Love and the Eucharist

So my week of blogging did not necessarily go as planned. My family is officially leaving tomorrow morning (sniffle, sniffle) but it will allow ample time to devote to Modern Catholic Mom.

I was catching up on my Catholic news when I saw this.

Pope Benedict commented at a Papal Audience on June 15th with the following:

"Love transforms all things", said Benedict XVI, "and hence we can understand why, at the heart of today's Feast of Corpus Christi, lies the mystery of transubstantiation, the sign of Jesus-Charity that transforms the world. By looking at Him and adoring Him, we are saying: yes, love exists, and because it exists things can change for the better and we may hope." (taken from here)

Pope Benedict highlights the most beautiful component of hope possible... love. When we look at the biggest problems of the world right down to the most irritating aspects of ordinary life we are transformed by the notion of love. Sometimes the concept of transubstantiation is overwhelming. As a human being it is impossible to fully comprehend the mystery and beauty hidden in the Eucharist. But with love, we can enter into the depths of Christ coming to us in the Eucharist. We don't have to know how..... that will be reserved for Heaven. All we have to do is believe through love that Christ died upon the cross for our sins using love as His motivator. Essentially we can do anything through the power of love.

And if Christ can die for us because of love then I can learn to love my husband through disagreements, love my daughter when she is disobedient, love my neighbor when he wrongs me. Love can even transform me when I am sitting at the sink washing dishes, cleaning the bathroom or mowing the lawn. His love is what sustains us, moves us, gives us hope. Love, faith and hope are connected in an intimate way as they provide us with the fuel to be believers and in turn to help evangelize the world.

During the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus let us pray for a greater understanding of love from Christ so that we may share that love with our family and friends.