In Memory Of Me - Totus2us

John, from the UK: "The Eucharist is just the most beautiful thing in the world. I think whenever you gaze at the Blessed Sacrament exposed on the altar, for all the wonderful architecture examples or the art works around the world, there’s nothing more beautiful than looking at the Blessed Sacrament. It might appear to be just a white disc but actually you’re looking into eternity, you’re looking at the Creator, you’re looking at Jesus made man and resurrected and there is nothing that can surpass that." Valiton, from Goa: "The inspiration that I get every time I go to Mass is that I am seeing Jesus and for me that’s the biggest thing I can offer to God by attending Mass and receiving the Eucharist." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.org for much more. Dedicated to Our Lady, Totus2us is inspired by our Holy Papas St John Paul II, Papa Benedict and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus was St John Paul II's motto to Mary.

Marcela, from Slovakia: "I feel like Jesus is always saying ‘thank you for receiving me with an open heart.’ And it’s one of the most beautiful moments I can have thinking that He is the one who created the earth and heaven, and He’s the one who saved us, He’s the one who died for me. But for me most importantly He’s the friend who’s knocking at the door of my heart. He wants to be there, He wants to help me with whatever I need, He wants to tidy up my mess, He wants to just spend time with me and those are the most beautiful moments." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Dedicated to Our Lady, Totus2us is inspired by our Holy Papas St John Paul II, Papa Benedict and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus was St John Paul II's motto to Mary.

Klara, from the Czech Republic: "The Eucharist for me is beyond words. I often when I look at the Host I think about the fact that it’s just bare flesh, the heart of Jesus, and that God is so extremely humble that He comes to us in this way, that He cuts out a piece of his heart and gives it to us and at our disposal, and there are people that are doing bad things to the Eucharist and He still allows us to take Him because He loves us so much." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Dedicated to Our Lady, Totus2us is inspired by our Holy Papas St John Paul II, Papa Benedict and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus was St John Paul II's motto to Mary.

Vincent, from Kenya: "It was a very tragic time, a very sad time, it was very hard for me but, over time, I think by divine revelation, I came to realise that all throughout these hard times - the fact that I was saying if anything happened to my mum I would not pray and then when she died the first thing I did was pray - it wasn’t because I'm holy or anything like that, but I believe the time I spent in front of the Blessed Sacrament gave me strength to deal with this grief and it also wouldn’t allow me to wander away from God, actually it brought me even much closer to Him. I genuinely believe that spending time before the Blessed Sacrament strengthens us in ways that we cannot explain but if we allow God He will reveal to us what we gain by spending time with Our Lord in front of the Blessed Sacrament. So for me the Blessed Sacrament has been and still is a powerful manifestation of God’s love." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Dedicated to Our Lady, Totus2us is inspired by o

Dorothy, from England: "When I think of Jesus in the Eucharist I just think of his love for us and the real presence of love. Love is something that we all need, we are made for, we're made in the image of God and we're made in the image of that love that we need. And it is really in the Eucharist that we come face to face with God, that we come into His presence and He loves us, no matter what we've done or who we are, He'll love us and He loves us completely by being truly present there. And becoming so vulnerable to us in the Eucharist, so little and in a way so invisible - we see the bread but it is truly God, it is truly Him. So, yeh, Eucharistic adoration is really a time to come and be love and to love Him. And it's beautiful in the silence as well. There's very little silence in the world nowadays .... and it's in the silence that we have to face ourselves and our brokenness. And it's so beautiful to face that with God in front of you who loves you and to come back to Him." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CF

Clara, from Argentina, in English and Spanish: "Just yesterday was my Holy Communion anniversary and so I was thinking how grateful and how lucky we are to have the Eucharist ... It’s like visiting a friend more closely and in the intimacy and a perfect way to have a great conversation with God in that short time." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Dedicated to Our Lady, Totus2us is inspired by our Holy Papas St John Paul II, Papa Benedict and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus was St John Paul II's motto to Mary.

Oliver, from London: "The Eucharist really helps to bring the reality of the Christian life to everything that one does, which is why St John Paul Ii called it the source and summit of the Christian life. Also in adoration as well - that deep desire of the Lord to spend some time with us, to form us. As Fulton Sheen said 'It's like spending time in the sun: we don't know what happens to us but we do change.' So, it's that continual visiting him, being united with him in Holy Communion and also, when we've fallen, to be reconciled to him, for him to lavish us with his mercy again through the Sacrament of reconciliation. But, above all in the Eucharist, it's all about God wanting to be with us. That's why it's the supreme joy that any Christian who really seeks Him, above all else seeks to learn about their faith and live their faith, it's the greatest gift God could ever have given us and it's something that we really need to rediscover and cherish as the greatest treasure we've been given this side of heaven.

