Melting into You

                “Oh my dear merciful, saving Lord, my soul cries out to You. As the priest breaks the large host into pieces for Holy Communion, I see You at the pillar being scourged. I hear the crack of the instruments of torture upon Your precious body for our salvation with every snap of the host being broken into pieces for our consumption. Oh Lord, I squeeze my eyes shut in horror at the parallel image before my eyes and ears.

                “As the priest carries the ciborium to the front of the altar, I see the broken pieces of Your body being distributed to each person. I see You hanging on the Cross, each drop of Your precious blood falling to the ground for every one of us. Bit by bit, Your precious body is broken and given to each person. Lord, I pray that everyone who receives Your precious body and blood will melt into You as You melt into them through the Eucharist, the holy bread that feeds us all. May their souls melt into You, joining all of us together into one holy body, with You as the head.

                “Oh dear merciful, saving Lord, Your deep love for all of us places You on the Cross every hour of every day throughout the world in every Mass we celebrate. Your body and blood is broken and shed continually for all of us, in the past, the present and in the future. Oh dear merciful, saving Lord, I pray that people everywhere will participate in the Mass and receive Your precious body and blood in Communion, thus joining us all together, one body, one holy Church. May the love we hold in our hearts for You help to join the broken pieces of Your body together, melted with us, healed and made whole at every Mass. Oh dear Lord, my soul cries out to be one with You.”