<p class="normal_text">At the inauguration of the Fatima event, the Angel of Peace leads the three little shepherds through the path of adoration to God, opening their heart to the Eucharistic mystery. If the firsts words of the Angel invited the three children &mdash; and, with them, every believer &ndash; to the adoration that transforms faith in hope and love, the Angel will also lead them to the flavors of the Eucharist, offering them the Body and the Blood of Christ. This presence of God constitutes, for the little shepherds, the prelude of a life offered to that Other that became so intimate of them. Little Francisco shall remember that ineffable experience: &laquo;I felt that God was in me, but I did not know how! &raquo;. The Eucharistic gift, tasted from the hands of the Angel and made life in them through the offering of themselves to God for the brethren, is the horizon to which the Message of Fatima points out, as an invitation, through the encounter with the Mercy of God, to the believer&rsquo;s conversion of life to the Eucharistic logic, offering oneself to God as a gift for the brethren.<br />
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<p class="normal_text">When we adore the presence of the one that made himself a Eucharistic gift, we remember the simple manner of the little shepherds who used to meet the <em>Hidden Jesus</em> and there, in the strength of that intimate encounter, fed their sacrifice, that is, the gift of themselves for the brethren. The intimacy of these encounters gave fruits of abundant life for them and for many more who, through them, experienced the Mercy of the God&rsquo;s Heart. This <em>Hidden Jesus</em> &ndash; the Eucharistic presence &ndash; is Jesus who becomes intimate, who invites to confidence, to the vitalizing encounter in each one&rsquo;s inner <em>hiding</em> <em>place</em>, and from this encounter makes mission.<br />
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The exposition of the Most Holy sanctifies us and exposes us. The encounter with Christ that we adore promises an inner profundity that will shape our heart to the image of God&rsquo;s Heart. And rediscovering this <em>image</em> <em>and likeness</em> with the merciful God, will not cease to lead us to the encounter of the brethren; like Francisco, who made of adoration to the <em>Hidden Jesus</em> the feeding of his surrendering.<br />
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<p class="quote">Note: the proposal of the adoration presented here may be used in community prayer. When prayed individually, one may adapt the communitarian moments, like the chant or the admonitions, to the intimacy of the individual prayer.</p>
