Note: Yesterday I lost track of time and hence was not able to offer a slice of bread; today, time is running out...we'll do our best.
We took time on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ with its rich images of honey, wheat, and grapevine along with the beautiful, comprehensive Sequence, Lauda Sion Savatorem, perhaps with a Procession added after Mass to do as much as we could to reflect on, celebrate, and give thanks for the great and obvious gift of the Holy Eucharist. As great as this gift is, receiving Holy Communion can become routine and lose its power to transform US into the Body and Blood of Jesus. Even worse, we can fail to appreciate how much Jesus wants to come to US.
On a completely different note, today's Gospel admonishes us to cast out the beam from our own eye before we criticize and judge others for the speck in their eyes. Coming to the realization of how often we do this and desiring to make amends is one of those invisible gifts that in our busyness or impatience, or self-centeredness we fail to acknowledge. May our eyes be open to see all the gifts that God gives to us and offer a sincere prayer of gratitude for all of them.
Bro. Rene
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