Ave Maria Meditations
“By His stripes we were healed.” (Is 53:4)
When we look at the Sacred Host we are reminded of the sacrifice Jesus made for us to be the very life of our soul, because the Eucharist flows from Our Lord’s Passion. It is the sweet fruit of all His sufferings.
Jesus chooses to come to us in this most Blessed Sacrament under the appearance of bread. It is a constant reminder to us of how much He loves us, for like wheat which is beaten, broken, and crushed before it becomes bread, Jesus our Divine Wheat was willing to be beaten at the pillar, broken in Heart and crushed in humiliation that He may become for us “the Living Bread come down from Heaven”. He said: “The Bread I will give is My flesh for the life of the world.”
Prayer: Jesus, by the physical wounds You suffered at the Pillar, help us to overcome the inclinations of the flesh that we may live in Your Spirit and prefer Your love to all other loves. Through Mary we pray that we may be pure in thought and deed. Through Mary we pray for a deep understanding of Your personal love for us in the Holy Eucharist and that, like her, we may respond to You with our whole heart.
Fr. Martin Lucia
