Participating In the Fruits Of The Passion
Participating In the Fruits Of The Passion
It is particularly in the reception of Holy Communion that we participate personally in the fruits of the Sacred Passion. The sacred body that was so tortured for us, the Precious Blood pouring from that sacred Heart which has loved as no other ever will or can -- is not to be worshipped as something afar. We are to hold Him close in an intimate embrace of love. Let us heed His desire to be united with us in Holy Communion and let us remember His warning: "Unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink His Blood, you shall not have life in you."
And what better way to prolong the sanctifying effects of our Sacramental Communions than by frequently gazing with faith and love on the Holy Face of the God-Man photographed from the Holy Shroud! This contemplation will become for us the simplest and surest form of Spiritual Communion -- of "proclaiming His death" throughout the day by our soul's most intimate response to the Love, Compassion and Majesty depicted on that Sacred Face.
In reparation for the mocking homage paid to our Divine Savior at the crowning with thorns, let us kneel before the Real Presence in the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar and repeat in reverence, "We adore You, O Christ our King."