(Chapel in Marseilles, France)

Speaking of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament:

"For ever thinking of men -- men never think of Him. When the morning sun shines upon the earth, when the red glare of noon falls upon the world outside, when the shadows of evening fall and the twilight deepens into night and the stars come out in the heavens, and there is sleep upon the world, thinking, in the solitude of His prison on the altar of you and me, when you and I are not thinking of Him. Thinking of the holy souls, that clustered around Him at the morning Mass, thinking of every fervent Communion, of every devout meditation, of every warm aspiration, of every act of reparation and love, and thinking of the surprise and joy of those holy souls when they come to Heaven and find that though no word was spoken to them from the silent tabernacle, no response given to their prayers, that no word or thought of theirs has faded from the memory of Jesus, but that He has treasured them up in His Sacred Heart, with the more than commensurate reward He has attached to each."                  ~ Sermons by P.A. Canon Sheehan, D.D., imprimatur 1920.

What a consoling thought! And so very true. Our Lord will remember (and reward) every thought, word, act, or even intention we had toward Him in life. When I say intention, I mean good intention - as in, we had planned to help that person for His sake, but that person no longer needed our help. Our Lord will still reward us for that! As I read somewhere once, He sees every ripple in the pond of our interior...a fear, a joy, a worry, distrust, love. And He will recompense us for every bit of love we show Him in this life...whether interior or exterior. 

Can we make a visit to Him in the Blessed Sacrament today? Even for a few moments? Let us do so! We will be glad in eternity that we made the time!