[Grem] *****SPAM(5.1)***** Gospel meditation (Bp. Barron)

[Emoke Greschik]

 Friends, in today’s Gospel, *Jesus promises eternal life to those who eat
his Flesh and drink his Blood*. *Many of the Church Fathers characterized
the Eucharist as food that effectively immortalizes those who consume it.*
*They understood that if Christ is really present in the Eucharistic
elements*,* the one who eats and drinks the Lord’s Body and Blood becomes
configured to Christ in a far more than metaphorical way*.* The Eucharist
Christifies and hence eternalizes.*
*If the Eucharist were no more than a symbol, this kind of language would
be so much nonsense*. *But if the doctrine of the Real Presence is true,* *then
this literal eternalization of the recipient of Communion must be
maintained.*
*But what does this transformation practically entail? It implies that the
whole of one’s life—body, psyche, emotions, spirit—becomes ordered to the
realm of God. It means that one’s energies and interests, one’s purposes
and plans, are lifted out of a purely temporal context and given an
entirely new spiritual valence.*
*The Christified person knows that his life is not finally about him but
about God; the Eucharistized person understands that her treasure is to be
found above and not below.*
*Mi Atyánk, aki a mennyekben vagy, szenteltessék meg a Te neved, jöjjön el
a Te országod, legyen meg a Te akaratod, amint a mennyben, úgy a földön is.
Mindennapi kenyerünket add meg nekünk ma és bocsásd meg a mi vétkeinket,
miképpen mi is megbocsátunk az ellenünk vétkezőknek, és ne vígy minket a
kísértésbe, de szabadíts meg a gonosztól. Mert Tiéd az ország, a hatalom és
a dicsőség most és mindörökké. Ámen. *
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