Comments on: The Sacred Heart and the Eucharist http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/06/29/the-sacred-heart-and-the-eucharist/ asylum for your refugee soul Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:25:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: gabrielle http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/06/29/the-sacred-heart-and-the-eucharist/comment-page-1/#comment-3549 gabrielle Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:20:35 +0000 http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/?p=1675#comment-3549 You're very welcome, Mike. I appreciate all that I learn/have learned from your own heartfelt sharings along your personal contemplative/mystical path, and the writers/holy souls who resonate with you. You’re very welcome, Mike. I appreciate all that I learn/have learned from your own heartfelt sharings along your personal contemplative/mystical path, and the writers/holy souls who resonate with you.
]]> By: Mike Farley http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/06/29/the-sacred-heart-and-the-eucharist/comment-page-1/#comment-3544 Mike Farley Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:13:04 +0000 http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/?p=1675#comment-3544 Wonderful, Gabrielle! There are depths beyond depths, and as you said in your beautiful post about your own Sacred Heart experience, we do not know how much we don't know... You have opened the eyes of my own heart with these posts - thank you so much! Wonderful, Gabrielle! There are depths beyond depths, and as you said in your beautiful post about your own Sacred Heart experience, we do not know how much we don’t know… You have opened the eyes of my own heart with these posts – thank you so much!
]]> By: gabrielle http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/06/29/the-sacred-heart-and-the-eucharist/comment-page-1/#comment-3530 gabrielle Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:51:56 +0000 http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/?p=1675#comment-3530 Cathy, you too? :) Thank you! It is not my practice to share personal mystical experiences here, but I think from time to time it may be appropriate, if they might help others in any way. Carol, thank you. So what can we say about this beautiful Methodist woman so treasured by the Lord, whose Heart she knew? Might we say that when He brought her to heaven, she was shown how even more fully she would have known Him and been constantly nourished by Him and how more present He would have been to her through the Eucharist? How the graces provided to her through the sacrament of the Eucharist would have helped to sustain her throughout the course of her life (as Catherine Doherty said, which I quoted in a post a few months back, "everything can be borne between two Masses...) I do believe in the indwelling of the Divine in people of all faiths, but am so grateful for the extra graces, strength and sustenance given to us through the sacraments of the Catholic church, as I know you are too! Cathy, you too? :) Thank you! It is not my practice to share personal mystical experiences here, but I think from time to time it may be appropriate, if they might help others in any way.

Carol, thank you. So what can we say about this beautiful Methodist woman so treasured by the Lord, whose Heart she knew? Might we say that when He brought her to heaven, she was shown how even more fully she would have known Him and been constantly nourished by Him and how more present He would have been to her through the Eucharist? How the graces provided to her through the sacrament of the Eucharist would have helped to sustain her throughout the course of her life (as Catherine Doherty said, which I quoted in a post a few months back, “everything can be borne between two Masses…) I do believe in the indwelling of the Divine in people of all faiths, but am so grateful for the extra graces, strength and sustenance given to us through the sacraments of the Catholic church, as I know you are too!

]]> By: Cathy http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/06/29/the-sacred-heart-and-the-eucharist/comment-page-1/#comment-3523 Cathy Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:28:25 +0000 http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/?p=1675#comment-3523 I still have sooooo much to learn! You are a wonderful teacher!!! Cathy I still have sooooo much to learn! You are a wonderful teacher!!! Cathy
]]> By: Carol http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/06/29/the-sacred-heart-and-the-eucharist/comment-page-1/#comment-3521 Carol Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:56:26 +0000 http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/?p=1675#comment-3521 Amen, and extra-beautiful. I did not hear the phrase "Eucharistic Heart of Jesus" until sometime within the past 15 or 20 years or so. About 15 years ago, I came across a life-altering book.. for 10 cents, yes, at a church rummage table whereon no book retained its front cover. I can remember the smell of the place, the rustlings behind me, and how my eyes suddenly dilated when I read the words on the book's spine; it was one of those moments when only goodwill stops you from hunching over your treasure -- when you wish you had gymnasium-sized wings to spread out so no one else could reach for it, so that you wouldn't have to go home empty, and wait.. I hope silly joy pleases Him. I'm certain I read "Miracle of Lanciano" in one sitting, the moment the girls went to bed. I don't recall what Fr. Hardon said per se, but I know I've been inexplicably drawn to (and have *met*) him and many of the saints and confessors who were in love with Love. The one mystery spot in it all that I still ponder to this day, because it was so electrifying in its sudden unexpected strength, was how present He was just under the breastbone in a dying Methodist woman. Yes, her heart. There was to be no interference, now. <i>None.</i> I was frightened by the intensity, and was glad my shift had ended. He treasured her; she was not just holy ground, she was <i>His</i>. Amen, and extra-beautiful.

I did not hear the phrase “Eucharistic Heart of Jesus” until sometime within the past 15 or 20 years or so.

About 15 years ago, I came across a life-altering book.. for 10 cents, yes, at a church rummage table whereon no book retained its front cover. I can remember the smell of the place, the rustlings behind me, and how my eyes suddenly dilated when I read the words on the book’s spine; it was one of those moments when only goodwill stops you from hunching over your treasure — when you wish you had gymnasium-sized wings to spread out so no one else could reach for it, so that you wouldn’t have to go home empty, and wait.. I hope silly joy pleases Him. I’m certain I read “Miracle of Lanciano” in one sitting, the moment the girls went to bed.

I don’t recall what Fr. Hardon said per se, but I know I’ve been inexplicably drawn to (and have *met*) him and many of the saints and confessors who were in love with Love. The one mystery spot in it all that I still ponder to this day, because it was so electrifying in its sudden unexpected strength, was how present He was just under the breastbone in a dying Methodist woman. Yes, her heart. There was to be no interference, now. None. I was frightened by the intensity, and was glad my shift had ended. He treasured her; she was not just holy ground, she was His.

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