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18th Sunday
in Ordinary Time Jn 6/24-35 |
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| Background:
Today’s Gospel continues the incident of the multiplication of the loaves and
fishes. The dialog is obviously a reflection of the Evangelist on the lack of faith Jesus
encountered even in |
read the padre |
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Story: Once upon a time there was a young woman
who had become very scrupulous about the Eucharist. She was afraid that the priest was
careless about distributing Communion and permitted tiny bits of the host fall on the
floor around the altar rail. After Mass was over and the priest had gone back to the
Rectory, she would sneak up to the altar and collect what she thought might be parts of
the hosts in which Jesus was still present. She would pick them up with a little spoon she
always carried in her purse and then place them in a little plastic bag. However, after
she had collected many of these little bits of Jesus, she did not know what to do with
them. So she brought them home and created a little altar in her room where she could pray
to Jesus. Her parents thought it was nice that she had the little altar with a vote light
burning in front of Jesus. Finally, one morning the priest caught her collecting bits of
the Eucharist from the floor. Greatly embarrassed, she tried to explain what she was
doing. The priest who understood how young people can become obsessive, took the plastic
bag from her and promised that he would wash it out in the special sacristy think. But,
Martha, he said, Jesus comes to us in the Eucharist to be with us because he loves us, not
to drive us crazy with fears. If he was worried about such things he would have
consecrated jelly beans at the last super.
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