The Eucharist and Sanity
Tonight I spent most of the evening taping a 45 minute CD on the Eucharist and Sanity that I hope to copy and give away at different parishes over Lent. I believe with all my heart that the most sane and most human thing we can ever do is celebrate the Holy Eucharist. People are looking everywhere for answers to their chaotic lives and many avoid the obvious, the Mass. That is the pureness of sanity and reality because we do what comes from our true human nature, as revealed to us by Jesus Christ. In the CD I say that The Mass restores our sanity in three ways: It makes us remember who we are: sinners who are raised to the dignity of Children of God by the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It also “RE-MEMBERS” us in the sense that as life continually tries to pull us apart, the Eucharist reassembles us and cleanses us and heals us and makes us who we were truly created to be: saints. It also calls to mind the necessity of sacrifice, the Sacrifice of Christ and our sharing in that sacrifice by lifting up our sin-filled wounded and broken hearts to the Lord that he can restore us to sanity again. Lastly, I speak of the effects of the Eucharist as giving us silence, clarity, strength, courage and confidence that God will not allow is to be destroyed but to be renewed. The Mass is not an opportunity for entertainment or distraction, but rather it is the fullest encounter of the reality of God’s love and presence this side of heaven. I hope the feeble attempt at expressing this great mystery may let someone who is wallowing in the insanity of this life return to Christ and the Eucharist and find the joy that God wants him or to her have.
