After the consecration, the Good God is there (on the altar) just as He is in heaven. How beautiful! The Saints tell us that “if man knew this mystery well, he would die of love; but God spares us because of our weakness.” Think about it; when God wanted to nourish our souls, to support them throughout life, he cast his glance on creation and found nothing worthy of it. Then, he turned his glance on himself and decided to give himself. Let our soul try to understand this mystery. Oh Soul, how great you are since only God can satisfy you. The food for the soul is the body and blood of God. Oh, beautiful food. Oh, Holy food. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
In this bread and wine offered on the altar, the Church has always recognized the sign of the real presence of the living Christ. Think about it: “How tender and consoling are the thoughts of the Holy Presence of God.” Christ is there, the one who continuously prays to the Father for us. In fact, each time we receive the Eucharist, we enter into the greatest communion that is possible to experience with the Lord on earth. This is so because it was not man who invented the Eucharist to unite himself with God, but God himself who gave the Eucharist to his people. For it was God who invited us, mankind, to nourish himself with him. Recall Jesus said, “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends,” and the greatest gift that God gave us is himself. In communion, it is God himself that comes to dwell in us.