tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post8212203617304098750..comments2024-02-12T09:56:09.053-05:00Comments on The Matador Word: June 6, 2010 - Corpus Christi, The Body and Blood of ChristThe Matadorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691990950873810610noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-88228133627521011252010-06-04T13:55:23.553-04:002010-06-04T13:55:23.553-04:00The last line of Fr. Estok’s reflection is strikin...The last line of Fr. Estok’s reflection is striking – “Individually we have great dignity – but alone we are nothing.” It serves as a reminder that we have responsibility and accountability as individuals – our decisions and actions matter and have consequences; but as individuals, we are not complete or whole. Jesus teaches that whatever actions we take for or against someone else has an effect on Him. What we do to others, we do to Him. Through Him we are all connected – to Him and to one another. It is together that we form one Body. And every time we share in the Eucharist our connection with Him and with one another, with that Body, becomes all the stronger. It reminds me of a play on words from Galatians that I’ve read, “I and no longer I.” This phrase fits with the theme discussion over these past few weeks. I am alive in the flesh, but I try to live in the spirit; I am human, but I am made in the image of a Triune God; I am an individual, but through Christ I am part of a larger Body. Through our life with God, in these various ways, we are different people. “I and no longer I.”anon 1noreply@blogger.com