Thoughts on the Eucharist

[millstreet]

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Eucharist, spending a lot of time trying to even remotely grasp a concept that’s so simple, yet so difficult. One thing I know is that it is Jesus accompanying me, physically and spiritually. But I’ve sort of extended my thinking on this now. Have you ever met someone who hits you so hard, who is “larger than life” I guess, you want to know everything and you want to get so completely “integrated” (I think that’s what I’m getting at) – heart, mind, and soul? If you have, then you know when you’re actually able to connect on this level, even for a fleeting moment, it’s so entirely satisfying but it also leaves you wanting even more. I think we could look at the Eucharist this way, to receive that gift of becoming so totally enmeshed with Jesus, body, blood, and soul, both human and divine. And then when you leave the Church, to want even more to know Him and connect with Him again in this way. He is larger than life, and we should feel 10x the awe we feel when we are in the presence of another human that makes us feel like that.

Wondering what people think of this perspective.

 

[adf417]

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Eucharist, spending a lot of time trying to even remotely grasp a concept that’s so simple, yet so difficult. One thing I know is that it is Jesus accompanying me, physically and spiritually. But I’ve sort of extended my thinking on this now. Have you ever met someone who hits you so hard, who is “larger than life” I guess, you want to know everything and you want to get so completely “integrated” (I think that’s what I’m getting at) – heart, mind, and soul? If you have, then you know when you’re actually able to connect on this level, even for a fleeting moment, it’s so entirely satisfying but it also leaves you wanting even more. I think we could look at the Eucharist this way, to receive that gift of becoming so totally enmeshed with Jesus, body, blood, and soul, both human and divine. And then when you leave the Church, to want even more to know Him and connect with Him again in this way. He is larger than life, and we should feel 10x the awe we feel when we are in the presence of another human that makes us feel like that.

Wondering what people think of this perspective.

Wonderful perspective. Thanks.

 

[1neophyte]

That is excellent.

 

[reggieM]

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Eucharist, spending a lot of time trying to even remotely grasp a concept that’s so simple, yet so difficult. One thing I know is that it is Jesus accompanying me, physically and spiritually. But I’ve sort of extended my thinking on this now. Have you ever met someone who hits you so hard, who is “larger than life” I guess, you want to know everything and you want to get so completely “integrated” (I think that’s what I’m getting at) – heart, mind, and soul? If you have, then you know when you’re actually able to connect on this level, even for a fleeting moment, it’s so entirely satisfying but it also leaves you wanting even more. I think we could look at the Eucharist this way, to receive that gift of becoming so totally enmeshed with Jesus, body, blood, and soul, both human and divine. And then when you leave the Church, to want even more to know Him and connect with Him again in this way. He is larger than life, and we should feel 10x the awe we feel when we are in the presence of another human that makes us feel like that.

Wondering what people think of this perspective.

Yes. Very good!

 

[Jomann]

I like to think the chalice it’s like Mary. The chalice it’s not the Eucharist but it’s elevated with the Eucharist (reference to the Assumption).

And ordinary bread and wine is like the physical human body who is made by natural means but is given the immortal soul just like the bread and wine turn into the Body of Christ.

 

[Spritus1]

Jesus is not just larger than life, He Is Life. He is the way, the truth and the life. Under the form of bread is Jesus, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. As in His earthly life when He walked among men as to all outward appearances as just a humble carpenter, so too in our day He appears as just that most humble and ordinary of “things” - bread. Jesus was born in the House of Bread, for that is what Bethlehem means. He was laid in a manger, a type of trough from which animals were fed. So from His very earliest moments on earth all the signs pointed to Jesus being who He said He was and is, the Bread of Life.

When we receive Him in the Eucharist we become like Mary, our Blessed Mother who bore Him within Herself for 9 months. We become living tabernacles, becoming one with Him who is our beginning and our end. He is our source and our summit.

How generous, gracious and superabundant in love is Our Lord who continues to humble us even now on our earthly pilgrimage in this vast desert. As we go through life we are like the Israelites wandering in the desert, but God is ever near. We are loved and cared for beyond our wildest dreams.

God bless you.

The Eucharist is our greatest treasure.