Do This in Memory of Me: RECEIVE

Laura Catherine Worhacz

Dearest Eucharistic Family,
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How to make ordinary time extraordinary? We learn from Jesus.   

“Our Lord said: Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart. (Mt 11:29) What can we conclude from these words? That we must receive Communion and do so often, in order to reform our evil inclinations and to heal the wounds left by sin. Without Communion we cannot advance in the spiritual life. Then you ask, how many times must I communicate? Two or three times a week, even every day if you need to. The sicker one is, the more one needs a doctor and medicines; the feebler one is, the more one needs nourishment. Let us receive Communion so that Jesus Christ may be our strength in this land of combat and our glory in heaven. Amen.” (Saint Peter Julian Eymard, Letter to the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, June 29, 1858)  

My wedding anniversary is 11/29, November 29, and on one of my anniversaries I looked up all four Gospels, 11:29, and came across Matthew. 

“Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart.” (Mt 11:29)  

It is the most appropriate message for marriage and any relationship, especially our espousal to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.   
After 36 years of marriage, sickness and health...God shows us the way to be transformed daily into the Gift of Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Knowledge, Fortitude, Piety and Fear of the Lord. More important than our failures is our consent to live in forgiveness and integrity of heart. To have a great affection for the privilege to live in the Sacraments of our Catholic Church is example for what we believe to be true; eternal life. It is a sacrifice of our time to be disciplined into our prayer life. To attend daily Mass, to live in the Eucharist, is to make our lives a living prayer.  

​This past week a dear brother in Christ passed suddenly into eternity. It is at such times we are reminded that our time on earth is temporal, our daily routines will one day be long gone. Life is precious, we know not the hour or the moment when we will see God face to face.  

“Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” (Matthew 25:13)  

Mourning loss is very real, it is a wound never truly healed, however, in Holy Communion we are invited to be with God in the suffering. And there we find hope, extraordinary grace to endure the loss.
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The above excerpt from Saint Peter Julian teaches us to be purified through Holy Communion. The remedy for our sinful inclinations is the power of the Eucharist. Only the humble can be happy on this side of the heavens. To find humility we must find Jesus. In the life of Christ, our humanity is formed into the Divine Life. The Holy Spirit dwells in humble souls. Truly none of us are humble without combating the battle within. It is by such desire to be union with God that we can live in extraordinary grace, to find ourselves in gratitude rather than pity, in thanksgiving rather than living in self-entitlement.  

Our Eucharistic lives help us to live ultimately in love. And in love, we appreciate all those around us, by making every moment sacred; knowing the present days are passing and our time on earth to be cherished.    
When someone passes on the memories of our encounters with them are remembered. The love shared and the love we witness from their lives is a mark on our souls.  

May we follow the example of Mary who first showed us the way to humility. Mary was the first to live in an extraordinary condition of life by her service to God, by her yes through her espousal to the Holy Spirit.  With Saint Joseph leading the Holy Family, we are sure they lived in the ultimate love because they had JESUS. When our time on earth comes to pass, we will be in the PEACE of Christ since we have tried our best to live in perfect charity. In Jesus’ love, we can be in extraordinary grace in ordinary time!  

“Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” (Mark 10:14) 

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.