{"id":5255,"date":"2022-10-18T01:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T00:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5255"},"modified":"2022-10-14T03:16:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T02:16:30","slug":"this-is-the-feeling-that-i-experience-every-time-that-i-carry-the-blessed-sacrament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5255","title":{"rendered":"THIS IS THE FEELING THAT I EXPERIENCE EVERY TIME THAT I CARRY THE BLESSED SACRAMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"

“When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host, you understand how much Jesus loves you now.” (St Teresa of Calcutta)<\/span><\/h3>\n

Bishop Eugene expresses his personal Eucharistic devotion during adoration in one of his churches.<\/h3>\n

While reciting the psalms and canticles with the greatest fervor possible, I gave myself over to a type of filial trust for imploring this good Master to not permit me ever to be separated from Him in eternity. It seemed to me impossible that, having the signal good fortune of seeing him, of contemplating him so closely, of placing him upon my breast, of adoring him while rendering him this duty, it seemed to me impossible, I say, that he would not grant me to follow him and to possess him eternally.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

The thought of my sins could frighten me, but, during these precious moments, it seems to me that the mercy of my Savior absorbs every fear and every terror and that there is place in my heart only for trust and for love. This is the feeling that I experience every time that I carry the Blessed Sacrament.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 15 March 1846, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host, you understand how much Jesus loves you now.” (St Teresa of Calcutta) Bishop Eugene expresses his personal Eucharistic devotion … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}