We are one...

Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.
1 Cor 10:17

Last weekend was the Feast of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. We celebrate and reflect upon the source and summit of our faith: the uniting of individuals at the table of our Lord and partaking of the Holy Eucharist. When we gather together at Mass to celebrate the Eucharist we become one body in the Lord. Look around you at Mass today. Do you see individuals or do you see one body, a mystical body? When you listen and respond to the Liturgy of the Eucharist do you hear one voice, a mystical voice? Do you feel at one with the Lord AND your fellow worshippers?

Take some time today to reflect upon the bread and wine that become the body and blood of Christ. Think of how many grains of wheat it takes to make the bread and think of how many grapes it takes to make the wine. The grains and grapes start their lives as individuals and then come together to form bread and wine. The priest consecrates the bread and wine to form the body and blood of Christ. We too are like grains of wheat and grapes. We start out as individuals before Mass, each doing our own thing, but when we come together at the table of the Eucharist we form one body and one voice. And after Mass we become the earthly hands of Christ and the earthly voice of Christ. How will you carry out this responsibility? How will you be Christ in your home, workplace, playground, grocery store etc.? How will you carry on Christ’s earthly mission? How will you go forth to love and serve the Lord?

Always remember that you carry the Light of Christ with you. He will guide you, travel with you and will illuminate your path. Christ is a part of us and we are at one with Christ. Though we are many, we are one…
God Bless, Holly Clark