"Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament ... There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth". I have fallen in love recently with the works and letters of JR Tolkien, who wrote the Lord of the Rings. My son wanted me to read the books to him, and I found myself more captured by it then he was. That's why the above quote captured me so much, think about the first sentence, its written by the man who wrote the #1 book ever!, according to Amazon.com. "Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated" We all have fears, we all have disappointments, we all have stress. This is the amazing thing about the Eucharist, its God's medicine for us. But its more than medicine, its God's way of being close to us. Jesus made us a promise, "To be with us always," This is true in many ways, His presence in others, His presence in our own hearts, but its uniquely true in His presence in the Blessed Sacrament. At anytime, day or night, we can go to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and lay our hearts on the alter. He is big enough to take anything, all our stress about the economy, all our own weakness and failings, He has seen and heard it all before, and He will take it, and raise us up.
In the Lord of the Rings, the Hobbits carry with them the Lembas Bread, its clear that this is a reference to the Eucharist, the effects of the Lembas Bread on the Hobbits are to sustain them, and give them strength. Lembas means "journey Bread" to the hobbits, and that's what it means to us as well, we are all on a journey, and the Eucharist is the nourishment we all need to arrive safely at our destination!
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