Mother of the Eucharist

I love this image of Our Lady of the Eucharist because, unlike so many other images of her, she looks directly at us, inviting us to come to her Son in the Eucharist.                                                                                                                                                                 

"Jesus in the Holy Eucharist is Mary’s Gift to you. Jesus, not satis­fied with having Himself to all mankind in the Incarnation, wished to become united with each of us in a most intimate man­ner by means of the Holy Eucharist, for by an unceasing act of love He gives Himself to us in each Consecration and in each Com­munion.

"Mary’s heart is always conformable to her Son’s will. Hav­ing loved her sinful children so much as to sacrifice for them her only Son in His Passion, she loved them to the end by giving them the Holy Eucharist.

Every day she renews her gift generously, be­cause to each Sacrifice of her Son she gives her consent; each Consecration is her gift to us. Each Communion is a mystery of her love for us and a grace she obtains and bestows on us.

This gift of her heart entitles her to be called the Mother of the Holy Eucharist."  

St. Peter Julian Eymard

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