Sunday's Gospel reading, we hear the Great Eucharistic Command. Jesus says: "Those who feed on me will have life because of me." What kind of life? What's the difference between having HIS life and the one you were born with?
Jesus gives us his body and blood in every Mass so that we can consume him in his entirety – all of his humanity and all of his divinity. He wants us to be nourished abundantly by his love. He wants us to receive his strength when we endure trials, his healing when we suffer wounds, and most of all, his LIFE, not just when we go to Heaven, but here and now on Earth.
Consuming Jesus should transform us into his likeness. If we truly believe that the Eucharist is the body and blood of Jesus our Savior, then why would we leave Mass unchanged?
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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