Before we receive Holy Communion, we echo the humble prayer of the Centurion in today's Gospel (Lk 7:1-10): "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof...but say the word and let my servant be healed." (Lk 7: 7). With our sinfulness, our indifference, our distractions, we are not worthy for the great privilege of receiving the Son of God into our bodies. Not worthy even to face him, yet it is his desire, his love, his tenderness that not only allows this act of love, but begs us to receive it. The scope of such love is incomprehensible to our limited minds, but the fact is, yes, it is such and it is ours for the taking. May we approach the altar with humility, but also with the confidence that Jesus knows our unworthiness, but overrides it with his great love.
Bro. Rene
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