30/07/2024
DAILY NOVENA PRAYER IN HONOUR OF SAINT PETER JULIAN EYMARD
DAY SEVEN (30 July)
O Sacrament most Holy, O Sacrament divine, all praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine.
Our Lady of the most Blessed Sacrament, pray for us.
St. Peter Julian, pray for us.
Fr. Eymardâs eucharistic family began to grow rapidly from the foundation of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament in 1856, the servants of the Blessed Sacrament in 1858, the Peopleâs Eucharistic League in 1859. The work of Eucharistic evangelisation spread from Paris to Marseilles, Brussels and Angers. He had one great dream however⊠to establish a Blessed Sacrament shrine in the Cenacle in Jerusalem. In 1865 he travelled to Rome to seek permission for this and while there went on retreat. during the retreat, he became aware of the greatness of Christâs gift of Self to each one of us, and of His Presence in the Cenacle, not just in Jerusalem, but in every heart open ho Him. He considered this to be a revolution in his spirituality; and indeed in the post-jansenist era in which he lived, the revelation of a loving God was revolutionary. Graced with the peace of this revolution, he could accept with less sadness, the disappointment of the Jerusalem project.
THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT: LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AS I HAVE LOVED YOU. A MAN CAN HAVE NO GREATER LOVE THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. (John 15:12-13)
Saint Peter Julian, who listened with such loving response to the voice of Jesus, help us also to listen and hear Him as He calls us to serve Him each in our own vocation. Help us especially during this Novena when we turn with our petitions to your powerful intercession.
(Intentions⊠mention in the quietness of your own heart).
Lord Jesus Christ, through Your grace, St. Peter Julian understood the Eucharist to be Your Gift of Self to the world. May our prayers lead us to an ardent love of the Eucharist so that, like St. Peter Julian, we may shine in the world with the Radiance of Your Presence, a radiance that will silently say: Jesus is there â let us go to Him!
St. Peter Julian, Apostle of the Eucharist, pray for us.