Pentecost

 

The DewFall

It was dry and dusty;

Who knows how many years they had been wandering in the desert.

Was it 10, 20 even 30 years now?

All they knew is that they were hungry.

So they went to Moses who said he was going to lead them to the Land flowing with Milk and Honey.

And asked him for food.

And God promised them “bread from Heaven.”

And in the morning Dew fell and covered the ground;

And when it lifted there was Manna everywhere.

Bread enough for all.

But this bread only filled their stomachs and then went out into the latrine.

There was another Bread coming down from Heaven.

A Bread that will give Life to the entire world.

And those who eat of this Bread will never hunger or thirst again.

But where can we get this Bread?

Only at Mass!

Whenever the priest puts his hands over the gifts of bread and wine,

The Holy Spirit comes down upon them like the DewFall.

The same Dew that covered the ground in the desert and brought Israel Manna from Heaven.

Now comes down upon the bread and wine and when it is lifted the Body and Blood of Christ are Really and Truly present.

The Holy Spirit is the Dew Fall that comes down upon the desert of our lives.

If the Holy Spirit can come down upon Israel and feed them Manna from Heaven.

If the Holy Spirit can come down upon bread and wine and change them into the Body and Blood of Christ.

If the Holy Spirit can come down upon the Virgin Mary and make her the Mother of God;

Imagine what the Holy Spirit can do if He came down upon us.

Pray to God to send the Holy Spirit down,

Upon our lowly bodies;

Upon Our broken hearts;

Upon Our sinful souls;

Upon Our torn and divided world

To come down upon us, Like the DewFall.