Eucharistic Adoration Reflection by Dcn. Ping

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you.”
~ Ezekiel 36:26

Last Saturday, our community was blessed with a deeply moving time of prayer and Adoration, led by Deacon Ping. His reflection drew us into the heart of this year’s theme, helping us rediscover what it means to let God renew our hearts and bring us closer to His love.

Deacon Ping reminded us that the Holy Spirit desires to transform our hearts — to remove the hardness that keeps us distant from God and replace it with hearts of flesh, capable of loving as Christ loves. He invited us to reflect on why, even though we attend Mass and receive Communion faithfully, our hearts can still feel restless or unaligned with God’s will.

He gently challenged us to look within and rediscover the true meaning of Holy Communion — not as a mere ritual, but as a living, personal encounter with the Lord Himself. The Eucharist, he said, is the very heart of our spiritual life, yet too often we approach it as ordinary bread and wine.

Quoting the wisdom of the Church, he reminded us that the tragedy of our time is not that people are bad, but that we often receive Jesus mechanically — with our lips and our hands, but not with the depth of our souls. We feed our bodies, but not our spirits. Our bellies are filled, but our hearts remain untouched.

The saints of old, he said, trembled before the altar at Communion, overwhelmed by the weight of divine presence. To receive was to be consumed by God. But in our age of distraction and casual worship, how easily we can lose that sense of awe. The problem, he said, is not with the Sacrament itself — the problem is that our hearts are not always open to receive its transforming grace.

And so, he called us to renewal. We must let God replace our hearts of stone with hearts of flesh — hearts alive with faith, gratitude, and surrender.

During his reflection, Deacon Ping shared a prayer that captured the longing of the soul for healing and refuge in Christ:

“Jesus, hide me in Your wounds forever.”

This prayer echoes the ancient Jesuit prayer, Anima Christi — “Within Your wounds, hide me.” It is a cry for mercy and intimacy, a plea to be enclosed in the safety and love of Christ’s Sacred Wounds.

He invited us to ponder the power of the Holy Name of Jesus, recalling the Scripture:

“At the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow—in heaven, on earth, and under the earth.” (Philippians 2:10)

To speak His name during Communion, he said, is not just an act of devotion — it is an act of faith and protection. The name of Jesus is both a weapon and a shield. It awakens our awareness that the King Himself is present before us, fully alive in the Eucharist.

When we pray, “Jesus, hide me in Your wounds,” we are surrendering control of our lives, entrusting our brokenness to the One who heals, and asking not for fleeting comfort but for lasting refuge — safety from sin, fear, and temptation.

He led us to remember Jesus’ own invitation in Matthew 11:28:

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.”

The wounds of Jesus, Deacon Ping reminded us, are not wounds of defeat but of victory. They are the place where sin is conquered, death is destroyed, and grace overflows. By His wounds, we are healed (Isaiah 53:5).

To be hidden in those wounds is to dwell in the most secure place in all creation — the seal of eternity, the dwelling of divine love. When we pray, “Jesus, hide me in Your wounds forever,” we are not simply asking for comfort; we are surrendering entirely to Christ, asking never to be separated from Him again.

It was a grace-filled moment to be led into silent Adoration — to allow Jesus Himself to speak to our hearts, to renew and soften them once more.

As a community, we give thanks to Deacon Ping for leading us into such a sacred encounter with our Lord. His reflection was not just a talk; it was an invitation - to live with renewed hearts, to adore with deeper reverence, and to remain hidden always in the merciful Heart of Jesus.

“Jesus, hide me in Your wounds forever.”

May this prayer echo in our hearts each time we approach the Eucharist, and may our lives become living reflections of the One who renews and transforms us.