Advent Reflection: Do This Before Receiving The Eucharist

Advent Reflection - The Eucharist, and how to prepare for reception at the Catholic mass. Welcome to our 1st Monday of Advent reflection. We continue to Advent journey reflection upon In Conversation With God by Fr Fernadez. Today’s topic is about what we can to to prepare to for a worthy reception of the Holy Eucharist.
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[@jacquim5012]

I love the analogy of inviting a dearest friend to come and stay in a dilapidated, uninhabitable house, to illustrate what it must be like for Jesus in the Eucharist when he enters a soul in mortal sin. It’s heartbreaking ... and, as you said, our priests rarely point this out to their congregations, many whom are ignorant of the suffering they’re causing to Jesus and the harm they’re causing to their own souls. The sacrament of reconciliation is such a beautiful gift and it’s so sad that so many Catholics don’t take advantage of it to cleanse their souls ... so that they’ll become once more a welcoming dwelling place for the Lord! May we make reparation for any sacrilegious communions we have ever made and those made by others, past, present and future, to heal the wounded heart of Jesus ❤ Great talk! Thank you. Praise God!

[@diannezalewski3885]

I love it when you allow your child(ren) to come to you as you continue to talk to us. It's inspiring that you take care of family and spirit at the same time.

[@GravInducedSleepTrac]

BEING BROKEN SINNERS, WE COULD NEVER PROVIDE THE LOVE THAT GOD FULLY DESERVES. IT IS ONLY THROUGH GOD'S GENEROUS GRACES & OUR HEAVENLY MOTHERS INTERCESSION CAN WE EVEN COME CLOSE TO LOVING HIM TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE. ALWAYS ASK FOR OUR MOTHER INTERCESSION IN ALL THINGS. ALWAYS RECEIVE THE LORD JESUS IN THE EUCHARIST IN THE STATE OF GRACE WITHOUT MORTAL SIN. HOWEVER, EVEN VENIEL SIN DONE TOO MANY TIMES SHOULD ALSO BE CONFESSED BEFORE RECEIVING HIM IN THE EUCHARIST. YOUR CHILDREN ARE SUCH WONDERFUL & BEAUTIFUL BLESSINGS TO YOU BOTH. God Bless :)

[@rositaimperial6519]

I humbly submit to the authority of our Lord JESUS CHRIST over my life. I totally agree with what was said in our Advent preparation. Ave Maria, gratia plena❤❤❤. Viva Cristo Rey!

[@nuembarradas4533]

Hi, thank you so much for this amazing teaching... I babysitting my grandson Leandro. So that is my Sacrament of the moment... Yes there is times, like today I did not go to Holy Mass... Tired... Thank you, God is good, all the time God. Stay blessed. 🙏🙏🙏🙌✝️🛐... Please say a prayer for my family.

[@hernand.mangold3071]

Thanks, it's great to hear about the sacrament of the moment... Jesus fills everything every time while doing our duties. God bless you.

[@Catholicspeaker]

Thanks for the thought. God bless.

[@charityfyock9928]

I couldn't stop smiling the whole time Catherine was in the room with you she was whispering what great teachers you both are what great parents you both are I praise God for you both and your precious family

[@agneserker4931]

It was so great to see Catherine. What a sweetheart. God bless you all

[@wilfredfranco4159]

Indeed so cute

[@henriettacelestin7935]

Enjoyed this talk . CATHERINE and your cold just gives me a closer look at the mother and wife, and our daily duties to our home and families. Be blessed.

[@davidcindric]

I would add: Surrender yourself with all you have to Our Lady. She is "Forma Dei", she will prepare you to receive Jesus in the best possible way. Give your heart to her and invite her in, so that she can receive Jesus in you.

[@Catholicspeaker]

Thanks for the additional through David.

[@angelacolombo750]

Amen

[@margokupelian344]

Every time before I receive the Eucharist I ask the Blessed Mother to intercede for me to her Son Jesus to make me worthy of receiving Him.

