POPE LEO XIV: IF YOU DON’T SAY THIS AT COMMUNION… YOU’RE MISSING GRACES

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Most Christians receive the Eucharist but miss this one essential moment of grace. Pope Leo XIV reveals what you MUST say at Communion to open your soul fully to God’s blessing. Discover this forgotten spiritual key. 🙏 Subscribe for more insights from Pope Leo XIV’s Wisdom.
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what if I told you that every time you

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receive Holy Communion you're standing

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at the threshold of heaven but you might

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be missing the key to unlock its graces

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a new pope has just been elected and his

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first message to the world isn't what

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you'd expect it's not about global

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crises church scandals or social reforms

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it's about you and the way you approach

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the

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Eucharist pope Leo I 14th's words are a

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wake-up call for Catholics everywhere if

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you don't do this one thing at communion

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you're missing graces that could

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transform your life heal your wounds and

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draw you closer to God stay with me

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because what you're about to hear could

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change the way you encounter Jesus

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forever if this resonates with your soul

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comment below open my heart Lord in his

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very first homaly as pontiff delivered

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to a packed saint Peter square Pope Leo

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I 14th looked out at the sea of faithful

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bishops priests and lay people from

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every corner of the globe and spoke with

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a clarity that pierced the heart to

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receive the eukarist without speaking to

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Christ is to welcome a guest but leave

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him at the door something vital is

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missing every Sunday millions of

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Catholics approach the altar some even

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attend mass and receive communion daily

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hands outstretched mouths open but too

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often hearts closed minds distracted

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souls

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unprepared we receive the body blood

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soul and divinity of Jesus Christ the

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God of the universe the Savior who died

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for us and yet we say nothing we return

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to our pews as if it's just another

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moment in our day another item checked

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off our spiritual to-do list but if we

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truly believe that Jesus is present in

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the Eucharist not as a symbol but as a

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living reality how can we remain silent

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a simple "Thank you Jesus." A quiet "I

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need you," or even a heartfelt "I'm

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yours." These aren't just words they're

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keys that unlock the floodgates of grace

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bridges that connect our hearts to his

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without them we risk walking away

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unchanged untouched and unaware of the

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divine presence dwelling within us

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longing to transform us from the inside

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out pope Leo I 14th in a private

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audience with priests just days after

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his election shared a profound insight

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that has since reverberated through the

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church the eukarist is not a ritual to

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be performed it's a relationship to be

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lived but a relationship requires

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communication a mutual exchange of love

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think about it if you invited a dear

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friend into your home but said nothing

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to them no greeting no conversation not

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even a smile how would they feel they

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might feel ignored unwelcome or unloved

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now imagine that friend is Jesus the

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savior who suffered and died for you who

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humbles himself to become truly present

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in the eukarist to be united with you in

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the most intimate way possible st john

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Vienna the patron saint of priests once

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said if we truly understood the mass we

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would die of joy yet so many of us

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approach communion unprepared distracted

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or indifferent we come straight from the

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chaos of life traffic jams heated

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arguments endless notifications on our

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phones and expect to encounter God

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without a moment of preparation we walk

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into mass with our minds racing our

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hearts cluttered and our souls restless

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but as Pope Leo I 14th reminds us a

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heart that is not ready cannot fully

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receive the one it seeks preparation is

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not a luxury it's a necessity

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preparation isn't about perfection it's

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about intention about creating space for

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Jesus to enter look at the saints whose

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lives were transformed by their

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eucharistic encounters st padre Peio the

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stigmatist priest who bore the wounds of

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Christ would spend hours in prayer

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before celebrating mass sometimes

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staying up all night in adoration

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because he knew who he was about to

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receive he once said "My heart feels as

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if it is on fire when I receive him." St

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elizabeth of the Trinity a Carmelite nun

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would enter a deep silence before

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communion preparing her soul as a little

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heaven for Jesus a sanctuary where he

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could dwell st john Bosow the founder of

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the Celisians would teach his boys to

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make a spiritual preparation before mass

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encouraging them to offer their hearts

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to Jesus even before they arrived at

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church these saints understood that the

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Eucharist is not a routine it's a divine

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encounter a meeting of hearts a moment

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of communion with the God who loves us

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infinitely pope Leo I 14th urges us to

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follow their example before approaching

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the altar take a moment to enter the

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inner sanctuary of your heart confess

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your sins even if just in a quick prayer

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of contrition such as "Lord I'm sorry

