What is this bread that we share in the Holy Eucharist? It is such a small piece of bread that it is hardly sufficient to satisfy the hunger of anyone. We believe that it is no more the bread made of wheat. But it has transformed into the Body and the Blood of Jesus. We should look at it with the eyes of faith.
For this reason we make the sign of the cross in preparation to receive it and we say AMEN when we receive “The Body of Christ”.
This transformation will be meaningful to us only if it makes a transformation in our own lives. That means, the meaning of the Eucharist for us depends on a certain transformation in our lives. What is this transformation?
Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador said, “My hunger is my physical problem, but the hunger of my neighbour is my spiritual problem. It needs more attention than my own hunger”.
Let us pray on this Solemn Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ that we shall unite ourselves with Him in the Holy Communion, the true and real Presence of Jesus.
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