Last week we celebrated the mystery of the Trinity, God in three persons, a basic tenet of our Catholic faith. We know that the Trinitarian conception of God is a way for us to relate to our Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier. We also know God is greater than we can perceive. Today we celebrate another mystery of our faith: the great gift of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.
In the First Reading from Genesis we hear about Melchizedek, king of Salem and a priest who brings out bread and wine. He blesses and thanks God. Sound familiar? In our Eucharistic prayers─btw, eucharist means thanksgiving─we remember Jesus and offer that sacrifice back to God. We lay all at God’s altar. Jesus’ body and blood (the transformed bread and wine) become our spiritual food to sustain us and to give us the strength to do God’s work in the world. Each week we come to Mass to be renewed in our faith by God’s Word, the Eucharist and our Community (the Body of Christ).
We know that God is present in the Eucharist, the Word and his people. How that is so is a mystery of our faith¾the key word here being faith. We hear the Gospel story today of the miracle of the loaves and fish, and we know that while this event is also a mystery, it happened. Why or how become less important than the fact that these events took place, and that as we celebrate each Mass the miracle is present once again. All of us present at St. Aidan’s table are fed, sustained and nourished for the work we must do as believers and Disciples. This certainly is a miracle and a mystery, it is our grace and redemption.
Keep singing!
Elizabeth Dyc
In the First Reading from Genesis we hear about Melchizedek, king of Salem and a priest who brings out bread and wine. He blesses and thanks God. Sound familiar? In our Eucharistic prayers─btw, eucharist means thanksgiving─we remember Jesus and offer that sacrifice back to God. We lay all at God’s altar. Jesus’ body and blood (the transformed bread and wine) become our spiritual food to sustain us and to give us the strength to do God’s work in the world. Each week we come to Mass to be renewed in our faith by God’s Word, the Eucharist and our Community (the Body of Christ).
We know that God is present in the Eucharist, the Word and his people. How that is so is a mystery of our faith¾the key word here being faith. We hear the Gospel story today of the miracle of the loaves and fish, and we know that while this event is also a mystery, it happened. Why or how become less important than the fact that these events took place, and that as we celebrate each Mass the miracle is present once again. All of us present at St. Aidan’s table are fed, sustained and nourished for the work we must do as believers and Disciples. This certainly is a miracle and a mystery, it is our grace and redemption.
Keep singing!
Elizabeth Dyc
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