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The Eucarist - Then Cardenal Bergoglio now Pope Francis (In Spanish);English translation:
“I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until I drink the new wine in the Kingdom of God.” In these words an interim slice of time is open between the redemption of Jesus and the definitive consummation, which will be personal when I meet with the Father and will become universal when Jesus comes to establish all things. In the Eucharist we get advance notice of this long journey: the daily Mass, the frequent Communion; they are like the vines, providing an advance taste, a binding promise of what awaits us: it is the net of this banquet. I do not know, I wish not to be blasphemous, but with all loving respect I would like to say that this could be an aperitif before the banquet, that our Lord goes ahead of us and gives himself as part of that banquet which will be fulfilled over there, in heaven. Sometimes the difficulties of the long journey which leads to the final Kingdom become diluted in the daily life routines that we start to become cold, indifferent; and sometimes we go to communions, just like that, mechanically, just like passing by, in a hurry. It all depends on the intent. I remember when I was young, I would start work at 7 in the morning, downtown in the city of Buenos Aires; and I would have to take a bus, a bus that would take a long time coming. At 6:10 I so wanted to enter the seminary, but it was not yet the moment. At 6:10 I arrived at a Parish that was one street block from the bus stop; the priest already knew, would give me the Eucharist, and during the whole trip I would go praying to the Lord, with such great joy!, I wanted to receive the Lord so He would strengthen me during the day. And that impeded me from becoming indifferent, constantly bored. When I could not do it, or I lost the bus or arrived late to work, slowly one would enter into the routine, become a little colder. The Eucharist is that advance taste of the banquet in Heaven which keeps us in good shape, which keeps us trotting daily in that hope of the celestial banquet. All this in some way makes us taste and feel the sweetness of what heaven is, even in the midst of those days, those times when we have to bite the sour grapes of tribulation; we all go through this also; but when in the midst of tribulation we receive Jesus in the Eucharist, He gives us the strength to think about the plenitude of joy that we will enjoy in the celestial banquet. The Lord becomes our travelling companion.
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Saint Julian Eymard
Eymard was born 4 February 1811 at La Mure, Isère, France. His first attempt as a seminarian ended when he departed because of poor health. Nevertheless, on 20 July 1834, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grenoble. In 1839, he joined the Marist Fathers, where he worked as a well-respected spiritual advisor with seminarians and priests. He worked with the Third Order of Mary and other lay organizations promoting devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and to the Eucharist, particularly in the Forty Hours. He rose to the position of Provincial of the Society at Lyon in 1845. In 1856, due to disputes with the Marists, Eymard left them and founded the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament and, in 1858, together with Marguerite Guillot founded the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, a contemplative congregation for women.The Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament began working with children in Paris to prepare them to receive their First Communion. It also reached out to non-practicing Catholics, inviting them to repent and begin receiving Communion again. Eymard was a tireless proponent of frequent Holy Communion, an idea given more authoritative backing by Pope Pius X in 1905.
Eymard overcame a number of difficulties to reach his goals, including poverty in his family and in his newly founded community, his father's initial opposition to his only son’s desire to be a priest, years of serious illness and pain, a Jansenistic striving for inner perfection and the difficulties of getting diocesan and later papal approval for his new religious community. Eymard was a contemporary and a friend of other saints including Peter Chanel, John Vianney and Marcellin Champagnat.
The French sculptor Auguste Rodin received counsel from Eymard when Rodin entered the Congregation as a lay brother in 1862, having given up art after the death of his sister. Eymard recognized Rodin's talent and advised him to return to his vocation. Rodin later produced a bust of Eymard.
Eymard died on 1 August 1868. He was declared venerable in 1908, beatified in 1925, and canonized by Pope John XXIII on 9 December 1962. His feast day is celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church on 2 August. He was named Apostle of the Eucharist.
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Pope Benedict XVI Pilgrim of Charity
Thousands of Cubans lined the streets waiting for hours to greet our Holy Father. Thousands more walked many miles to the main plaza to hear his holy words. And they were overjoyed to see the Pilgrim of Charity and the Virgin of Charity in a wondrous ceremony where everyone sang: "Todos tus hijos a ti clamamos, Virgen Mambisa, que seamos hermanos". (All your sons raise this clamour to you, Virgin Mambisa, that we may be brothers.)
"Mambisa" is the name of heroic women who fought for liberty during the independence of Cuba.
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