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Feast of Corpus Christi: A Reflection on the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist

Food.

Practically every event or celebration I can think of revolves around it.  Even when there is no celebrating, we still need it.  Our earthly life depends on it.  We can’t get very far in this life without it. 

Our spiritual life needs food too.  The spiritual food that nourishes our soul is found in the consecrated bread and wine of the Holy Eucharist, “the source and summit of the Christian life” as the Church teaches (CCC 1324).  Like our earthly food, we can’t get very far in our spiritual journey without God’s life within us. 

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Sister Clare Crockett: Surrendering Fame for the Abundant Life

A story about an ordinary Irish Catholic young woman named Clare Crockett really caught my attention the other day.  Clare was an aspiring actress who grew up at a time of division and violence in Ireland.  Worldly and attention-seeking, she wanted to achieve success making movies one day.  By her own account, she didn’t want to be just any average film actress but a “famous” one. 

What made her story jump out at me?  Because of how God chose ordinary people to carry out His most important work on earth.  He drew people in wherever they were in their lives. 

I could have looked for any story to read, but the Holy Spirit somehow led my eyes to hers.

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Faith and Fear in the Age of Coronavirus

Today while I was in the grocery store standing in line at the checkout lane six feet apart from everyone else, the customer ahead scolded at me because my shopping cart was slightly beyond the yellow tape on the floor as I was getting “too close to her space.”  My shopping cart was no more than 1 mm beyond the yellow tape!  Face mask and gloves in place, the customer ahead of me was clearly ready for battle against any germs and viruses that would dare invade her space … LOL!

As Saint John Paul II once said, “A person’s rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.”

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