[@jacquelinebarry17]

Wow. What an excellent way to prepare ourselves for Jesus through Mother Mary

[@ritashustitzky4324]

Yesterday at mass I was feeling a little nauseous right before communion. I asked Christ to help me feel better. I felt much better after receiving our Lord.

[@michelemcdermott75]

This has been a double blessing because of Catherine❤️ she’s precious!

[@nonna5399]

A beautiful Reflection! And she’s beautiful! Thank you for sharing her with us. And your children’s Chaplet of Divine Mercy is beautiful. Their innocence is palpable, making the Chaplet that much more Holy a prayer to pray. I wish you would have them lead the Holy Rosary. What a gift to the beautiful Blessed Mother that would be, as well as a grace for all who would pray it with them. God bless you all. ❤

[@Catholicspeaker]

Thank you. We do have them praying the Rosary. Those videos have been out for well over a year. Here is the playlist for all the Mysteries with the children praying: kzbin.info/aero/PLPtJlDO3CxNVy2bpilMX_3axtJQZOpheL

[@MsChaCha-45]

❤ So beautiful! I just happened to see your vid tonight. God is so GREAT! I have declined Holy Communion at times bc I hadn’t been to confession for a while. I will not decline ever again receiving the Gift of my Lord Jesus…thanks to your on-point explanation! I “get” that Jesus wanted me to find you tonight! God bless you both and your dear family! Huge Hugs to Catherine 🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@kathywiens9852]

I liked the story of the dilapidated rental. I'm sure I've received our Lord without good attention and preparation in my life. Going to Daily Mass, having many prayer devotions, and being spontaneously in touch with God through the day in recent years has helped in that area Greatly. Thank you for your ministry. I thought yesterday how much you, Janelle and the chidren feel like family to me. There's many/most in my immediate family that I can't even get into conversations, especially deeper ones, about the Faith with. Love and and health to you and any of the others who may be on their way to illness. 🙏🤲🙏💕💝 At least as a Catholic you can make good use of your suffering. 🤲

[@patriciamakuwa503]

The duty of the moment, wonderful reflection. Col 3:23.... whatsoever you do, do it as unto the Lord, not as unto men.

[@dianenoll9126]

Excellent topic especially for Advent! I learned so much today. This is the second time I've listened. I love reception of the Eucharist at daily Mass. My children were my biggest distraction back in the day. Today it's other people's children. 🥰🙏❤💙🙏 Thank you

[@maddee9535]

Your little girl is so sweet. If one of mine did that, they wouldn’t be as well behaved as yours 😅 Thank you for your beautiful advent reflections. They are helping me lots with meditating on the sacredness of this holy season.

[@kathleenthompson3140]

Loving today's video, If you wanna stay hot, get to the fire. Love Catherine by the way. She is spitting image of her mom. A sweet little smile even when sick.

[@joanmarie8209]

The goodness of you, your wife and your child shine through in your face-how holy and beautiful 🙏

[@AntoinetteKolacki]

Ken I find great help with Janelle's and your video. I am trying to redue advent almost like Lent. So I told God I am going to try to be a better person by the end of Advent so I can have an internal joyous Christmas. This video hit home. Yesterday I lost my peace. I had such an argument with my dad. So I felt defeated and think " Everytime I try to be a better person in God's eyes, I fail. So I was down and now I start day three of Advant with a clean slate until I can get to confession. Hope everyone in your home is feeling better.

[@lynncobert8305]

Love love love

[@ms.jenkinskbclassroom6066]

It is when we need his strength the most. Pushing through to get to him because he deserves our praise and gratitude.

[@littlegirl3263]

“The struggle to live constantly in the presence of God throughout the day is an excellent preparation, as is the fight to fulfill our daily duties as well as possible.” The struggle to create and maintain this balance is constant! More often than not, the hourly demands of daily duties easily crowds out even thoughts of my Father who wants to give me graces for that moment. The more I crowd Him out, the more dilapidated and cockroach-infested my sacred space becomes. Such a great analogy, Ken! Thank you for such an important video. 🙏💕 I see your precious one is practicing mature conversation while listening to her parents. 🥰 Y’all are excellent role-models for your kids and for your viewers!

[@barbarawilliams67685]

Totally agree 100%.

