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How can you receive the Eucharist daily or weekly and not have total focus on Christ?! How is that possible? -If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

From the article:

There is a famous saying attributed to Francis of Assisi (but probably not spoken by him): “Preach the Gospel at all times; if necessary, use words.”

I have grown very much to dislike that saying, because it’s being used by many to mean, “Don’t go and preach the Gospel. Go live a good life and mind your own business. Maybe someone will ask you about it.” Yes, of course, our lives ought to reflect our belief in the Gospel, but we cannot leave that belief wordless. Preaching is fundamentally about language. You don’t see the Apostles going into all the world and setting a good example and hoping that maybe someone will ask about Jesus.

The Gospel is spoken everyday at Mass. And the homily usually covers the message of the Gospel. I was struck while reading this piece that the words Eucharist and Blessed Sacrament never show up. Possibly the author could benefit by reading the words of Mother Teresa, who, in just over 50 words mentions both the Eucharist and the Blessed Sacrament:

"Each one of us is a co-worker of Christ - we must labour hard to carry Him to the hearts where He has not yet been known and loved. But, unless we have Jesus, we cannot give Him; that is why we need the Eucharist. Spend as much time as possible in front of the Blessed Sacrament and He will fill you with His strength and His power. Tell Him, 'Come to our hearts Lord and stay with us.' Then you will become the instruments of His love, peace and joy. -Mother Teresa to St. Alexander Parish, 7-15-96

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So I revert back to the italicized quote at the top from "If You Want It Fixed - Fix It."

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"Each one of us is a co-worker of Christ - we must labour hard to carry Him to the hearts where He has not yet been known and loved. But, unless we have Jesus, we cannot give Him; that is why we need the Eucharist. Spend as much time as possible in front of the Blessed Sacrament and He will fill you with His strength and His power. Tell Him, 'Come to our hearts Lord and stay with us.' Then you will become the instruments of His love, peace and joy. -Mother Teresa to St. Alexander Parish, 7-15-96

We recently began a discussion group at parish, and I did a presentation on Grace. One of the things I mentioned was how Mother mentioned that she would fortify herself every day with the Eucharist before she went into the streets to do her ministry.

One of the other participants also mentioned St. Francis.