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for my sins cleanse my heart." Quiet

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your mind even if it's just for a few

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seconds by breathing deeply and focusing

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on Jesus offer your distractions to God

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saying,"Lord I give you my worries help

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me to be present." When your soul is

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attentive and open grace flows freely

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like water into a vessel that's been

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emptied and cleaned but when we rush in

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unprepared when we approach the altar

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with a heart full of noise and clutter

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we risk missing the transformation that

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Jesus longs to work in us now let's

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address a common misconception that

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keeps many of us silent at communion

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speaking to Jesus isn't about finding

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the perfect words or reciting a

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memorized prayer it's about authenticity

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about speaking from the heart even if

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your words are simple or imperfect pope

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Leo I 14th teaches "Even a silent heart

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can speak but an indifferent heart

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cannot." The saints show us the way

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offering us beautiful examples of what

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it means to speak to Jesus with love and

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longing santa of Liu the little flower

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would whisper after communion "Jesus

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make my heart like yours let me love as

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you love." St ignatius of Lyola the

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founder of the Jesuits would pray "Take

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Lord and receive all my liberty my

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memory my understanding and my entire

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will everything I have is yours st faina

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Kowalsska the apostle of divine mercy

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would simply say "Jesus I trust in you."

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A prayer that became the cornerstone of

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her spiritual life and St alphonsus

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Legori the great moral theologian would

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often pray "My Jesus I adore you within

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me make me all yours." These weren't

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scripted prayers they were the cries of

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hearts in love with God hearts that

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couldn't help but speak to the one they

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loved pope Leo I 14th encourages us to

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speak what's real even if it's messy or

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halting maybe your prayer is "Jesus I

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don't know how to love you but teach

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me." Or "I'm broken Lord heal me." Or

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"I'm so tired give me strength." When

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you speak from the heart you open the

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door to grace allowing Jesus to enter

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more deeply into your life so why do so

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many of us stay silent at communion even

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when we know Jesus is present pope Leo I

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14th identifies three obstacles that

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prevent us from speaking to him and

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they're not rooted in bad intentions

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first routine we've received communion

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so many times hundreds maybe thousands

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that it can feel mechanical like a habit

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we perform without thinking we kneel

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receive and sit down our minds already

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on what comes next lunch errands or the

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week ahead second fear we worry our

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words won't be good enough that we'll

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say the wrong thing or that our prayers

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won't be eloquent so we say nothing at

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all thinking silence is safer than

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speaking imperfectly third ignorance

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many Catholics simply don't know they

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can and should speak to Jesus after

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receiving him no one ever taught them

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that communion is not just a moment of

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receiving but a moment of relationship a

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moment to converse with the God who has

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just entered their soul but as Pope Leo

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I 14th warns silence born of distraction

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or indifference closes the heart to

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grace jesus is not a symbol not a ritual

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not a concept he is a person longing to

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be loved longing to hear your voice so

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what should we say to Jesus pope Leo I

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14th offers three simple phrases to

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whisper after receiving communion words

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that when spoken with faith can open

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your soul to grace and deepen your

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relationship with Christ jesus stay with

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me break what is not of you teach me to

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love you these aren't magic words

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they're an invitation a way to open your

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heart to the one who has just entered it

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jesus stay with me acknowledges his real

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presence in the Eucharist and expresses

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your desire for him to remain with you

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not just in that moment but throughout

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your day break what is not of you is a

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prayer of surrender offering him your

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sins your distractions your fears and

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asking him to purify your heart teach me

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to love you opens you to the

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transformative power of his love

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inviting him to shape you into the

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person he created you to be pope Leo I

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14th shared a story of a young mother in

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Brazil who began praying these words

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after communion she was struggling with

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anger and resentment after a difficult

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divorce and she felt stuck in a cycle of

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bitterness but after hearing the pope's

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message she decided to try this simple

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prayer week after week she whispered

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these words after receiving communion

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and over time she noticed a change i

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felt lighter she said the anger started

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to melt away and I began to feel a peace

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I hadn't known in years jesus was

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working in me even when I couldn't see

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it these phrases aren't a formula

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they're a starting point a way to begin

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the conversation make them your own

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maybe your prayer is "Jesus I'm scared

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hold me." Or "I'm lost guide me." Or

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"I'm angry soften my heart." What

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matters is that you speak with honesty

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that you let your heart speak to his but

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speaking to Jesus is only the beginning

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pope Leo I 14th poses a challenging

