One of the hardest mysteries to comprehend known to humans: The Holy Eucharist. If you think about it, the belief in the Eucharist is a pretty mysterious thing. It is something that no, we don't fully understand, but yet it is totally and completely 100% true.
I was contemplating this mystery earlier as I was sitting in front of the Blessed Sacrament in Adoration earlier this morning. I have been to a variety of different types of Masses and Churches (Although I have never been to a Latin mass... But it's on my list of things to do!) And the difference in the way people approach the mass is tremendous. I've been to masses where the people sit, stand, and kneel at the different 'normal' times, and I've also been to masses where the people wouldn't kneel at all, or even masses where the people sat for the whole mass.
It is my personal belief that all those who are able should be kneeling during certain parts of the mass. (During the Consecration and right after the Lamb of God.) And this is why: If we could fully understand what is right before us, would we even think for a moment about standing? Right before our eyes is the very essence, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of the one who gave us the ability to stand.
If we could fully understand and all the 'blinders' were taken from our eyes to see the True Presence without a single grain of doubt would we be able to stand, or would we be too in awe of what is before us that it literally makes us weak. After all, if God stopped thinking about us for one moment, just one moment, we would cease to exist. We cannot exist without Him. Talk about power.
But even with all that power, God chooses to come down to us in the simple forms of bread and wine. He chooses to remain simple, because if He was to totally reveal Himself to us, we would be in such awe, and so petrified by His presence. He leaves it up to us to choose Him, because if He totally revealed Himself, there would be no choice for us. We would just automatically accept him.
That being said, why do we treat the Eucharist as if it is something totally normal? It is truly a divine gift from God, to be treasured, to be honored, and to be given the most profound respect by us humans.
That's why I choose to kneel at Mass. (and why I think everyone who is able should do likewise.) The Savior of the world is fully physically present before my eyes, (and enters inside of my very beings.) and deserves as much respect as I can possibly give Him in my human frailty..
God Bless you all,
Catherine
"Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" and I said, "Here I am Lord, send me!"
- Isaiah 6:8
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
What the Eucharist Means to Me
The Eucharist means many things to me. It means spiritual nourishment for my body and my soul. It means communion with other parts of the Body of Christ, but most importantly it means a very special and intimate encounter with my Lord, my Savior, my Creator, and my Divine Spouse, Jesus Christ.
The Eucharist means consuming into my body the very essence, (Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.) of the one who gave me everything that I have; the Creator of the universe. It means my Lord and Savior is intimately entering inside of me. Reception of the Eucharist means belittling myself to the reception of something much much greater then I could ever imagine.
For me, it also means taking part of the sacrifice that happened so long ago on Calvary. It gives me a chance to enter into the mystery of the sacrifice of the cross almost two thousand years after it happened. By taking part in the Holy Sacrifice it means giving my life over completely to Jesus, it means surrendering my very being to His Holy will and His divine plan for my life. It reminds me that I have been set apart, chosen for the furthering of Christ’s church here on earth. It also means that I am member of the Body of Christ. Connected in a very special and divine way to all the other members of God’s Church; both on earth and in Heaven. It means that as one of Christ’s chosen daughters, I have a very special and unrepeatable role to fill here on earth.
God Bless,
Catherine
One more note, two posts a week has become too much of a challenge for me to do with school and such. For here on out (at least until the end of the school year.) I will be posting once a week on Tuesdays.
The Eucharist means consuming into my body the very essence, (Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.) of the one who gave me everything that I have; the Creator of the universe. It means my Lord and Savior is intimately entering inside of me. Reception of the Eucharist means belittling myself to the reception of something much much greater then I could ever imagine.
For me, it also means taking part of the sacrifice that happened so long ago on Calvary. It gives me a chance to enter into the mystery of the sacrifice of the cross almost two thousand years after it happened. By taking part in the Holy Sacrifice it means giving my life over completely to Jesus, it means surrendering my very being to His Holy will and His divine plan for my life. It reminds me that I have been set apart, chosen for the furthering of Christ’s church here on earth. It also means that I am member of the Body of Christ. Connected in a very special and divine way to all the other members of God’s Church; both on earth and in Heaven. It means that as one of Christ’s chosen daughters, I have a very special and unrepeatable role to fill here on earth.
God Bless,
Catherine
One more note, two posts a week has become too much of a challenge for me to do with school and such. For here on out (at least until the end of the school year.) I will be posting once a week on Tuesdays.
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