[@joeymolitoris8302]

Beautiful family! Thanks for the effort you put into evangelizing.

[@julieelizabeth4856]

I'm blessed to have a priest in my parish (since 2011) who speaks clearly and mentions the sacrament of reconciliation in every one of his homilies. This is also a parish that is on the list on the Reverent Catholic Mass website, the only parish in my area. He has a holy hour for men and another one for women one evening each month, which includes confession and then a talk on a topic he thinks is important. About 60-80 men or women attend every time, and this is in a small town.

[@rosefelagito4437]

Thank you for this wonderful sharing♥️ it is very enlightening to know and feel that no matter how delapidating our life may be, there is still hope, as long as we are breathing , it means Jesus is Not done to us. Amen🙏

[@Eracruz30]

GOD bless you always, all of you! Love Catherine, beautiful! Thanks for the tips!

[@jaklenbasa5215]

I thank the lord who brought me to ur channel,I needed to hear that often I often trip and fall in to these feeling that I’m lukewarm your channel is teaching me a lot thank you so much God bless you bless your family n that little flower that you have what an angel 😇 much love n kisses to her ❤🙏🏼🦋🙏🏼🦋🙏🏼🦋❤️

[@veronicakerin9379]

I literally just brought this to confession a few weeks ago, and he said the same thing... No, you need to continue to go to Holy Communion. 🙏 It is so hard sometimes when you only want to love our Lord, yet you feel that numbness, despite daily Mass, frequent confession, adoration + prayer. But praise God for all of the consolation He has flooded me with in other times, that I may remember and turn to reason over emotion. Thank you for this video. So timely!

[@milenemeyer3437]

❤thank you. A very good lesson with the “sacrament of the moment” with your little one needing your love and care by joining us. Truly, I think Our Lord Jesus Christ exemplified this lesson of Love. Hope & pray that health and well being is with you all soon! Chicken soup with garlic works! ❤

[@chelseaupholstery259]

Just what I needed to hear. Some times I just feel unworthy. Thank you PS rosary helps/devine mercy too !

[@ritaaraujo5697]

Your Daughter is very beautiful. Thank you for the Advent reflections.

[@Catholicspeaker]

Thank you so much!

[@deborahlueke4025]

I am enjoying your videos. You and Janelle do such a great job. I love your family. You are such a great example for all of us. Thank you

[@Catholicspeaker]

Thank you so much!

[@camilalook4168]

You guys give me hope...

[@HoldYourBreat4]

So happy to see the little one ☺️ whenever my wife and I watch these videos we think where are the babies 😆 her interruption is relatable 110%

[@athenamarchildon1975]

Thank you so much for these videos, and all the work you put into them. Your family is such a beautiful example of God’s love and faithfulness, and I am enjoying this journey through Advent with you all.🙏❤️

[@sojourner26jmj50]

Beautiful Message, Beautiful Couple, Beautiful Family. 💥❤️🙏🏼✝️🔥🕊💥

[@Catholicspeaker]

Thank you so much!

[@finallythere100]

Lucky kids...

[@marcdecastella3454]

Your commentary is truly valuable. We should all heed this important advice. Thank you.

[@karlarodriguez3449]

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! In conversation w God is one of my favorite devotionals!

[@paulschneweis3492]

Thank GOD and you for your excellent Catholic/Orthodox video, Ken and Janelle ........ and little Katherine (spelling?)! Some of what stood out to me in this video is the fact that I need to be Married to my fiancee in and through the holy Sacrament of Holy Matrimony and her and I need to be fruitful and multiplying - having human children - with me being a good father and my future wife being a good mother ... otherwise my train is a completely derailed train wreck off and away from the railroad tracks of the Almighty heavenly Father's true holy objective ordaining life vocational will for me, and there is no way for me to be able to obey GOD in that resolutely disobedient way at all. I have learned this lesson the hard way through GOD's holy school of hard knocks - more than once - to put it mildly - a long time ago!

