In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen, my Lord and my God,

I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence.

I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My Immaculate Mother St. Joseph, my father, and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me.

Today we celebrate the solemnity of Jesus' body and blood,

affectionately and traditionally called the Feast of Corpus Christi,

the feast of the body of Christ.

And we simply begin our prayer savoring that opening formula, my Lord and my God. That prayer

was declared by St. Thomas the Apostle. I say declared because

upon touching the wounds of the resurrected Jesus,

he declared or proclaimed

that not only was Jesus human, but he was divine.

He took that leap of faith and went beyond his humanity and made that

act of faith, my Lord and my God. We asked the Lord to intensify our faith so that we see beyond

mere appearances. In this case, the appearance of bread and

wine, and that residing under those properties, if you will, we have the real Jesus. Truly Jesus in his body, blood, soul, and divinity.

It's a mystery of faith that boggles the mind. But nevertheless, we observe how popular

Eucharistic adoration is,

and how profoundly helpful that is.

I was sharing notes regarding work with young people, campus ministry,

and this one woman involved with youth ministry on the West Coast began to tell me encouraging

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