St Vincent Pallotti’s Meditations on Jesus in the Eucharist

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St Vincent Pallotti’s Meditations on Jesus in the Eucharist

On January 22nd we celebrate the Feast of St Vincent Pallotti, canonised by Saint Pope John XXIII on 20th January 1963. Vincent had a great devotion to the Eucharist and indeed his spiritual diary attests that preparation for the Eucharist and thanksgiving after the Eucharist were part of his life. He drew up the following set of meditations on Jesus in the Eucharist, originally intended for priests, but universal in appeal. He suggested that one number would be taken for meditation each day and then repeated again the following month.

St. Vincent Pallotti’s daily meditations on the Eucharist.

  1. Jesus Sacrifice, and Sacrament in the Eucharist
  2. Jesus model, and truth in the Eucharist
  3. Jesus Priest, and victim in the Eucharist
  4. Jesus in the Eucharist, Sacrifice, Holocaust, and Eucharist
  5. Jesus beseeching and propitiatory Sacrifice in the Eucharist
  6. Jesus our God, and our King in the Eucharist
  7. Jesus our Creator, and our Redeemer in the Eucharist
  8. Jesus our Shepherd, and our Father in the Eucharist
  9. Jesus our Spouse, and our Brother in the Eucharist
  10. Jesus our Master, and Saviour in the Eucharist
  11. Jesus our Banquet, and Viaticum in the Eucharist
  12. Jesus our Physician, and medicine in the Eucharist
  13. Jesus our Counsellor, and friend in the Eucharist
  14. Jesus our guide, and companion in the Eucharist
  15. Jesus our mediator, and peace in the Eucharist
  16. Jesus in the Eucharist, witness, and judge of our Works
  17. Jesus our ransom, and recompense in the Eucharist
  18. Jesus life, and death in the Eucharist
  19. Jesus our food, and grace in the Eucharist
  20. Jesus our refuge, and hope in the Eucharist
  21. Jesus our treasure, and happiness in the Eucharist
  22. Jesus our model, and objective in the Eucharist
  23. Jesus in the Eucharist is the gift people offer to God, it is the gift of God to be given to people
  24. The power, and wisdom of Jesus in the Eucharist
  25. The goodness, and love of Jesus in the Eucharist
  26. The obedience, and patience of Jesus in the Eucharist
  27. The poverty, and humility of Jesus in the Eucharist
  28. Jesus infinitely adoring, and adorable in the Eucharist
  29. Jesus infinitely loving, and lovable in the Eucharist
  30. Jesus in the Eucharist, the greatest and the holiest of all our Mysteries

(OOCC XI, p. 441-443)