Longing for the Eucharist
There are been pre-recorded Masses (sometimes called "canned Mass") and the streamed versions, like the one in the picture above. These are helping to fill gaps for us in some ways. We are grateful to those who make these provisional celebrations possible. But, as someone said to me along the way "You don't get to receive the Eucharist". Lent is over and Easter is here yet we still feel a fast of sorts. As some have noted: We miss being at Mass in person, face-to-face and in the flesh. As we long to gather, celebrate, receive and be the Eucharist of Christ together it may give us some moments to pause. In the loss and grief we may feel there are moments where we consider what the Eucharist means to us. Each of us will have reflections that are particular to us. There are also some commonly inherited understandings. Two writers have accessible books on the Eucharist from our common inheritance. They knead together their own reflections with...