Guest House Daily Reflections

Pope Francis wrote an Apostolic Letter on the liturgical formation of the people of God.  He quoted Pope Leo the Great: “Our participation in the body and blood of Christ has no other end than to make us become that which we eat.”  St. Augustine lived at the same time as Leo and said almost the same thing: “At Communion the priest says ‘The Body of Christ” and you reply ‘Amen.’  When you say ‘Amen” you are saying ‘Yes’ to who you are: to becoming more fully the Body and Blood of Christ in your everyday life.”  Am I aware of this awesome mystery at Msss and Communion?