We are the Body of Christ
As church we come together in Eucharist (thanksgiving) to praise and thank our Lord Jesus Christ for sacrificing Himself for our salvation. As church we joyfully receive His precious body and blood as His gift, freely given, so that we can become one with our Lord and Savior.
When you receive our Lord at Eucharist, you become one with Him. He is physically and spiritually one with you, body and soul. He is you and you are truly the body of Christ. Jesus is always with us but never more so than when we receive Him at Eucharist.
We have all been told that to see Christ we just have to see Him in the face of others. And, I am sure, each of us has often had trouble seeing Him in some. After all, there are many whom we meet that certainly don’t live up to our notion of Christian ideals. But then who has ever been close? The apostles were certainly far from perfect. Many of our revered saints had serious character flaws. So who are we to determine who is the most Christ-like?
I often wonder if we would be any better at recognizing Jesus if He walked into our lives today than when He walked this earth two-thousand years ago. My suspicion is that He chose the best time to appear. With all our knowledge and education, science and technology, I suspect we would laugh and call Him crazy. But in truth, all we have to do is look around us to see Christ among us. And, when you think about it, that isn’t really all that difficult to do, is it?