Juan Miguel, from the Philippines: "Obviously I'm a sinner and I suppose most of us are, and when we go about our day and think about how have I offered my day to God, sometimes we may feel that no matter what I do I actually can't make an offering that is good enough or worthy enough for God, because of all the sins that we have done. But I think that this is why the Eucharist is a great moment because, in the Eucharist, Christ invites us to give to him all of the things that we want to offer and he will present them to God his Father. And so it's not actually by my merit that these offerings become acceptable but it is through Christ's merit. That is why I like to attend the Eucharist as often I can." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Dedicated to Our Lady, Totus2us is inspired by our Holy Papas St John Paul II, Papa Benedict and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus was St John Paul II's motto to Mary.

Christina, from Scotland: "So when I heard the words this morning 'Do this in memory of me' it was just this invitation from the Lord to remember Him. For me that means going to daily Mass and receiving Him in the Holy Eucharist and remembering that He is the God who came down from heaven to be with me, to strengthen me, to purify me and to teach me how to be how like Him. To remember Him means to remember that our God is a God of miracles, our God is a God of mercy, our God is a God of love, and that is who He calls me to be but I can't be that person without Him. To really come to believe this and live this I need to sit with Him and to remember who He sees me to be. And so as I sit in adoration I remember that He is a God who loves me and that I have been created in His image and likeness. I remember that I've been created good, that I've been created to glorify God with my life and that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I remember that we are called to live lives full of hope and trus

Gladys, from Ghana: "The Eucharist is a thanksgiving. It’s a great gift the Lord lived for us at the Last Supper and I think it's something that we really cherish." Patrick, from England: "We talk about the Church as being a foretaste of heaven and to know that our entire faith is centred around Jesus here on earth as it will be in heaven is just such a wonderful thing, especially in the way so many youth organisations will literally center around the Eucharist. You can really get the sense of a preempting, a pretaste of what heaven will be like: all faces turned towards Jesus, everyone worshipping and praising Him. The peace and joy that descends out of such sessions! No-one comes out of adoration feeling awful, they've always found a measure of peace and happiness, which is just that continuous promise of what we are actually going to achieve when we get to heaven with Jesus." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Dedicated to Our Lady, Totus2us is inspired by our Holy Papas St Joh

John, from England: "I think the thing that strikes me most about the Eucharist is the way it shows that God, in spite of being so powerful, is so humble. That not only is He so humble that He becomes a human being but he's so humble that He actually becomes food for us and that that's how he loves us, both by becoming one of us and becoming something that we can eat. That's just how humble our powerful God is." Dulan, from Sri Lanka: "Adoration is the presence of God, you feel the presence of God when you're in adoration. It's one of the most wonderful things you can do - to experience God in his whole power and his presence, in the peace it brings you. I absolutely love doing adoration." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Dedicated to Our Lady, Totus2us is inspired by our Holy Papas St John Paul II, Papa Benedict and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus was St John Paul II's motto to Mary.

Jason, from England: "For me adoration is very much heaven on earth. If we could only truly appreciate that moment when we are kneeling, sitting or standing before the presence of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament. It is truly heaven on earth and there can be no other place on earth better than in the presence of Jesus." Darryl, from Northern Ireland: "Nightfever is a great scheme, it's a great way to evangelise, bring people into the Church but be it in a very low key, welcoming way. And obviously it's great as well having the adoration, it gives people a great outlet, a great way for people to see Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. It gives people a lot of peace." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Dedicated to Our Lady, Totus2us is inspired by our Holy Papas St John Paul II, Papa Benedict and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus was St John Paul II's motto to Mary.

Enrique, from Madrid: "I feel myself very blessed to be able to go to Mass every day before going to work. I just find it incredibly helpful. It really is the daily bread that keeps me going. And it does make a big difference, the days in which I am able to attend Mass before work and the days in which I'm not. The days in which I am, I can really see the good effects it has in my dealings with my colleagues." Paula, from England: "I found my faith again through Scripture, but this really became alive when I went to Church one day. And it’s not that Mass made sense or that I was overwhelmed by the people or the candles or the music. It's just that I went in and I just felt God present in the Eucharist." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary.

