The Word Among Us

June 2006 Issue

Let Us Not Lose This Moment!

St. Thomas More on Receiving Jesus in the Eucharist

By: St. Thomas More

When we have received our Lord and have him in our body, let us not then let him be alone. Let us not go out and be busy about other things and think no more about him. Anyone who would serve a guest this way is doing him little good.

But let all our attention be on him. Let us speak to him through devout prayer and converse with him through devout meditation. Let us...

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