Soul and Sacrament

“Eventually, in that chapel, deep in my heart, I knew. Sister Rose was right. God offers Himself to you and me in the blessed body and blood. It really is true. So I quietly prayed, “Lord, forgive my unbelief.” This sacrament really is what Jesus said it is. The real presence of Jesus among us. It all rides on the Eucharist. The Eucharist is our family meal. It is the gift of God. Jesus comes to us and feeds us with Himself in the elements. Our worship focuses on the altar because that is how and where Jesus presents Himself to us. The Eucharist also binds us together. Without the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, we merely have our own ideas rather than true unity. In the Eucharist, Jesus fuels and empowers His Church. Everything rides on the Eucharist. Very simply, God changed my heart. ‘This house will take care of you. Everything you need is in this house.’” — Allen Hunt, from his book, Confessions of a Megachurch Pastor

It is a challenge to live a life of daily Mass attendance. At a very difficult time in my professional life, I woke up at 4:30 a.m. to attend the early Communion service at St. Brigid's Catholic Church. I was facing some real challenges at work and some of the people that I had to work with were not very nice, to say the least. I felt I needed the extra spiritual strength that I knew I would receive from receiving the Eucharist daily. The job went from bad to worse (hostile place), and eventually, I resigned. I would probably have resigned much sooner if I had not had the extra inspiration and graces received from daily reception of Christ in the Eucharist. Fast forward to now, I have felt a real need to start attending daily Mass. Many years ago, there were many local parishes that had super early morning Mass, at 6 a.m. Now, those Masses are harder to find, but there are a few in San Antonio. St. Brigid still has their 6 a.m. Communion service. It is not a full Mass. It is Litu...

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