Catechism #1397You have tasted the Blood of the Lord, yet you do not recognize your brother...You dishonor this table when you do not judge worthy of sharing your food someone judged worthy to take part in this meal...God freed you from all your sins and invited you here, but you have not become more merciful. (St. John Chrysostom)
In the life of the saints we see a great devotion to the Holy Eucharist. For Secular Carmelites the life of our Holy Father, St. John of the Cross is no exception. Here is an excerpt from his biographical sketch from the Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D., Pg. 27
His experience of God was always rooted in the life of the Church, nourished by the sacrame
nts and the liturgy. Witnesses of his life spoke of the devotion with which he celebrated Mass. A center of his contemplation, Mass often proved to be an occasion for special graces. During the celebration he could become so lost in God that he had no consciousness of his surrounding. His greatest suffering during the imprisonment in Toledo was being deprived of the Eucharist. The Blessed Sacrament was "all his glory, all his happiness, and for him far surpassed all the things of the earth." The one privilege he accepted when major superior in Segovia was the cell closest to the Blessed Sacrament.O Sacrament most holy
O Sacrament divine
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be every moment Thine!
Peace be with you!
Rosemarie, OCDS
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