Deacon Garrett, from the US: "The last day of the conference they had eucharistic adoration and there were 4000 college students all in this ballroom on their knees in complete silence and they processed the monstrance in and they placed the Lord on the altar. As soon as they exposed the Blessed Sacrament, my heart jumped, I just broke down. It hit me all of a sudden: that is God on the altar, that is God right in front of me, and I don't deserve to be present here in front of him, I don't deserve anything at all. And it struck my heart that that is the Lord right in front of me and, even in the midst of all my sin (I could name off every sin imaginable that a college student these days would be involved in) He was there to pull me up and it was through His presence in the Eucharist that I was really inspired to continue to pursue my vocation." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary.

Joseph, from England: "The Eucharist is such an on-going, worldwide and hourly thing where the presence of Jesus Christ is truly here in his sacrifice. I think it's a misconception by many and people sort of think that it's taking away from the crucifixion. But it's not. It's making us present with Jesus and it's the way we can receive Jesus on earth. And ideally we all want to go to heaven and to be with Jesus in the future, so why not receive Jesus now and learn to have a relationship with him? It's one of the most beautiful parts of my faith and something that I really relish and whenever I get the chance I go to Mass so I can receive the Eucharist." Ronald, from Kenya: ""The Eucharist to me is very important because that is Jesus Christ with us right here. Jesus Christ did not leave us with a Bible, but he left us with the Eucharist and he said it plainly, and he said 'This is my body and this is my blood.' Plain and simple. It is because of that that, technically and literally, the world and the universe

Francis, from the United States: "I think the Eucharist is just one of Christ's most beautiful gifts to his Church. It basically fulfils his promise to be with us always and it was the last thing he said to us before ascending into heaven after his life on earth. It's his mode of being with us which is so beautiful because, you know, building up to the Incarnation, you had the Jews, there was just this longing to have God's presence with us. So to me it's beautiful how through the Eucharist He connects with us in such a human way. Obviously he created our human nature, so he understands through our human nature we need that personal connection for there to be true affection. And God is love, so He understands that we need that connection and so he gave us the Eucharist so as to have a tangible connection and presence with Him until the last days. And to me that's just beautiful." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary.

Carly, from England: "For the first time I completely abandoned myself to the Lord, which I hadn't been able to do before; I'd wanted to do but I didn't know how. And I discovered Christ in the Eucharist, I saw Him, I met Him, I felt Him. And all the anger and pain and bitterness completely disappeared from my heart and I was just filled with love and joy and peace. And I saw Christ, I encountered Christ in the Eucharist, and for the first time I became completely aware of His presence in the Eucharist, of His true presence, His concrete presence, He was there before me in the flesh and He was bringing me into life, He brought me into life and healed me completely." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary.

Christina, from Germany: "My precious moments of adoration was also when I had my conversion. I was kneeling in front of Jesus and told Him I entrusted my life to Him. I would not do one single step anymore by myself. My life at that time wasn't leading anywhere. And suddenly I felt this warmth, peace and love coming right out from the Eucharist. I started crying and I realised Jesus was there indeed. He cared about me. He loved me. Now my life had a meaning." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary.

Matthew, from England: "When you discover the Eucharist and you experience this silent stillness, this simple piece of bread that flows from it all the fruits, the love, joy, peace, you experience from, in your heart you are receiving Jesus. When you receive this Eucharist you realise that all these things and worries of the world and your desires for selfish needs are just only for the self, but that which goes beyond the end is heaven, and in order to obtain eternal life we need to understand and come to live this now, which comes from the Eucharist. To me the Eucharist is everything." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary.

Nathan, from England: "Me and my mother had had an argument so I went to adoration of the Eucharist and I kneeled down and when I did, I was like 'God, please ask my mum to forgive me.' And then it felt like someone just hugged me, and I started crying and then I went to my mum and said I'm sorry and then she forgived me. Ya, and that's how God works." John, a seminarian: "I might be very distracted during my time of prayer sitting before Lord but I knew that something was happening. I felt and knew that Christ had given himself totally for me and humanity through the Eucharist, and just being in his presence was so refreshing, so encouraging for me. I might have a very difficult day or very bad day but being there with Jesus was very consoling and I could feel Him consoling me. So now after this experience, I have a greater desire to spend time with Jesus in the Eucharist." Music by Fr Stan Fortuna CFR. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary.