“What obstacles you might ask?”  You are too faithful to receive Holy Communion poorly disposed.  Likewise, it is not sin which presents the sacramental action of divine grace from taking place in you.  No, the obstacle is a lack of trust.  You simply do not sufficiently esteem the indescribable visit of the Body and Blood of Our Savior.  You do not pray to Our Lord with the burning faith and holy expectation that conquers Our Lord’s heart.  In those precious moments of actual grace, present to Him the litany of your woes.  Mention them all without forgetting a single one.  Say to Him: “I believe firmly that from this heap of dung Thou canst cause virtues to flourish.  I ask Thee this in the name of Thy promises, and I go as far as to demand that Thou dost transform my heart.  Day and night will I cry out to Thee until Thou dost accomplish this miracle of love.”

Without doubt, He will tell you what He told others during His ministry: “As you have believed, so be it done to thee.”  If your trust is small you will obtain little; if it is great, you will obtain much.

Perhaps your faith is asleep.  Perhaps you are gripped by secret anxieties.  Ask the Blessed Virgin to inspire in you with an unshakable trust in Jesus truly present in the Eucharist.  Ask her for this favor in the name of maternal love and the name of the final words of her agonizing Son to her on the Cross.  Whatever your weakness or pain, surrender them with closed eyes to God Who loves you to the point of concealing Himself for you under the veil of the Host.  “The Virgin Mary” Father Raymond de Thomas de Saint-Laurent