and the guard of honour formed by My hosts of angels burning with zeal. What reverence, what a sense of nothingness you would feel! ( ... ) You would see the utter unimportance of everything that is not love. You would realize too, that nothing could possibly give you more joy than to give Me joy. And you could no longer cease to gaze on Me and on Me alone. For I am all attractiveness. I am Charm and the Charmer. I am Heaven itself.

Heaven is inside the tabernacle. Adore with all the heavenly hosts. Love with them. Sing. Praise. Never can you overdo it, since all you have is what I have given you and all My merits are yours for the taking.

Do you know about My merits? Only the Father knows them all. 

And do you realize that if it were necessary I would begin all over again? 

Find a new way of praising Me every day. Keep on exploring My hidden treasures. You can never come to the end of them. Discover, discover, until fires undreamed of are kindled within you, and you will say, 'It was you, Lord. How blind I was! The best of me is always You.'

And while you are talking to Me, I'll continue to heap blessings upon you, for My heart is filled with them, and to give eases it of its burden. It takes a mere nothing from you to make it overflow. If you only knew! My poor little ones, wake up to your power over Me. Get to know Me a little better. Stammer out your words of love. I'll complete them. You've seen the great sun dancing in tiny mirrors? Who can bear its dazzling bril­liance? But what is a mirror without the sun?"

June 30 - 1942.  After Communion.

"Why not decide for the highest perfection? No need to make any vow; it might be a source of anxiety to you. Just make up your mind not merely to do things well, but as perfectly as you can. It would add to My glory. Sinners too would have their share of the benefit. Don't be afraid; be daring. We're together, you and I."

July 2 - "Yes, go to the train to meet her. Never miss a chance to be kind, and give pleasure as though it were I who gave and not you. A thoughtful gesture can do so much good. It can be the beginning of a miracle. It takes only a little kindness to melt a heart, you know."