By Anthony Tobin, Mobile, Ala. - St. Ignatius
Luke 4:21-30
Whenever I hear in the Gospels of the people questioning Jesus’ divinity I always think of the Eucharist. See the Eucharist is a continuation of the incarnation, of God taking on flesh. In the same way that God took human form to be with us, God continually becomes present in the bread and wine so that we may be with Him.
So what does this have to do with this Sunday’s gospel? The same faith is needed today to step out, to go beyond the empirical evidence and say “Amen”, “I Believe”, that hidden in the Eucharist, hidden in the form of bread, is truly God; just as 2000 years ago hidden in a baby in a manger, hidden in the carpenters son, was truly God. I can’t help but to see that the same reaction the people had in the gospel is echoed today in the denial of God’s presence in the Eucharist.
In both cases, the incarnation and the Eucharist, the sole purpose is for God to be with us, and how foolish we are to say no, that can’t be, that doesn’t make sense. Well, we are right about one thing, it doesn’t make sense that God can love us so much. But amazingly He does and he wants us to know this, and to respond with sincere faith saying “Amen”, “I Believe”.
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