As the late Pope John Paul II used to say, our wounded world needs Eucharistic worship. We all feel, deep down in our hearts, the need to be supported by the powerful presence of Jesus in our lives.

Through this sacrament of love, the Son of God not only gives himself gratuitously to us but also encourages us to fully contemplate his unending, unconditional and personal love he has for us.

In order that our continual adoration would both serve as a loving response to Jesus’ extraordinary love for us as well as a loving reparation for the great offenses He receives from people who intentionally want to live without him, I suggest the following act of consecration to Jesus in the Eucharist:

Merciful Father, you love us so much that you sent your only Son Jesus, so that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Your love for us, dear Father, was shown to us by Jesus when he offered himself as a victim on the altar of the cross for our salvation and when he instituted the Sacrament of the Eucharist which is the same sacrifice of Calvary.

I believe, Lord Jesus, that you are really present and alive in the Eucharist and that You are always waiting for me in this Sacrament of love. Moved by your love for me, I offer myself entirely to You as a response of love to Your love.

I ask you, Lord Jesus, that by the power of the Holy Spirit you inflame my heart with the fire of your love. Draw me to You and transform me into Yourself every time I receive You in the Eucharist. Let me remain with You and worship You in this Sacrament of love. Let my love be an act of reparation for the sins of all humanity.

Mary, mother of Jesus and my mother, I ask you to be with me as I live faithfully this offering so that I can respond to your Son’s invitation when He told us: “remain here, and watch with me” (Mt 26,38).

Fr Mario Attard OFM Cap