Adore Jesus this St. Valentine’s Day

One of the things I find most spiritually refreshing to do is to go to Adoration as often as possible. Seeing Jesus hidden in the Most Blessed Sacrament is truly one of the greatest miracles of love God gave us. He gave His Body, His Blood, His Soul, and His Divinity in this most beautiful and unique way. I feel so at peace and my heart is filled with His grace and His love whenever I adore or receive this sacrament.

As true disciples of Jesus, we are blessed with this sacrament of divine love and should give God thanks every day for His Holy Eucharist . We should also try to receive the Eucharist as much as possible because we become more like Jesus by receiving God often into our souls.

Since St. Valentine’s day is approaching quickly, I can think of no better way of celebrating this saint’s feast day than by adoring Jesus in the Eucharist. When most people think of St. Valentine’s day, they think of romance and love. But what greater act of love is possible than Jesus dying on the cross for our sins? He opened up the gates of Heaven for us so we may share in the eternal joy of the most Holy Trinity. Our Lord Jesus Christ also gave us the Eucharist so that His Real Presence would always be with us.

Give back to Jesus if you can by spending just a little time with Him in Eucharistic Adoration. Even if an Adoration chapel is not available locally, you can always live stream Adoration online. Don’t miss the opportunity to get closer to God in this way.

Never forget how much God really does love you. He gave you the gift of Himself on the cross. He continues to give you that same gift of Himself through the Eucharist.

I think we can all share in His love this St. Valentine’s day. Here are a handful of Bible verses and quotes from saints that we can all meditate on the next time we find ourselves in front of Jesus hidden in the host.

“So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13

“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become nothing. Imitation is not a literal mimicking of Christ, rather it means becoming the image of the beloved, an image disclosed through transformation. This means we are to become vessels of God’s compassionate love for others.“ St. Clare of Assisi

“Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another. No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us.” 1 John 4:7-12

“We can cure physical diseases with medicine but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more who are dying for a little love. Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So spread love everywhere you go.” St. Mother Teresa

“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ (by grace you have been saved). Ephesians 2: 4-5

“Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor… Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.” St. Mother Teresa

“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8: 38-39