Clinging to the Soul?

The Book of Isaiah (55:2) says, "Why spend money on what is not bread and your labor on what does not satisfy?" It seems as Jesus wants us to be satisfied with the eternal life and allowing Him to part of our daily lives. By following the Cannon Law, we are not supposed to eat or drink one hour before Mass, so we can yearn for the satisfaction of wanting to be fed by Christ.

Especially people of the consumer world, we look to have our fill by the material things of the world. We cling to the newest iPhone, trying to keep up with the Joneses, and whatever new toy that we think will bring us happiness. However, while trying to gain the newest toy, we forget that the most important thing that our souls need is Christ.

Christ is always trying to cling to our soul. Yet, we either do not want to allow Him in, or we are too busy to acknowledge that He is there. We think that it is easy to just give Christ one hour of our time each week. Every time we receive the Eucharist, Christ begins to cling to our heart and soul. We are either not willing to accept the fact that Christ is wanting to have a relationship with us, or we just continue to push the feelings away because it is more convenient. We focus all of our energy on our physical to-do lists and ignore our spiritual connection with Christ.

Those feelings of Christ clinging to our souls and hearts is his way of saying to us that we thirst for His love. Christ understands that we need money to buy the material things such as food and clothes. Yet, we do not need to have the material things that are not necessary. Christ knows that we need more than just need the material things of life. We need love, compassion, empathy, and many of the graces that only Christ can provide. We need to embrace Jesus clinging to our soul.

Christ wants us to know that he is a part of our lives every day. We need to be hungry for Christ every day. No matter how much we want to deny the clinging of Jesus to our souls, it will not happen as long as we receive the Eucharist each week. We need to strive to allow Christ to be satisfied with allowing Him to be part of our daily lives. We need to understand that no matter how much we try to deny Christ, He will be clinging to our souls and heart. He will be waiting to feed our soul and heart with the graces that we need. Christ has never abandoned us, no matter how many times, we deny His clinging to our souls. He will be waiting for us to accept Him. Jesus is always ready to welcome us home and give us the satisfaction we need. The only thing Jesus asks of us, we need to be willing to allow Him to cling to our souls and stop denying His presence in our lives.

The more we deny Christ in our lives, the more Christ clings to our souls. Eventually, He will force us to look at our hearts and see that we need Him. Jesus is always clinging to the soul and it should give us Catholics a great sense of peace knowing that Christ is always walking with us.