Do This in Memory of Me: Find My Delight

By: Laura Catherine Worhacz

Dearest Eucharistic Family,

It has been an engaging Lenten Season. My husband was healing from nine surgeries four months past when I spoke to Jesus one night in my prayer, "Lord, I never want to go to the hospital again." It was three days later when my spouse was in severe abdominal pain, and I rushed him to the emergency room at the nearest hospital. The next day he had emergency surgery. We went into the procedure with the knowledge it was 100 percent high risk, however, mandatory surgery.
 
OK, LORD! What is happening?
 
Complete surrender and full trust carried us in grace through the surgery, which turned out ok, and my husband is on the road to recovery.
 
I was in the hospital with my husband for a week, sleeping on a hard rock recliner. Already exhausted, running another mile...Faith in Jesus Christ, and His suffering keeps our soul in God's Divine plan, His delight, and the activity of the moment to be found.
 
Looking back, there were so many encounters and expressions of God to be found in the recent hospital stay. We had one young nurse assistant in the hospital who loved to come to our room, she would say so. I believe she found a mom and dad in my husband and me, for we would get excited hearing her life story. She told us about her toddler and baby, her husband, and her work. She shared more with each visit. We found out her father was incarcerated and that she had no real relationship with her mother. As we learned more, we loved this young nurse more and encouraged her more and more. I believe she found a gentle embrace in our genuine concern for her, she was not afraid to share all she had in her heart. We encouraged her to find Church, community, and a deeper relationship with the Eucharist.
 
In the excerpt below we are reminded of goodness, believing we shared this in our hospital room with this lovely young woman.
 
The Lenten Season has continued to exercise faith by the loss of a dear friend, a priest, and so many prayer intentions for the sick.
 
In the Eucharist, comfort is found. We enter into communion with the Lord, and we are not afraid. Jesus is so good to invite us to His delight even in the midst of suffering. Sadness is inevitable when there is loss, suffering, and death. Delight in hope will find doors of grace to walk through, new beginnings with lessons to remember.
 
Faith!
 
Do this in remembrance of ME!
 
Jesus' love has meant so much to His followers through the ages. We are blessed to offer up for sins past in return for all we RECEIVE.

 "In Communion, there is also pleasure; it is sweet, delicious, and divine, the delight of God. When he invites us, he always says: Come, my dove. He says this in the Song of Songs; to invite the soul, he always uses gentle expressions: Come, my dove (cf. Song 2:14). The dove is simple: Come, my sister (cf. Song 4:9); no one is afraid of a brother or sister. Come, my spouse (cf. Song 4:8), one is not afraid of a spouse. Enter into my chamber (cf. Song 2: 4). It's not even a question of mercy, or forgiveness but of the encouragement that comes from his goodness. You must answer our Lord's invitation." (Saint Peter Julian Eymard, March 1868, retreat to the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament) 
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Laura Catherine Worhacz

Laura Catherine Worhacz is a Lay Associate of the Blessed Sacrament and author of Consecration to Jesus Through Our Lady of The Blessed Sacrament. She is also the director of Mothers of The Blessed Sacrament. She lives in Trinity, FL, with her husband and their two daughters.