Homily from 8-8-21

Receiving the Eucharist is more than getting a ticket punched saying we've done our duty to attend Sunday Mass.  That is the point of Sunday Mass of course - to hear the Word of God and to receive the Body and Blood of Christ.  But that's not why we go.  We receive the Body of Christ so that we can BECOME the Body of Christ, so that it - the Bread of Life - can transform us into something new and better.  Handy as watching Mass online is, great as private prayer and devotions are, nothing in the world can replace the need to receive Christ in the Eucharist, an action that requires our physical, mental, and spiritual presence.