I was so happy to wake from a sound sleep this morning and feeling better. Both my mom and dad did some heavy napping today and things are getting back to our “normal”. We did not make it to church in the morning and as I was reading the local Catholic newspaper, I realized it is the Feast of Corpus Christi – or the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. I thought of the wonderful processions that we had where I used to live and decided I would get to the evening Mass. I was glad I did. The scripture readings included Exodus 24:3-8 about the covenant that Moses and the Israelites made with God. It was a primitive and rather barbaric ritual using an animal sacrifice. Another scripture was Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 when Jesus made the “new covenant” by sacrificing His own body and blood. In this scripture, Jesus says, “This is my Body” and “This is my Blood”. The priest pointed out that this is the only time where Jesus says “This is .. .” At all other times when He is trying to explain the spiritual world, He says it “is like . . .”. Catholics take this so seriously, that we believe the Presence of Christ exists in the host and wine after the prayers have been said by the priest. It truly is nothing short of a miracle, yet this is what God provides for us. The priest said that when we receive the Chalice at Communion, it is like shaking hands with God and making the covenant with Him. We are saying, “You are my God and I will follow You.” I thought of that as I received Communion. As I prayed, I thanked God that my dad was home and feeling so much better.

I Found God today in Holy Communion and in my dad feeling better.