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question that forces us to examine our

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own eucharistic lives if you've received

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Christ why are you still the same the

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Eucharist isn't just a moment of grace

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it's meant to change you to transform

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you to make you more like Christ the

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saints knew this and their lives bear

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witness to the power of the Eucharist to

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sanctify st clare of Aisi the founder of

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the poor Claire's would weep after

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communion overwhelmed by Christ's

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presence her heart so united with his

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that she felt his love radiating through

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her st philip Ner the Apostle of Rome

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would tremble during mass his heart

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burning with such love for the Eucharist

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that witnesses said his chest would

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visibly shake st gemma Galgani a young

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mystic would fall into ecstasy after

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communion so united with Jesus that she

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felt his wounds in her own body st

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katherine of Sienna a doctor of the

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church wrote in her dialogues "My soul

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melts in your presence Lord and I become

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one with you." These saints didn't walk

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away from communion the same they were

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changed marked by heaven set on fire

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with love for God and others and us too

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often we receive communion and leave

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unchanged still anxious still bitter

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still stuck in the same patterns of sin

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and selfishness we carry the same

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grudges struggle with the same fears and

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battle the same temptations week after

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week year after year what's missing

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often it's an open heart that says

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"Jesus do something in me today change

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me heal me make me new." As Pope Leo I

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14th puts it "If you leave the altar

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without a trace of heaven you may have

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received the bread but not the fire the

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Eucharist is a fire that burns away what

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is not of God but only if you let it."

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And here's the part we often forget the

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part that Pope Leo I 14th emphasizes

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again and again the moments after

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communion are sacred perhaps the most

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sacred of your entire week when you

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receive the Eucharist Jesus is

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physically present within you for about

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15 minutes until the host is fully

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dissolved by your body during that time

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the God of the universe is closer to you

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than your own breath dwelling in your

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soul longing to speak to you to heal you

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to love you those 15 minutes are a

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golden opportunity not to rush out of

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the church not to check your phone for

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messages not to start thinking about

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your to-do list but to be with him to

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rest in his presence to let him work in

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you st alphonsus Legori the great doctor

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of the church would remain in

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thanksgiving for hours after mass

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savoring Christ's presence often saying

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"I cannot leave him he is my all." St

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margaret Mary Alakok the apostle of the

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sacred heart would sit in silence after

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communion listening to what she called

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the heartbeat of Jesus within her a

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rhythm of love that spoke to her soul st

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john of the Cross the mystical doctor

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wrote that the moments after communion

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were a time of divine union when the

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soul is most intimately united with God

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but in many churches today the second

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mass ends the noise begins keys jingling

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voices rising footsteps echoing as

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people rush to the parking lot their

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minds already on the next task we leave

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Jesus behind even as he remains within

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us longing for our attention longing for

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our love pope Leo I 14th urges us to

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stay to linger with him even if just for

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a few minutes whisper "Jesus you are

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here i'm here with you." Then listen let

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your heart echo the silence of Mary at

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the foot of the cross the silence of the

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shepherds before the manger the silence

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of the apostles in the upper room in

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that stillness you may hear him speak

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not in words but in peace in warmth in a

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quiet assurance that you are loved and

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that stillness may become the most

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transformative moment of your day a

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moment when heaven touches earth in the

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quiet of your heart let me tell you

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about Thomas a 72year-old widowerower

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from Ireland whose story shows the power

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of this simple act of staying with Jesus

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for years Thomas attended mass out of

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duty a habit ingrained since childhood

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communion was a part of the routine

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reverent but not remarkable he would

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receive the eukarist say a quick prayer

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and leave the church his mind already on

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the rest of his day but after his wife

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passed away Thomas felt a deep

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loneliness that nothing could fill he

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began to hear Pope Leo I 14th's messages

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on the radio messages that spoke of the

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Eucharist as a source of intimacy with

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Christ the next Sunday Thomas decided to

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try something new after receiving

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communion he stayed in his pew something

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he had never done before he whispered

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"Jesus I'm lonely be my friend." At

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first he felt nothing just the quiet of

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the church and the sound of his own

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breathing but as he sat in silence he

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felt a warmth he couldn't explain a

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gentle presence that seemed to wrap

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around him like a comforting embrace the

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second week he stayed again praying the

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same simple prayer and this time he felt

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a peace that settled into his heart

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easing the ache of his loneliness the

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third week as he sat in silence tears

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began to fall not tears of sadness but

