When receiving the Eucharist

[theCardinalbird]

During mass one day I was hearing a sermon and in that sermon the priest spoke about how we are living tabernacles of the Lord when we receive him in the Eucharist . Isn’t that amazing to think about?

Has anyone ever thought this?

 

[Timeflies2me]

The fact that we have to be properly prepared to recieve makes it the more amazing to think about

 

[mVitus]

And technically speaking, you could Genuflect toward someone who had just recieived Communion.

 

[PeacePilgrim66]

This is partly why I kneel after receiving communion, praying that Christ would be multiplied in each of our lives and that the world would see Christ IN us.

 

[Seagull]

I - never - thought that thought - before.
I heard that Mary was a tabernacle carrying Jesus.

I heard the ark of the covenant - carried manna from Heaven …
I might be wrong about that.
To touch the ark unworthily was to die.

So it’s much truer - now - clean the inside of your tabernacle first.

 

[otrrl]

Fr John Riccardo of EWTN radio fame says something to the effect that the most sacred thing that we encounter next to the Eucharist is another person (without further qualification).

The OT teaches a respect even for our enemies, e.g. for the Egyptians who died in the Red Sea when the waters engulfed them. That may seem ironic but we must truly love all people, even our enemies – even people with personality types that may irritate us.

 

[MaryT777]

That is such a beautiful way to note we are tabernacles of the Lord. It IS amazing and no I have never thought about that aspect of Holy Communion the source and summit of our Faith.

But I will now.

Let us pray for each other and the Church.

 

[Rob2]

Has anyone ever thought this?

I have thought of it many times @theCardinalbird , to the point that sometimes I question myself about why I am genuflecting towards the tabernacle when leaving church , because I and all who have received the Eucharist have become tabernacles .

Though I would cause some confusion if I started to genuflect towards each person as they left the church .

Plus our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit .

We really need to respect who we are .

Thanks for the post .

A story we were told at school back in the 1950s has just come to mind . I doubt its veracity , but it teaches a truth .

A man went to Communion each day .

The priest noticed that the man left the church immediately after receiving Communion .

One day the priest arranged for two acolytes with candles to be at the back of the church to walk at either side of the man as he went on his travels .

 

[pppp]

Yes it is the Jesus app.

 

[Lee1]

It’s important I think to bear in mind constantly when dealing with others that we are temples of the Holy Spirit. Our personalities/ego is the tip of the iceberg and we all share a oneness through God, like the myriad plants, trees and grasses who are incredibly diverse yet all draw from the earth for sustenance.

I feel this oneness brings alive Our Lords teaching us to love God by every means and with all our heart and soul and to love others as we love ourselves, because what we then love is God. We need to love the spirit in others and see past the superficial person before us.

 

[Vico]

…
Has anyone ever thought this?

Yes. I usually say this Byzantine Catholic prayer after communion:

Prayer of Our Venerable Father John Damascene

God, my God, all-consuming invisible fire, you make your angels flaming fire. In your inexpressible love you have condescended to give me your divine flesh. You have allowed me to partake of your divinity by possessing your most pure body and precious blood. May they penetrate my entire body and spirit, and all my bones. May they burn away my sins, enlighten my soul, and brighten my understanding. May they sanctify me, making a dwelling-place in me so that I too may be in you forever, with your blessed Father, and your all-holy Spirit, through the prayers of your most pure Mother and of all your saints. Amen

 

[Seagull]

That’s a tremendous quote !