Do This in Memory of Me: Walk with Mary to Pentecost

By: Laura Catherine Worhacz

​A Lively Faith in the Eucharist

“Let the Holy Eucharist be your starting point; just as the rays all emanate from the sun, in the same way, this hearth of all light will be your point of departure. The holy Eucharist is Jesus past, present, and future. It was the loving purpose of his mortal life. All the mysteries are glorified therein, all his virtues admirably continued; it is the sovereign mystery of faith where all truths converge like rivers into the ocean which feeds them. When we have said Eucharist, we have said everything! It is Jesus in his sacramental state! But, in order that the Eucharist may radiate everywhere, it must be our life’s inspiration, the real science of our mind, our heart’s sovereign love; then it will become our life’s mobile passion. Our life is fully defined by our dominant passion.”

Saint Peter Julian Eymard (Praying 15 Days with Peter Julian Eymard, page 14)
 

​Dearest Eucharistic Family, 
The daily scriptures in the Easter Season keep us in flight after the long road of Lent. The Passion of Jesus lives in our existence by the grace of the Eucharist. We hold the death of our Lord deep in our hearts. We walk with Mary to Pentecost and find the immense love of God clearly defined in our Liturgical year. 
 
Our Lady lived without sin, holding all the mysteries of faith by God’s sovereign love. “When we have said Eucharist, we have said everything.”
 
Where was Mary during the 50 days after the Resurrection of Jesus? 
 
What was she doing, thinking?
 
Perhaps Mary was preparing for what would come next. Indeed, she remembered all that happened to her Son. Assuredly Our Lady was praying, finding the fullness of grace from the inner cenacle of her heart to the Altar where Heaven and earth meet. Mary’s life passion is Jesus, and He defined her existence. Eastertide; Mary’s spirit of hope enabled her to obtain from God the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 
 
As we journey to Pentecost, let us walk with Mary and pray with Mary. In the Book of Revelation, we have imagined a time when there will be no more mourning and weeping (cf. Revelation 21:4-5). On these Easter days, we are listening to the persecutions of St. Paul and the Apostles. We remember the healing in the name of the Lord Jesus. There will be a new birth streaming from our baptism to the birth of our Catholic Church at Pentecost. 

“Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, for firmly believing that the promises of the Lord would be fulfilled.” (Luke 1:45)
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As we keep our eyes fixed on the clouds, think of Mary, who beheld the death of Jesus, which would mold her into the perfect model of Christ, her Son. Pentecost is coming. The fruit and gifts of the Holy Spirit are for us to become by our yes and openness to God’s life in us. The mystery is humbling; it is found in a gift of self by submission to God’s Holy Will. Mary saw God’s Providence in every aspect of her life. Mary’s espousal to the Holy Spirit made her become Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Knowledge, Fortitude, Piety, and Fear of the Lord through her love. 

​“Let the Holy Eucharist be your starting point; just as the rays all emanate from the sun, in the same way, this hearth of all light will be your point of departure. The holy Eucharist is Jesus past, present, and future.” - St. Peter Julian

​Blessings in this Easter Season.
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Veni, Creator Spiritus (Come Holy Spirit, Creator Blest)*
 
Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest,
and in our souls take up Thy rest;
come with Thy grace and heavenly aid
to fill the hearts which Thou hast made.
 
O comforter, to Thee we cry,
O heavenly gift of God Most High,
O fount of life and fire of love,
and sweet anointing from above.
 
Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts are known;
Thou, finger of God’s hand we own;
Thou, promise of the Father,
Thou Who dost the tongue with power imbue.
 
Kindle our sense from above,
and make our hearts overflow with love;
with patience firm and virtue high
the weakness of our flesh supply.
 
Far from us drive the foe we dread,
and grant us Thy peace instead;
so shall we not, with Thee for guide,
turn from the path of life aside.
 
Oh, may Thy grace on us bestow
the Father and the Son to know;
and Thee, through endless times confessed,
of both the eternal Spirit blest.
 
Now to the Father and the Son,
Who rose from death, be glory given,
with Thou, O Holy Comforter,
 henceforth by all in earth and heaven.
Amen.

*PLENARY INDULGENCE if recited on the first of January or on the feast of the Pentecost (accompanied by the three prerequisites of a plenary indulgence). Otherwise, a partial indulgence is granted to those who recite it.

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.