Human Respect - 2 Pillars #33

Eucharistic meditation on how God in the Blessed Sacrament is not loved enough. The Marian meditation is on human respect and how this interferes with our living our Christianity.
Meditations read in front of the exposed Blessed Sacrament for our Daily Holy Hour at our Bloomington, Indiana friary from the two books: Real Presence by St Peter Julian Eymard and A Month with Mary by Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo
Ave Maria!
Day #21: Human Respect
MARY: Among the enemies you must fight against, my child, there is one which is small, wretched, foolish, but which can paralyze you.This enemy seems to be outside of you, but in reality is none other than yourself. Babies go near the mirror, look at themselves, get frightened at seeing a being that moves, become timid or want to play with it, but that being which frightens them or fascinates them is none other than their own image.
You do the same when you allow yourself to be vanquished by human respect: it seems to you that the others assaul