Here are two quotations that may help us to appreciate and enjoy today’s feast. The first is from St Augustine (died 28th Aug 430) he said as we approach to receive Holy Communion, Behold what you are, become what you receive. When we come forward to receive Holy Communion for a brief moment we hold our Lord and Saviour in our hands and then receive Him into our bodies; we become the Body of Christ. The modern version of what he said is: “You are what you eat!” We are nourished at the altar to go into the world to be as Christ – to be a source of love, healing and peace. The second quotation comes from St Teresa of Calcutta (died 5th Sept 1997) and she, in her great humility, helps us translate this wonderful mystery into daily living: In each of our lives Jesus comes as the Bread of Life – to be eaten, to be consumed by us. This is how He loves us. Then Jesus comes in our human life as the hungry one, the other, hoping to be fed with the Bread of our life, by our hearts in loving, and our hands in serving. In loving and serving, we prove that we have been created in the likeness of God, for God is Love and when we love we are like God.
The Blood of Christ. Amen.
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