At least that’s what people say.
In fact, they’ve been saying that since 1826 when a Frenchman,
Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, wrote,
"Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are."
Dis-moi ce que tu manges et je te dirai ce que tu es.
(Everything always sounds better in French!)
The feast of the Body and Blood of Christ this Sunday
celebrates the sacramental reality of Christ’s presence
in the gifts of bread and wine we offer every time we celebrate Mass,
- what we eat and drink when we celebrate the Eucharist.
What does the spiritual food we share at Mass
tell us about who we are?
Christ is present at Mass in several ways in the liturgy.
He’s present in our very gathering, our coming together to pray.
He himself told us,
“Wherever two or three are gathered in my name,
there am I in the midst of them.”
(Matthew 18:20)
He is also “present in the Word,
since it is the Lord himself who speaks
when the scriptures are read in the Church.”
