In this segment I share a very detailed, disturbing dream experience from early on in my spiritual journey, and not long after converting to Catholicism through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). This experience showed a variety of scenes and ways that the Eucharist was not being treated with proper reverence and care.
To this I add my fervent testimony that we must hold firm to our faith in the church teaching that Jesus is truly present, Body, Blood, Soul & Divinity in the Eucharist. Not only have I personally experienced Jesus as present in the Eucharist through visions and messages received while in adoration, but my witness is added to a plethora of others who have also witnessed eucharistic miracles or had similar experiences of our Lord in the Eucharist.
Because of this Truth, it is of course also so very important that we receive the Eucharist worthily, abiding by church teaching that we should regularly partake in the Sacrament of Reconciliation to be as much as possible in a state of grace when receiving our Lord. I have testified many times over the years as to the sheer utter holiness and beauty of our Lord, and often I have wished that I could literally ‘download’ all I have experienced of Jesus for others to taste and see the Lord, as God has permitted me. I feel if this were able to be done, all would understand why I speak so fervently of the need to treat the Eucharist with the utmost of respect and care.
However, as that is an impossibility, I consign myself to my attempts to convey these things through the simple written and verbal word of my testimony. It is but a mere sketch of the fullness of the experiences, but one I have tried to do as thoroughly as possible so that I have fulfilled that which God Himself charged of me so many years ago: “The time has come for you to share that which you have been receiving.” It is my hope that this witness aids you in your belief in this central church teaching, and that Jesus, present in the Eucharist, might become central to your faith life, for He is indeed Food for our journey.
Karen
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