{"id":12371,"date":"2014-06-22T06:37:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T11:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/?p=12371"},"modified":"2014-06-22T06:37:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T11:37:50","slug":"corpus-christi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2014\/06\/corpus-christi-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Corpus Christi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>Great homily for Corpus Christi by Msgr Pope here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Are you a mouse or a man?<\/strong>\u00a0So here comes the question. Back in seminary days we were all given the example of a mouse who runs across the altar and takes a consecrated host and runs off and eats it. And we were asked, \u201cDoes he eat the body of Christ?\u201d Yes! For the Eucharist has a reality unto itself. \u201cBut does he receive a sacrament?\u201d No! A mouse has no mind. It eats the very Body of Christ but to no avail for it has no conscious awareness or appreciation of of what (whom) it eats. And so here comes the question \u2013 Are you a mouse or a man?<\/p>\n

How do you receive Holy Communion?<\/strong>\u00a0Do you go up mindlessly, shuffling along in the Communion line in a mechanistic way? Or do you go up powerfully aware of He, whom you are bout to receive? Do you remember, do you have vividly present to your mind what the Lord has done for you? Are you grateful and amazed at what he has done and what he offers? Or are you just like a mouse having something mindlessly put into your mouth?<\/p>\n

Some people put more faith in Tylenol than they do the Eucharist.<\/strong>\u00a0Why? Because when they take Tylenol they actually expect something to happen, for the pain to go away, and for there to be relief and healing. But when it comes to Holy Communion, they expect next to nothing. To them, it\u2019s just a ritual, time to go up and get the wafer, (pardon the expression).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Go here<\/a> to read the whole thing.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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