40 Hours of Eucharistic Adoration

And the Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us,
and we saw his glory,
the glory as of the Father’s only Son,
full of grace and truth.

We are not pure spirits, not like the angels. We are embodied. God gave us physical senses so that we can gain knowledge by gazing at one another. St. Augustine said that our deepest drive is to look upon one who looks back in love.

Then God became one of us, with eyes like ours, so that we could look upon him looking back at us. Jesus pledged that he would remain with us always, and he has made good on his pledge. He comes to us on our altars. He waits for us in our tabernacles. He longs for the gazes and glances we give when we pray before the monstrance in silent adoration.

“This is my body,” he told his disciples. “This is the bread that comes down from heaven.”

God made our eyes for Eucharistic Adoration. God made our bodies so that we could be physically near him. God made our hearts and minds for the kind of prayer we enjoy when he is near.