AB positive is the “universal recipient” of blood types. In John 12:32 Jesus did say, “And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.” He was lifted up on the cross. He draws everyone to himself, in the blood.
I think of all of this when I receive Holy Communion, and when Ed and I attend Eucharistic Adoration. Adoration is something we have committed to doing each week.
Because I can’t see the Monstrance with the Host, my experience is different.
Every day is busy and hectic when we arrive at church, but when we open the doors of the chapel and I smell the faint scent of incense, I immediately feel the True Presence of the Lord there. It is not something I can explain, but I know that Jesus is really there, physically Present, not just spiritually, and I can “feel” his Presence in an almost tangible way.
I have been asked, “Can’t you just pray anywhere? Isn’t God everywhere?” Yes, of course, but Adoration is a special experience. As soon as we go into the chapel I feel a peace come over me, no matter how distracted I felt before. It is quiet, and I feel like I am completely alone with Him, that there isn’t anyone else there, even though I know perfectly well that Ed and others are with me. We privately worship, pray, adore, and just sit with him, letting the Lord speak to our hearts, and he does. As Jesus asked the apostles to do in the Garden of Gethsemane, we remain with him.
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