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tears of joy of gratitude of connection

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"i used to leave right after mass,"

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Thomas shared with his parish priest

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"now I stay and I feel him with me i'm

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not alone anymore i feel my wife's

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presence too as if she's with him and

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they're both with me." Pope Leo I 14th

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might call this eukaristic intimacy a

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closeness with Christ that heals in ways

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words can't capture a closeness that

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reminds us we are never truly alone but

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Thomas's story isn't unique it's a

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glimpse of what's possible for all of us

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when we take Pope Leo I 14th's message

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to heart consider Maria a 35-year-old

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nurse from the Philippines who heard the

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Pope's homaly during a live stream mass

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maria had always been a faithful

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Catholic attending mass every Sunday and

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receiving communion with devotion but

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she struggled with anxiety especially

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after long shifts at the hospital during

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the pandemic she often felt overwhelmed

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unable to find peace even in prayer

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after hearing Pope Leo I 14th's call to

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speak to Jesus at communion Maria

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decided to try the three phrases the

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Pope suggested the next Sunday after

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receiving the Eucharist she whispered

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"Jesus stay with me break what is not of

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you teach me to love you." She stayed in

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her pew for a few minutes her hands

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clasped her eyes closed at first her

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mind raced with thoughts of her patience

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her schedule her fears but as she

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repeated the prayer in her heart she

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felt a stillness settle over her a peace

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that seemed to come from outside herself

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over the weeks Maria made this a habit

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speaking to Jesus after every communion

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staying in silence to listen her anxiety

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didn't disappear overnight but she began

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to notice a difference "i feel

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stronger," she said "i still have hard

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days but I know he's with me i can feel

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him carrying me through." Maria's story

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like Thomas's shows that the Eucharist

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isn't just a moment of grace it's a

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source of strength a wellspring of

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healing a place of encounter with the

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God who sees us knows us and loves us

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pope Leo I 14th's message isn't just for

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the saints for priests or for those with

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a natural inclination toward prayer it's

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for all of us no matter where we are in

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our spiritual journey whether you're a

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lifelong Catholic who has received

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communion thousands of times or a new

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convert still learning the rhythms of

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the faith the Eucharist is an invitation

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to encounter Jesus in a way that is

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personal intimate and life-changing the

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Pope reminds us that every communion is

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an opportunity to start a new to deepen

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our relationship with Christ to let him

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transform us from the inside out he

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encourages us to approach each communion

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with the wonder of a child the longing

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of a lover the trust of a friend what if

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this were your first communion he asks

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what if it were your last how would you

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approach the altar then these questions

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challenge us to let go of routine to

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break free from distraction to open our

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hearts to the one who waits for us in

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the eukarist and this invitation extends

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beyond the moment of communion itself

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pope Leo I 14th teaches that the graces

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of the Eucharist are meant to ripple out

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into our lives transforming not just our

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hearts but our actions our relationships

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our world st theres of Kolkata who spent

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hours in Eucharistic adoration each day

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once said the time you spend with Jesus

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in the blessed sacrament is the best

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time you will spend on earth she drew

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strength from the eukarist to serve the

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poorest of the poor seeing Christ in the

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faces of those she helped st damian of

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Malachi the apostle to the lepers found

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courage in the Eucharist to live among

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those who were outcast offering them

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love and dignity even at the cost of his

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own life the Eucharist changed these

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saints and it can change us too if we

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let it pope Leo I 14th challenges us to

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live the Eucharist to let its fire burn

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away our selfishness our pride our fear

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and to let its love flow through us to

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others the Eucharist is not meant to be

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contained he says it is meant to be

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shared if you have received Christ let

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him shine through you let him love

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through you every communion is an

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invitation not just to receive but to

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respond to enter into a deeper

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relationship with Jesus to let him

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change us and use us for his glory pope

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Leo I 14's final words in his homaly

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echo in my heart a call to every

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Catholic listening let every communion

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be your first your last your only so the

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next time you approach the altar prepare

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your heart with intention even if it's

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just a moment of silence or a quick

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prayer of contrition speak to Jesus with

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honesty and love using the Pope's three

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phrases or your own words from the heart

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then stay linger with him even if just

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for a few minutes and let him speak to

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you in the silence if this message has

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touched you if it stirred something in

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your soul comment below open my heart

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Lord share this with someone who needs

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to hear it someone who might be longing

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for a deeper encounter with Christ in

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until we become the saints he created us

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