Father Lazarus

Because in communion, I'm offering myself to him as he's offering himself to me.

That's why he said, he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me and I in him.

There's an intimacy.

I come and I bring my whole world, my universe, all my problems, all my ailments, all the people I'm praying for.

I come and I offer this to Jesus.

And I receive him.

There's an interaction.

There's an offering of oneself to the other, like an intimacy, like a husband and wife.

So this is, you felt something so precious, so beautiful, so intimate with our Lord.

It's an exchange, okay?

So this is what he's telling us.

I'm receiving you as you are receiving me.

And we take him and we bring him out to the world.

This is the most beautiful thing of communion.

I receive him and now it's my duty to show the whole world who he is, the love that he invites me to, his arms that are stretched waiting for me.

Well, there's a combination of things.

Even when we're partaking of the Eucharist, I partake of the Eucharist every day by God's grace.

It's not a boast, it's really because it's my medicine.

Because I need it.

So I still get those cloudy thoughts.