[@janetplonka8110]

So wonderful to see you can be totally yourselves even when you are not feeling well but you still chose to come on Ken! I have a bit scrupulosity lately & feel the need to confess all the time & not receive and thank you for reminded not to do this. My dad always used to say do it even when you don’t feel like it but if your sick go to bed rest . Love seeing little Catherine joining us! We are so blessed to have you both!! Thank you

[@henedinalee6893]

Your daughter is so lovable. Lots of hugs little one.🤗🤗🤗

[@uteme]

You two help us to find, keep & enjoy our passion for Jesus ... thank you.

[@candycandy2149]

Love how you explained the “Sacrament of the moment“ Such a beautiful reflection of how we can glorify God every minute of our day.

[@elainelksuabernet]

🥰🥰🥰hey little one

[@rosesforbvm7887]

Aww Catherine is so precious! Feel better Ken. Thank you both for your faithful ministry. Another beautiful reflection. Good point about feelings and emotions having little to do with our actual spiritual state. The important thing is to remain faithful in our pursuit of Him...good days and bad ones, sick or well. It's easy to give in to our physical and emotional weakness and be tempted to just hink nothing I have in this moment is worth offering to God so I might as well not even bother. But when we unite our hearts, trials, pains, suffering to His, Jesus will take our little offerings and bless them, offer them to the Father and through Him, with Him and in Him the meager becomes abundance. 🙏🌹🙏

[@lidiasoares5675]

Praying that you'll get well soon. Thank you both for everything and sharing your little treasure with us. May God bless you abundantly

[@gilberturesti338]

thanks for sharing 🙏

[@BETH..._...]

Your daughter is precious! Important message- thank you both for pushing through and getting this video done. Hope you feel better soon!🙏🏼

[@limarialmra906]

Your vidios are a full blessing to ALL, love the way you put your own examples.❤️‍🔥❣️

[@pbg7225]

We need to pray more and more we need to go confession more often

[@jimselimos4863]

Praying

[@adelinacorleone7336]

Thank you so much for your videos. I needed to hear this . All of what you reflected on resonated with me. But mostly what you said about the sacrament of the moment. God took me out of my profession of 35 years so I could serve my family and especially my son who suffers from a chronic illness. I am so grateful God has allowed me this time. It's very hard some days but I do trust His plan for my family. I will be faithful and grateful for the Sacrament of The Eucharist and all i can do to prepare to receive! Thank you so much for putting that into words . The sacrament of the moment❤️🙏✝️. Catherine is adorable!! Hope you feel better soon!

[@darlenebuck3991]

Thank you! Feel better soon

[@dorothyhuggins4723]

Thank you God for the Eucharist🙏🫀

[@Patriciavictory1]

Profound reflection on the Eucharist. Thanks ❤

[@AntoinetteKolacki]

Ken and Janelle thank God For you Both! For all your videos. From Advent to Lent. I have been trying to do this "make Jesus present in every moment of my life but never heard anyone touch on what I have been trying to do. So hopefully with perseverance and with you and Janelles's video, I hopefully one day have Jesus say to me Well Done My Faithful Servant. God bless you both and your family.

[@Catholicspeaker]

Thank you for journeying with us!

[@philippbosnjak4183]

Would be interesting to do a video of how to receive communion when OCD interferes.

[@cn4492]

It’s not about FEELINGS! It’s about an act of FAITH The sacraments will give u the graces u need to do His Holy will . Feelings come and go. We live by FAITH.

[@joanboulio9758]

I 💗 love the baby!

[@MrRick461]

Amen thank you God Bless you.

[@gracieobunny9916]

Thanks for such a great reminder! I always go to Friday evening Mass at my parish. Two Fridays ago I didn’t go to Holy Communion because I was “cold”. I had a long busy week at work and was mentally exhausted! So I felt unprepared and that I should not receive our King in such a state. I lacked any zeal. I was just so fatigued. This time of year is an added struggle because I have some depression and general fatigue due to lack of sun light. I was denying my soul true “sun light” that evening simply be because of the mental battle telling me I was not worthy because I didn’t have the feelings of love at that moment.

