The Eucharist should be part of our life.

One of the most brutal pains a parent can bear is when they no longer mean anything to their child. Only parents know what they had to suffer for their child, what they had to give up, what they had to sacrifice and undergo. Their love doesn’t stop, they love all the time, and somehow they can’t find the words to tell their child all this. They are afraid that it would be taken for granted, or that it would ironize their words. Therefore, they prefer to love and not say anything, even if they are waiting for love to be reciprocated.

We are all children of God, sons, and daughters of the heavenly Father, brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ. And therefore, in the area of ​​faith, we can often talk about the pain of the Lord Jesus, when we, brothers and sisters, do not recognize him, we often have nothing to do with it. And yet, Jesus does not stop loving us, as evidenced by the words from the Gospel: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst” (John 6:35).

We know that God the Father sent his Son into the world to become the bread of our life. God could not have invented anything more perfect. His Son, the second divine person, under the sign of bread and wine, is ever present among those he loved to the extreme. God has determined that bread is needed daily for the body. God in his wisdom, determined that he would also provide support for the human soul in the form of bread. Therefore, since the Last Supper, the words we heard in the Gospel, which Jesus said in Capernaum when the crowds were looking for him after the miraculous feeding in the desert, became a reality. We see that Jesus became food, that means that under the form of bread, the same is present and always until the end of the world – our Redeemer and Savior. Therefore, those who try to live their faith can say with St. Paul: “It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal 2:20).

Here, however, we must realize that faith is necessary for salvation, and therefore we must strive to reach this faith of ours. As bread is essential for earthly life, so faith in Jesus Christ is necessary for eternal life. Believing in miracles is not enough. We can see this from what we read in the Gospel. The Jews saw the miracles of the Lord Jesus, yet they did not believe him. However, whoever believed understood the miracles as a sign that God is active in Christ. It is like a sign that leads us to the person of Christ. Accepting Christ by faith must be understood as an extraordinary grace from God the Father. We know from the mouth of the Lord Jesus himself that all who come to and receive him are gifted by the Father. It is the Father’s will that we come to Jesus. And Jesus will not drive away anyone who comes to him.

It is sad that many people do not believe in the person of Christ. We know that this saddened even Jesus himself, that many people did not find their way to him even when they saw his miracles. Even so, he did not reject anyone, because he came to save everyone. It follows that it is our duty not to reject Jesus and his teachings. We should realize that we are instruments of God’s love. That is why wonderful paths often lead to Jesus and faith. A young student, an atheist, visited the priest. She wanted to know Christianity and study it. She still had many clever comments about everything. When she said goodbye to the priest once, he said to her: “Mary, remember that you are loved, otherwise you wouldn’t be here. Jesus loves you very much, so he allowed you to travel all the way here. Realize that you will not escape his love.” After a few months, she wrote him an Easter greeting: “I don’t know when it started, I don’t know when it happened, I don’t know where it happened, I don’t know how it happened. But I know that I am touched by Jesus. I greet you with Easter joy , which fills my heart, and another, different Mary wants to share this joy with you.” What made her do it?

Knowledge. This is what many are missing. We lack the strength to be penetrated by Jesus. If we cannot say that we have changed, then nothing has actually happened to us. Only when Christ transforms us into himself will we be able to communicate with Saint Paul: “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal 2:20). And here we can talk about a true Christian. Faith in the Eucharistic Christ is a personal relationship when a person comes to Jesus with the desire to accept him. Then the Christian becomes a tabernacle.  Jesus says: “I am the bread of life” (Jn 6:35). Jesus’ teaching about himself in the Eucharist is emphasized by faith, hope and love. We must believe in Jesus, hope in Jesus, love, and stay with him.This is the foundation of our survival and life with the Eucharistic Jesus. The Eucharist leads us to sacrifice, service, faithfulness to the Gospel. Without faith, hope, and love truly lived, without this foundation, the cult of the Eucharist could easily turn into nothing more than swallowing retribution during St. mass or looking at a piece of recompense in the monstrance. The Eucharist is a dynamic center. He receives us from the scattered areas of our spiritual distance, unites us with Jesus and the brothers, and moves us with Jesus and the brothers towards the Father. It is like the sun, which attracts people to itself, and with it they walk towards the mysterious, the surest goal.

Return the love. Returning love to Christ is what parents expect from their children.  This reciprocation brings enrichment on both sides, new possibilities of love, growth and other gifts, of which the one who still forgets to reciprocate love has no idea.