Today's feast invites us to re-examine our thoughts and feelings about the Eucharist, which is central to Catholic worship. The Eucharist is not a mere private meeting between God and ourselves as individuals. Rather, we gather together as a community to celebrate the Eucharist each week and sometimes even more often, and are nourished by the Word and the Sacrament that we receive. We do indeed believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and are mindful of the need for reverence as we approach the Table of the Lord. However, there is a danger that for some, the Eucharist can seem to be a routine ritualistic event which does not touch the core of our being.

Hence, what we perhaps should consider today is if we are becoming more a Eucharistic people. This does not mean that we attend the Eucharist more often; rather it refers to our transformation as a result of the Eucharist!

Are our lives being transformed by the Eucharist in that we are experiencing ongoing conversion and renewal? Are we open to allowing ourselves to be broken and shared with others? Are we becoming more a gift to others and thus also to God?

Today let us place ourselves before God, praying that just as bread and wine are transformed into the Body and Blood of Jesus, we too may be transformed as a community, becoming more truly His Body, to be shared with others.