A Christmas Carol

25 May 2008 (Gospel with CCC and TLIG Messages)

"The Food and Drink of Eternal Life"

A proclamation from the holy Gospel according to St. John: (John 6:51-58). Glory to you O Lord.

Jesus said to the Jewish crowds: "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."

The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.

Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever."

The Gospel of the Lord, Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

In the light of the Teachings
of the Catholic Church

Catechism of the Catholic Church

#805 - The Church is the Body of Christ. Through the Spirit and his action in the sacraments, above all the Eucharist, Christ, who once was dead and is now risen, establishes the community of believers as his own Body.

#1323 - "At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Savior instituted the Eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood. This he did in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the ages until he should come again, and so to entrust to his beloved Spouse, the Church, a memorial of his death and resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a Paschal banquet ‘in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us.'"

CCC #1384 - The Lord addresses an invitation to us, urging us to receive him in the sacrament of the Eucharist: "Truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you." (Jn 6:53.)

In the Light of the Messages
of True Life In God

Confession and Communion
September 29, 1988

… I wish to emphasize this to all My creation;

I have given you all My Law, this Law is to be obeyed by all of you, I have given you teachers who minister in My Church, these are to guide you and teach you all how important it is to Receive Me in Holy Communion; receive My Blood and My Body; My Blood was not poured out in Rivers for nothing, My Blood was poured out for you to drink It; these ministers should not keep away from you My Blood, My Blood was poured out for your Salvation, you are to drink My Blood too, so come and drink Me and you will thirst for more, obey My words of My Last Supper, and when you come to Me, make sure before, how you will receive Me, examine yourselves, recollect yourselves, honour Me fully by repenting and often confessing; I have given you confessors, when, My beloved ones, you are confessing to him you are only confessing to Me , it is to Me you are confessing; do not treat the Blood of the Covenant as if It were not Holy

remember My Holy Presence, we, us …

Adore Me And Love Me In My Holy Eucharist
December 29, 1989

…peace be with you, adore Me and love Me in My Holy Eucharist, come and receive Me in My Sacrifice as an unblemished lamb, you must come pure to Me;

if you only realized how I am present in Body and in Blood in which I have won an eternal redemption for all of you, you would approach Me without blemish and with respect, I have out of My Infinite Love offered Myself as the perfect Sacrifice to purify you all from sin I want you all to fully understand this Sacrifice, yes, I want to encourage you by understanding what I am offering you and thus stir in you a response of love;

this Sacrifice can lead you into sanctification and into divinity, My child, It can achieve in you My purpose and bring you to eternal perfection, My beloved, My Sacrifice is for eternity and you whom My Soul loves, have It every single day;

My sanctuary at this Holy moment is filled with angels of each order ready to meet Me their God, prostrate they lie in adoration for Me, consoling My Heart, and you who are ready to receive Me will you not adore Me? will you not worship Me?

be aware of My Holy Presence, do not sleep in My Presence, do not allow your spirit to flutter elsewhere in My Presence, would you have allowed yourselves to be lethargic were you to be by the feet of My Cross on Golgotha? My beloved ones, how would you feel had you been assisting My Crucifixion on the mount? would you have allowed your spirit to fill with insignificant events of the day? or would you have fallen prostrate at the feet of My Cross and adore Me your God? I have died for you on the Cross disregarding the sufferings I had to undergo, would you allow yourselves to become inattentive and careless in front of My Sacrifice then? I am present on My Tabernacle as I was present and nailed on My Holy Cross come then to Me this time with full awareness of who it is you are receiving, and who it is who unites to you to purify you giving everlasting Life;

daughter, be patient like I am patient come, rest in My Sacred Heart and allow Me to rest in yours, Love loves you …

Prisoner of Love
Honour My Holy Sacraments
September 29, 1989

…Rejection you will never have from Me every time you come to receive Me, My Sacred Heart rebounds with joy, I have made Myself ever so tiny in the little white Host; in taking Me you are accepting Me, and in accepting Me in this way, you are acknowledging The Truth, I and you are then one, you are in Communion with Me, what more delightful to be together with Me your God? what more pure and holy meeting? I, your God, meeting you, My creature I, your Redeemer and you My redeemed one, I, Jesus, love you to folly, how could some of you doubt of My Love, defiling this pure and holy Love? how could so many of you doubt of My Holy Presence in the Host?

My Holy Eucharist should not be spilled or treated as though It was not holy, if you only understood fully what I am offering you and Whom you are receiving in you, you would be blessing Me without cease, look! even My Angels gazing at you from above desire this Meal you can have, but not they, yet many of you do not seem to perceive Its Fullness ...

I am the Prisoner of Love behind each Tabernacle waiting and hoping to see you come; approach all you who err still in this wilderness, come to Me pure and clean, let Me rejoice in you, so please My Heart further by repenting, recognizing your sins, do not say: 'why confess? I have nothing to tell My confessor', do not be one of these who have lost the sense of sin; you are far from being perfect, yet some of you behave as though you are unsullied and have reached perfection; be humble, be humble, your sins can easily be detected if you pray in sincerity of heart and ask Me to help you detect them;

blessed are those who obey My Law and follow My precepts, honour My Holy Sacraments; blessed are all those who come to Me in full Faith to eat Me and drink Me I am Holy, so treat Me with Holiness so that I pour on you at this moment ever so Holy My graces which will enliven your soul, I do not hide My Riches away, I give Them freely even to the least of you;

come I am so eager to be with you so do not hurry and do not be impatient in your prayers; do not flout piety, reflect and meditate on My injunctions, although you cannot see Me, I tell you that My Hand is upon each one of you blessing you, leaving My Breath upon you all; be one

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Prayer
"O Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour,
thou didst promise to abide with us always.
Thou dost call all Christians to
draw near and partake of Thy
Body and Blood, But our sin has
divided us and we have no power
to partake of Thy Holy Eucharist together.
We confess this our sin and we pray
thee, forgive us and help us to
serve the ways of reconciliation
according to Thy Will.
Kindle our hearts with the fire
of the Holy Spirit, give us the
spirit of wisdom and faith, of
daring and of patience, of humility
and of firmness, of love and of
repentance, through the prayers of
the most blessed Mother of God,
and of all the saints.
Amen."

(Prayer of Fr Sergius Bulgakov)

Ref.: Catechism of the Catholic Church • True Life In God, www.tlig.org