28th Sunday of Ordinary Time

 Mass

Once in awhile you might hear someone say’

“I don’t get anything out of Mass.”

We do not come to Mass to “Get”

But to “Give!”

God has already given us so much.

God has given us our life.

Our very breath comes from God.

And God continues to give us life everyday.

God gives us everything we see around us.

The blue sky, green fields;

Birds and animals;

Oceans and rivers and mountains.

Everything we see God gave us.

And God continues to give us life and everything and everyone around us everyday!

And God gave us His only Son.

Whose death and resurrection has opened the Gates of Paradise for us

So we come to Mass not to “Get”

But to “Give”

To give Thanks.

Thanks for all that we have already been Given.

That is what “Eucharist” means. “To give Thanks”.

Considering alll that we have been given already and are being given now and will be given in Heaven

Is “Thank you” once a week for 45 minutes really enough?

We can never really Thank God enough for all that He has given us.

And we come to Mass because Jesus told us too!

He said “Do this in Memory of Me!”

You can’t do this at home.

For on the altar heaven comes down to earth.

The Holy Spirit descends upon the bread and wine

And through the words of the priest who stands in the person of Christ

They become the Body and Blood of Christ.

So in the face of all that God has given us already,

God continues to give to us the greatest gift of all

Himself!

His very Body and Blood!

So that our humanity can share in his divinity and live forever.

We get plenty; more than enough; more than we deserve.

And so we come to Mass to say “Thank You.”

For all that we have received;

All that we are being given now.

And all that we will receive in Heaven.