[@ucheanagor5720]

Pray more Rosaries

[@MrsMarybiz]

10:13 (It’s actually 11:50 but perhaps 10:13 in Canada. I’m not sure how that translates)😊 What a beautiful family you have. I grew up in a family of nine and wouldn’t change that for anything. Thank you for day two of Advent meditation. I love that little Catherine came to join us. I also love praying morning prayers with both of you. It is the first thing I do each day. Better than a hit cup of coffee. ❤️❤️❤️

[@MrsMarybiz]

That was… a hot cup of coffee!🤦🏼‍♀️

[@lourdessegarra8366]

Awe!

[@jackiemarcello8677]

This was great! Thank-you. Feel better 😇

[@sherylbeamer7189]

Thank you again for taking us on this Advent journey with you! 🙏🏼🥰🎄

[@cristinanieto683]

¡Preciosa!

[@rubymarple7156]

Thank you both so so much GOD BLESS, love and Prayers for this beautiful time of year, let's see if I can share who was in our Church yesterday 🙏

[@cathylevitt8186]

Thank you thank you thank you ❣️ I REALLY needed to hear this xxx

[@maj.a5544]

Thank you very much ❤

[@celestinebekemanaigilo4071]

I didn't receive Holy comiunio for nearly 2 months because I felt that am not worthy to receive my good Lord in to my life.. I was full of anger towards my children and that's why I was not able and worthy to receive my Jesus in to my heart cause my Lord Jesus is too Holy and precious to me a sinner..

[@monicakosiorek2713]

I need to keep Jesus in every moment not on a schedule or to do list! Just writing this sounds sacrilegious 😢

[@carmelherbert1622]

If you are not in the state of grace you should not receive Holy Communion...Go to Confession first. A good video, well done. Some practising Catholics do not even know we are required to go to Confession at a minimum once a year even if you only commit veniel sins✝️🙏💒

[@perpetuaobua-otoa7131]

Dear Ken and Jeanette. I am very thankful to God for directing me to you. I love to listen and pray with you everyday. As I listen to you now, I feel terrible because I do not receive the HC but the spiritual communion. The reason being, I then would have to go to the Alter get the HE then dip it in the PB of Christ then in my mouth. The celebrant unfortunately does not distribute the HE. It’s self-service. How would you advice me in this case?

[@joeymolitoris8302]

That’s tough… I would not receive that way; only from a Priest on the tongue. Think about how the saints received Jesus. Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t know of any Saint who received Jesus in their fingers. Some of the early Christians received Jesus with a deep bow and on the palm of their hand, but not with their fingers.

[@kathywiens9852]

Oh my!! I'm so sorry you have this going on. I don't think I could do a self service Eucharist. Yet, I'm not sure if I had absolutely no other way of receiving, how long I could be without Him. You poor dear! God knows your heart and you have much suffering to offer up. 🙏🤲🙏💕💝

[@ChiakiNanami736]

I figure the Lord knows He allowed me to be conceived with autism and the weird pattern of emotional reaction or non-reaction that comes with it and just do the best I can with the brain I have in this fallen world. (For anyone wondering what on Earth I mean by that, briefly, my emotions fall into 3 categories and 3 alone: -100 (I am on the WARPATH and ready to flip tables in the temple,) 0, (my general default specifically trying to avoid those -100 moments,) and +100, (Heaven is on Earth right NOW! Like when I see little ones 😻) Because I tend to be in that "0" state, my preparation is intellectual. It is what it is. I figure that, if I was really "lukewarm," I wouldn't care whether I was lukewarm or not.)

[@georgetteger2379]

When confessing should stop thinking it is obligated but by putting it Jesus sufferings. He died for our sins n confessing our sins must be fully sincere n fully humble. Let any inhibitions of quilt, remorse, and unforgiving emotions must be trusted to Jesus. Asked the Holy Spirit to guide you how to confess according to God's will. And when you felt inside the calmness then you know what it meant. God was listening to you and has forgiven you...as Jesus has forgiven the blind man and said, "sin no more"....be obedient to His commandment.

[@heathernewsom6575]

Hahahaha I thought it was my daughter talking 😂

[@helenslak6407]

Hello beautiful Katherine ❤💋