Scripture Readings: Proverbs 9:1-6; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58
For many years we have all been going to Mass. Our reasons may be varied, but the one thing we have in common every time we go to Mass is we are FED.
We are fed with God’s Word…
We are Fed with God’s Body and Blood with the Eucharist/Holy Communion…
Eating has been pretty important over the centuries: We eat to stay alive; We eat to be nourished; We eat to be healthy…
The food and drink of our daily lives is a reminder of the food and drink that we share in every time we come to Mass and come around the Table of God – the Altar.
The Bread and Wine, the Body and Blood of Jesus that we receive, is God’s reminder to us that He is with us in our journey of life and faith.
The Bread and Wine, the Body and Blood of Jesus that we receive, is God’s reminder to us that He wants to nourish us and strengthen us and change us in the same way food and drink does.
The Bread and Wine, the Body and Blood of Jesus that we receive, is God’s reminder to us that he calls us to let him into our lives because we cannot do God’s Will alone.
The Bread and Wine, the Body and Blood of Jesus that we receive, is God’s reminder to us that his Gift of Himself to us is something that takes a lifetime to REALLY understand and appreciate.
The Bread and Wine, the Body and Blood of Jesus that we receive is God’s reminder to us that his Gift of Himself to us is meant to lead us to bring God’s Life and Love and Presence to those we meet every day: family, friends, neighbors and even the stranger in our midst.
The Bread and Wine, the Body and Blood of Jesus that we receive today is God’s reminder for us that we can REALLY live in Jesus and He in us, every moment of our lives beginning with these few moments we gather in Church each week and in the many moments of everyday life, till we return next week to come again into the real presence of Jesus in the Sacramental encounter we call the Eucharist, Holy Communion.