Grant us, Lord, always to sit at your table and dwell
in your house for ever. Amen.
Think
for a moment about the best meal that you’ve ever had. Maybe it was a
home-cooked specialty made by your grandmother or perhaps it was at a high-end
steak house. Think back to what made that meal so special. The food was
probably good, the atmosphere was likely nice, but I bet that with more
certainty than telling me what food you ordered or what music was playing in
the background, you can tell me who you were with. What makes a meal sacred is
the people gathered around the table with you. I’ve had some really lousy food,
but the meal ended up being a good experience because I was surrounded by loved
ones. This truth is what makes the Holy Eucharist such a special meal, because
in it we are gathered with the dearest of people.
