Becoming One with Christ

There is something about the Eucharist. The Eucharist that was given to all Catholics at the Last Supper. We truly believe that the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ during the Mass. Yet, the Eucharist is more than just becoming the Body and Blood of Christ. The Eucharist is God’s way of speaking to each individual to become one with Him.

As humans, we have a difficult time understanding the importance of the Eucharist. We either may not truly believe that the Eucharist can become the Body and Blood of Christ, or we do not understand how Jesus can say “so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us”. Both concepts far exceed our ability to figure it out. Yet, it is all out of a community of love. A love so great that Christ was willing to give up His life so we, His sheep, can live with Him eternally.  This is the same community of love that takes our souls and the flesh of the Eucharist into a deeper sense of community. It is through the Holy Spirit we all become one with the Church and the center of the communion of the Church is in the Eucharist.

While some of us may not believe in the oneness of the Eucharist, it is not God breaking the center of our communion. It is us. We break the oneness of the Church when we break or do not want to have a relationship with Christ. It was Christ who was creating the unity of the Church which is still alive and very present in the world today. It is our responsibility as a community and individuals to remember and maintain the relationship with God. The unity is the Church.

As Catholics, we need to be very conscious of the unity God wants with each one of us especially His Church. The Eucharist is real. The Eucharist is so real that as Catholics we are privileged to be able to receive the Body and Blood of Christ at each Mass. Each time we receive the Eucharist, we are allowing Christ to enter into our body. Christ is becoming one with us. We are telling Christ that while He is one with us, we are allowing ourselves to be one with Christ. From receiving the Eucharist we are allowing our relationships to become one with Christ. We are giving people the opportunity to see Christ through us. However, most importantly, by receiving the Eucharist each week, we are telling Christ that we are willing to be united to Him and the Father. We are allowing the heart of the Eucharist make each one of us one with the same and resurrected Christ.