OUR holy faith teaches us, and we are bound to believe, that in the
consecrated Host, Jesus Christ is really present under the species
of bread. But we must also understand that He is thus present on
our altars as on a throne of love and mercy, to dispense graces,
and there to show us the love which He bears us, by being pleased
to dwell night and day hidden in the midst of us. It is well known
that the Holy Church instituted the Festival of Corpus Christi with
a solemn octave, and that she celebrates it with the many usual
processions, and such frequent expositions of this Most Holy
Sacrament, that men may thereby be moved gratefully to acknowledge
and honour this loving presence and dwelling of Jesus Christ in the
Sacrament of the Altar, by their devotions, thanksgivings, and the
tender affections of their souls. O God how many insults and
outrages has not this amiable Redeemer had, and has He not daily,
to endure in this Sacrament on the part of those very men for whose
love He remains upon their altars on earth Of this He indeed
conlplained to His dear servant Sister Margaret Alacoque, as the
author of the Book of Devotion to the Heart of Jesus relates. One
day, as she was in prayer before the Most Holy Sacrament, Jesus
showed her His Heart on a throne of flames, crowned with thorns,
and surmounted by a cross, and thus addressed her: "Behold that
Heart, which has loved men so much, and which has spared Itself
nothing; and has even gone so far as to consume Itself, thereby to
show them Its love; but in return the greater part of men only show
Me ingratitude, and this by the irreverences, tepidity, sacrileges,
and contempt which they offer Me in this Sacrament of Love; and
that which I feel the most acutely is, that they are hearts
consecrated to Me." Jesus then expressed His wish, that the first
Fridtty after the Octave of Corpus Christi should be dedicated as a
particular festival in honour of His adorable Heart; and that on
that day all souls who loved Him should endeavour, by their homage,
and by the affections of their souls, to make amends for the
insults which men have offered Him in this Sacrament of the Altar;
and at the same time He promised abundant graces to all who should
thus honour Him.
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