1. Find a Quiet Space: Choose a peaceful environment where you can focus without interruptions.
2. Read Each Quote Slowly: Begin by reading each quote slowly and deliberately. Let each word resonate within you.
3. Pause for Reflection: After reading each quote, pause for a few moments to reflect on its meaning. Allow the words to sink in deeply. Don’t rush to the next quote.
4. Meditate on the Third Quote: Pay special attention to the third quote. Read it again and again as needed, slowly.
5. Repeat as Needed: You may find it helpful to read the quotes multiple times, allowing deeper insights to emerge with each reading.
6. End with a Prayer to St. Peter Julian Eymard: Conclude your meditation with a prayer, asking for the grace to embody the teachings in your daily life.

Through meticulously gathered documents, Reverend Tenaillon paints a vivid picture of Eymard’s spiritual journey, highlighting his foundational beliefs and his mission to spread the love for the Blessed Sacrament. Readers are taken on a journey through key moments of Eymard’s life, including his reflections on the sacramental birth of Jesus, His hidden life at Nazareth, and the renewal of His Passion in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

The book not only delves into Eymard’s personal sacrifices and abnegation but also emphasizes his teachings on finding Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Tenaillon’s work is a testament to Eymard’s legacy as “The Priest of the Eucharist,” capturing his essence and his role in the spiritual life of the Church.

This biography is a valuable resource for those seeking to deepen their understanding of Eucharistic devotion and the life of a saint who dedicated himself entirely to God.

By giving the public the present life of Venerable Père Eymard, the publishers have added a volume of significant interest to Eucharistic literature. This work opens to our gaze the secret recesses of a soul who, to purchase “the pearl of great price in the monstrance set,” gave all that he had. He relinquished home, family, the closest spiritual friendships, health, and life itself to possess what to him was the one thing necessary—Jesus Hostia.

The following pages reveal the workings of grace in one whom the Holy Spirit led to the most exalted heights of divine love. While living in closest mystic union with his Divine Master, Père Eymard also taught others to love and serve devotedly Him who so craves the affection of men. For this ardent apostle, the Blessed Sacrament was more than a mere presence; it was the living personality of Jesus of Nazareth, with His oft-repeated “Come to Me.”

Very aptly, Père Eymard has been called “the Priest of the Eucharist.” He remains in our midst, exerting his uplifting influence over souls through the work of his zealous spiritual sons, the Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament. This society has presented to English readers the four volumes from Père Eymard’s pen, which portray his character more clearly than any mere biography could. Nonetheless, a short account of the incidents of his fifty-seven years will encourage readers of these pages to explore his writings more deeply and learn the secret of becoming adorers in spirit and in truth. Such is his message to us of the twentieth century.

Reference:

Venerable Pierre Julien Eymard. The Priest of the Eucharist: Founder of the Congregation of the Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament. Taken from documents on his life and virtues by the Postulator of his cause, Reverend Edmond Tenaillon, S.S.S. Published by The Sentinel Press, 185 East 76th Street, New York.