“Upon receiving Holy Communion, the Adorable Blood of Jesus Christ really flows in our veins and His flesh is really blended with ours.”

                            ~St. John Vianney

For Reflection:

Do I truly believe that this is what takes place when I receive the Eucharist? In what practical way can I help myself to enter more deeply into this reality of our Faith?

In Conversation With God Vol 2
Daily Meditations Lent and Easter 
Francis Fernandez-Carvajal
Pb 609 pgs
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FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
5. THE TEMPTATIONS OF JESUS
5.1 God allows us to be tempted so that we may grow in virtue.

As Our Lord did everything for our instruction, says St John Chrysostom, so he wished to be led out into the wilderness and there to enter into combat with the devil.  He did this in order that the baptized should not be troubled if after Baptism they suffer still greater temptations, as though such were not to be expected.