Louis, Archbishop Raymond Burke addressed his listeners saying, 'Our life in Christ, by its very nature, expresses itself in Christlike works. The light of Christ within us shines forth in our deeds, so that we may draw others to Christ and their eternal salvation.' Can the adorer of Christ do anything but good works; I mean, if we truly are finding Christ in faith in the Eucharistis presence, can anything else arise from our lives but goodness? Yet, what Archbishop Raymond Burke says echoes the very words of Christ, 'that they may see your good works and give praise to your Heavenly Father.' The Catholic adorer of Christ in the Eucharist must always guard against two errors in his behavior towards others in the world: first, the attitude that the world is disconnected from God; secondly, that the world and its followers don't know God. There is light and goodness in the world, despite the darkness of sin and ignorance and atheistic attitudes so prevalent, but there can be more light. Jesus said, 'I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.' How does this fullness of life come into the world. First of all it came that bright Easter morning at the Resurrection of Christ. Secondly, it comes by way of the followers of Christ as they live Him in their lives. One way of drawing close to Christ is thru Eucharistic adoration. Today, there are thousands of parishes across the United States that are setting up perpetual adoration for the faithful. This makes Christ perpetually present to each member of the parish. This means that night and day, a perpetual prayer, in union with Christ, thru the faithful of the parish, goes up to the Heavenly Father, on each members behalf. Spending time with the Eucharistic Lord means suffering oneself and all that still remains to be purified before death, to be acceptable to God to enter Heaven. Prayer is a purification. For anyone who has doubts-ask any of the Saints; that is, consult their teachings. Even Jesus gives us many examples of this kind of prayer: 'Father, let this chalice pass me by;' 'pray always and don't lose heart;' 'when you pray, go to your room, shut your door and pray to your Father in secret;' 'when you give alms, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,' etc. Prayerful Eucharistic adoration is a commitment to Christ, it is a time spent, if you will, credited to eternity, to spend time with the Creator and Redeemer of our souls. The Psalmist presents this reality clearly in his words, 'like the deer that longs for running streams, so my soul is longing for you, my God.' 'When the Son of Man come will he find faith in men's hearts?' When he comes, will we recognize him as the one who 'broke bread with us,' and came as Eucharistic presence? crl IPNews

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'It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of God.' If one is to think about falling in to the hands of God, we should readily call to mind the very great Mother of God, the Theotokos. Much more than falling into God's hands form the beginning as the 'wisdom of God,' and the tabernacle where he would place his Only-Begotten, the Theotokos also shares in OUR humanity. Form, in its widest meaning, has as its meaning, that which makes a thing what it is, but how do you name a form which contains the formless ONE of all forms. Truly she us nearest the very 'power and wisdom of God' (1 Cor. 1:24); but the nearness comes from of her role as MOTHER of GOD. Being Mother she is also contains within hereself in a Mysterious way that which she gave birth to, yet He who she gave birth to contained her befroe she gave birth to Him. Just as Jesus could say, 'before Abraham I AM; so Mary could say, 'before I gave birth to Him, HE gave birth to me.' Now this giving birth and you are being given birth is very unique to the Immaculata Conception of Mary. It was into the spotless womb of Mary that Jesus Christ made his entrance into the world. How did Mary experience and understand her experience of the 'Son of God Most High.' What was her infused knowledge of this reality when she said, 'let it be done to me as you say.' Or on hearing the words from the Archangel Gabriel, 'Hail, Full of grace.' Mary''s life was truly sheltered within the 'hands of God.' The late Fr. Faber says in his book Foot of the Cross that the law of the Incarnation was the law of suffering;' that is, that those came to know Christ had to follow the Lord in suffering in the redemption fo the world. Surely Christ came 'to make our joy complete;' on the other hand, there is no following the 'way, the truth, and the life, ' without denying your very self. If we make our home in Mary, thru sincere prayer we will find that her earnest prayer for us reaches to the very core of our being and lead us to the intimate union with the Blessed Trinity within-not without a cost to ouorselves, but despite ourselves and thru grace we will find Christ.

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'But to those who are called, the power of God and the Wisdom of God.' (1 Cor. 1:24) It doesn't take a genius of high I.Q. to figure out that if God has become man in Christ Jesus, then there are terrible and significant consequences. On the other hand, for those who conotinue to seek to challenge God in Jesus Christ, this leads to even more significant and eternal consequences. Jesus understood the need for signs of faith; this is the reason why he performed miracles and performed many supernatural acts while living among us. One of the most significant acts he performed was to institute the Holy Eucharist, a mystery of faith-the heart of the Church. The Eucharist is 'the source and summit of our faith; ' the source because it is Christ Jesus himself glorified and risen; the summit, because no one can receive more than the entire divinity: body, soul, blood, AND DIVINITY.' Such was St. Thomas Aquinas faith in the Eucharist when in his Summa Theologica he says 'it is absolutely necessary to confess according to the Catholic faith that the entire Christ is present in this sacrament.' If one is to gain the essential insight into the Eucharist as Aquinas one must simply take Jesus at his word, 'this IS my body, which will be given up for you.' IS must be understood as the power of God to sustain all creation, but much more than that, the CREATOR himself present in the Eucharist; more still, GOD, incomprehensible and entire. Though we assent to Jesus presence in the Eucharistic species as second person of the Blessed Trinity, still he is united as the Word to the Trinity: 'the Father and I are One;'(Unbegotten and Only-Begotten) and 'I will send you another parclete to be with you,'(active Spiration between teh father and the Son) and 'I am with you until the end of time.' (the WORD's permanent presence with His institutional Church-the Catholic Church). Our faith in the Eucharistic presence of Our Divine Lord is the Kingdom of God among us, already realized thru his Passion, Death and resurrection. Yet what shows the power of God at work in Christ, is that he gave us the Eucharist BEFORE his passion, so as to not lose faith and save us from useless worry about his overcoming death. It is good to be here Lord, let us build three tents. One for You, Moses and Ellijah.' But Jesus had other plans for his Apostles, 'go out to the whole world and TELL THE GOOD NEWS.' crl Immaculata Publishing News