By Francis Van Uden When you think about the whole situation of the Eucharist and what we believe as Catholics, it is actually sooooooo crazy. We believe that Jesus is our Saviour and that He came to Earth and saved us from our sins. By dying on the cross He gave us the opportunity of ETERNAL life with Him. He is a loving, merciful God and wants to help us and be a part of everything we do on Earth. But if you think about it from an objective point of view, the fact that Catholics believe we are eating him is WEIRD. And then the symbol for our faith is his death, a horrible and painful crucifixion. But this craziness is exactly what brought me so much closer to God. God IS crazy. He is. But not in the sense that he is insane, or is irrational and impulsive as you might think when you imagine someone who is crazy. God is crazy in the sense that we can’t fully understand him. Because he is a spiritual being, we can’t imagine exactly what He is like in being. We can learn to recognize his Word and his voice, through the scriptures. And by doing this, we can recognize his presence in the world around us. But as humans, we don’t have the capacity to understand him. And for me, specifically this allows a lot of awe for the world around me. When I see a beautiful night sky, or the diversity and beauty of the coulees, the mountains, nature around me, I can only begin to comprehend that God made all of that. That that beauty was created, and by Him. There are so many details of our lives that God is present in, and he has blessed me in a way that I am able to easily recognize those crazy things. And even though I can’t comprehend it all, it makes me so joyous to be able to get a glimpse of God’s majesty. So yes, the Eucharistic is crazy. But God is just letting us in on that craziness by giving us the Eucharist. To be able to receive JESUS into us, to be full of the Holy Spirit and in true communion with God.
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