HOLY THURSDAY

Aruit cor meum, quia oblitus sum comedere panem meum. ps. 101
My heart has become dry and withered because I have forgotten to eat Your bread, and I have distanced myself from the Eucharist.
Oblitus manducare panem, bibit vinum. S. Aug. in ps. 101.
He who does not approach the Most Blessed Sacrament for a long time deprives himself of the bread of the angels. Instead, he drinks the venom of sin like water because he does not have even an ounce of strength left to resist temptation or to practice perfect resignation to the Will of God.

Example: The greatest misfortune that we are subjected to in this world is due to our neglect of the free grace which Jesus Christ offers us in the Eucharist. This is either by not receiving it at all or in receiving it unworhtily. For the ideal disposition to receive worthily is to put ourselves in a state which conforms to the Will of God: not just to purge ourselves of iniquity through penitence, but to go further by performing virtuous acts in resignation to the Holy Will of God. It seems, lover of God, that the Savior teaches us to do this by His example on this day. While He prepared the Most Blessed Sacrament which He instituted; as He received it Himself and administered it to His apostles; He prepared His entire Self to be relinquished to the Will of His Father before entering into the combat of His Passion.

Practice: One of the most common reasons why some people rarely receive communion is that they are ashamed of their personal lives, or furthermore they are anxious that receiving the sacrament will increase their afflictions. Alas, they are sorely mistaken! This reasoning will be their undoing: When you are ill, you must have recourse to the doctor. When you are afflicted, who is better suited to deliver you than the one true comfort? It may be good to recite this prayer when receiving the Eucharist:
My redeemer who so lovingly visits me:
When creatures turn away and abandon me,
I freely accept their abandonment and their persecutions,
because that is what you desire
and I pray to follow your example always.
That resignation to God's Will, dear lover of God, will be your happiness that renders all of your moments joyful.