WEEKLY REFLECTION

"Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” 

In John's Gospel account Jesus Himself teaches that all of the above requires that we live in Holy Communion with Him by way of the Sacrament of His Body and Blood, and that apart from this, we will wither like a branch severed from the vine and be gathered for burning. When the large crowd of Jesus" followers heard this, most walked away, despite all the miracles of healing Jesus had worked before their eyes, and the miraculous multiplication of loaves and fish, and other signs and wonders they had witnessed. Jesus then turned to the Twelve apostles and asked if they, too, wished to leave. But Peter answered for himself and the others: "Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to know and are convinced that you are the Son of God "

All this points to the Eucharist as the means the Lord has given to His Church, not only for the members of His Mystical Body to be united to Him, but also for carrying on His work of shepherding – of gathering people into oneness with Himself and so, of bringing His saving work to completion when the full number of all the willing are united to Him in doing the Father's will and joining in His self-offering to the Father in praise and thanksgiving and loving obedience unto the Cross and Resurrection.

The Eucharistic Lord in whom we believe, from whom we live, wants to bring our whole life into communion with him, so that we may not only "live because of him" but act together with him. To believe in the Eucharist is, to some extent, to commit to walk with the Eucharistic Jesus. That's what we're here to ask. We ask the Lord for the gift of faith so that we may stake our existence, too, on his words of eternal life, "This is my body!" and "This is chalice of my blood!" and offer our body and blood for him and for others.

In response to the awesome gift of the Holy Eucharist, we, make response in David's Psalm: "The cup of salvation I will take up, and I will call upon the name of the Lord." 

Our National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, makes Christ in the Eucharist the main focus for all that we do.

That is the means Jesus left us for entering into consummate nuptial oneness with Him, and for gathering all the willing into consummate nuptial oneness with Him. Short of this, even the truth of the Gospel, compellingly proclaimed, will not draw all to Christ, and with Him, into the Father's House.

Reflections courtesy of Evengeli.net.