Encountering Christ... learning from the Mass on the Move...

Taste, and see, the goodness of the Lord. - Psalm 34:8

"The liturgy and the sacraments are not mere rituals;

they are encounters with Jesus Christ.  Through our repeated celebration

of the holy mysteries, our eyes are increasingly opened, if we are faithful. 

We learn to see and hear Christ in the liturgy, to experience His ministry to us.

The fact that Jesus vanishes from their sight teaches us

that He is no longer seen with the eyes of the flesh, but with the eyes of faith

and the eyes of the heart.  Although He is gone from our earthly, fleshly, carnal sight, He is now to be seen in the sacrament of the altar and experienced in the Liturgy 
and in the other sacraments.  The Mass has reached its pinnacle

for these two disciples and for us.  They have tasted and now they see."

Msgr Charles Pope

Full text of this excellent-must-read homily:

Mass on the Move - A Homily - 3rd Sunday of Easter - Community in Mission

Oil painting above: The Supper at Emmaus ~ Giuseppe Vermiglio (1585-1635)

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Novena to St Joseph
Solemnity: May 1
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