HOW I SEE THE MASS

In the Eucharistic Prayer, the words have a powerful meaning to me and maybe to you too. Here are a couple of parts in the prayer. The Lord be with you. It comes from the bible; it was directed toward someone who was about to do something great. God had big plans for a lot of people in the bible, and he has big plans for us too. We come to Mass and God wants to do something in our hearts. He wants us to do something with our family, at work, and among our neighbors. He wants us to have courage knowing he is with us, that we are not abandoned, or orphans. He wants us to lift up our hearts to him. Make holy these gifts we pray and send your spirit on them like the dewfall. I see this in the person of Christ, asking the Father to send down the Holy Spirit, transforming them into the body and blood of Christ. I think of the morning dew that soaks everything that is not covered up. But it really refers to the mana that appeared to the Jewish people to eat in the desert. It was considered food from heaven; they were nourished by God. That partaking of the body and blood of Christ we may be gathered into one body. Imagine the Holy Spirit wrapping his arms around us all, like a hen gathering her chicks under her wings to save and protect them. We are united into one people, one body of Christ. When we consume the Body of Christ, he becomes part of us. When we consume his blood, he flows through our veins, heaven and earth come together for a time. Christ gives himself to us, his body is true food from heaven. What do you see in the Mass?