Our Ultimate Friend
One of the great fears
most of us suffer from is the fear of loneliness, alienation and
isolation from others, feeling that we are cut off and don't belong,
abandoned. Maybe that's why our cellphones have become so important to
so many of us or why we spend so much time on facebook and other forms
of social media. Maybe that's why some of us remain in relationships
that have become toxic, manipulative and destructive. We can't bear to
feel rejected and alone.
In Sunday's
gospel from John we have the third section of Jesus' teaching on the
Eucharist. His Jewish audience is shocked and scandalized at Jesus'
words; it sounds like cannibalism to them. They don't yet understand the
signs of bread and wine as flesh and blood. Then he concludes with the
great promise, "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me
and I in him." A Catholic who partakes of the Eucharist can never be
alone, never be rejected or abandoned. The Lord is constantly living
within us, loving us just as we are and supporting us in all we do. He
Is our best and ultimate friend.
Fr. Ralph Huse, S.J.
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