No Cholesterol or Calories In Heaven

 I love the description of what the feast in heaven will be like.  Not just food, but rich food, and not just wine but choice wine.  There will be nothing but the best for the friends of God. I can't wait!   I don't have to wait because heaven begins here on earth and Jesus has already provided for us the richest food of all, His Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity in the form of what gives every appearance to be simple ordinary bread and wine.  It's more than amazing, it is exciting!  Can you imagine, you and the God of the universe are as close as you can get.  It blows my mind.  Let's put this into perspective.  You are in London, you are outside Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth wanders out into the street to greet some of the little people who are gathered there in the hope of just catching a glimpse of her.  She is walking towards you.  You seem to catch her eye and you see a twinkle in her eye and you know you and she have mystically connected. You jump the barrier and take two steps towards her and you suddenly find yourself kissing the black British asphalt with the muzzle of an automatic rifle touching your head with one of Her Majesty's bodyguards with his finger on the trigger and ready to give you a new part in your hair if even one of your muscles has a twitch!  See, you could not get close to the Queen of England because she is too important, much too dignified to spend time with someone as common as you.  But at mass, at the Eucharist, you and Jesus, the Person whose will allows Liz to live, breath, and wear those silly hats, comes into you physically and for a while, you and the God of the Universe are one, together.  Our God gives us examples all of the time of how we should be.  What the queen of England is lacking, our God has an infinite supply of and that is humility.  I will leave you on this autumn Sunday with just one question to think about:

JUST WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO ME IF WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT THE EUCHARIST WAS TRUE? 

DID YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN OFFER ALL OF THE GRACES YOU RECEIVE WHEN RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION TO THE POOR SOULS IN PURGATORY?