Readings and reflections for the Holy Hour; the manifestations of the Divine Presence . generous love which nothing couldweaken, with a love which showed itselfgreatest at the very moment when Heencountered the most hatred and ingratitude. How great then is this love for us? Whyis it not given to us to understand the sen-timents of affection and tenderness thatpierced His heart at the moment when Hebequeathed to us the treasure of the HolyEucharist, which is the testament of thenew covenant? During this Holy Hour, therefore, let usthank Jesus for His infinite love for us:O Jesus, how great is
Readings and reflections for the Holy Hour; the manifestations of the Divine Presence . generous love which nothing couldweaken, with a love which showed itselfgreatest at the very moment when Heencountered the most hatred and ingratitude. How great then is this love for us? Whyis it not given to us to understand the sen-timents of affection and tenderness thatpierced His heart at the moment when Hebequeathed to us the treasure of the HolyEucharist, which is the testament of thenew covenant? During this Holy Hour, therefore, let usthank Jesus for His infinite love for us:O Jesus, how great is Thy affection for us. 214 READINGS AND REFLECTIONS Thou sayest, I am dying of the desire tocommunicate myself to your soul and yousoon add, while presenting to us the con-secrated bread and wine: Take . .this is My Body. Drink . . this is MyBlood. 0 immense, incomprehensible, in-finite love. A God gives Himself entirelyto us. A God annihilates Himself throughlove of His miserable creatures. 0 Jesus,be my only love . . No, I no longer belongto myself; I am Thine, wholly MANIFESTATIONS OF THE REAL PRESENCE Legenda AFRENCH publication of 1866, styledThe Annals of the Blessed Sacra-ment/ gives the following account underthe heading of The Consecrated Hostsand the Golden Ciborium of Bezilla de laRiviere. During the French Revolution, all thechurches of France were pillaged and de-stroyed, but for some reason the church ofBezilla escaped molestation up to the fif-teenth of September, 1793. The good peopleof the parish celebrated the octave of theNativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary withtheir regular monthly procession and twodays later the Holy Sacrifice was celebrated,for that was to be the last time. The ad-herents of the Revolution, forcing their 216 READINGS AND REFLECTIONS way into the little town on that day, com-pelled the priest, Father Berone, to flee forhis life. Taking refuge in St. Julien on theriver Jet, he had expressed the wish ofreturning to his parish for a sh
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