+ Our gospel passage today reminds us that
it is among the primary missions of Jesus not only to save the world and then
leave it to fend for itself; no, he also is very much interested in remaining
with everyone redeemed (and also the potentially redeemed), and to offer as
much assistance, spiritual nourishment and encouragement as he possibly can so
that they stay the course which can now – thanks to his resurrection – lead to
eternal life in a Kingdom prepared for them! The quintessential spiritual aids
are the sacraments: and the queen among them is the Eucharist: the Mass we
share right now.
In
the first reading, the impetus behind the proclamation of this
truth is seen in the unrestrainable
reality of the gospel: there is no containing or impeding its spread: for
the command to take it to the ends of the earth came from Jesus: and thus must
indeed be carried out: God’s word will
not return to him empty and void, but shall do what he sent it to do!
May
we, today, live, both on the bread of this Eucharistic Sacrifice, the very real, true and tangible Body,
Blood, Soul and Divinity of the Lord Jesus, and also the good works of gospel spreading that we
are compelled to do after we have shared in it: no, man does not live just on bread, but also works of charity and love
whose mandate comes from the mouth of God!
The Catholic
Eucharistic Celebration, the Mass, was always meant to be the great one great
stabilizing event and balancing factor in human life – let us then enter into
it fully, and then tell others of his dignity, meaning and value. Alleluia!
Alleluia!
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