The Good News

Let us be present to the now. It’s all we have and it’s where God will always speak to us. The now holds everything, rejects nothing and, therefore, can receive God too. Help us, God, to be present to the place we most fear, because it always feels empty, it always feels boring, it always feels like it’s not enough. Help us find some space within that we don’t try to fill with ideas or opinions. Help us find space so you, loving God, can show yourself in that place where we are hungry and empty. Keep us out of the way, so there is always room enough for you. Good God, we believe that you are here and your presence gives us hope. We thank you for each day of our lives. We thank you for so many further chances to understand, to forgive again, to trust again, and to love. We thank you that we live now, that our problems are soul-sized. We ask that you teach us and lead us, that you put the thoughts into our mind that you want us to think, the feelings in our hearts that you want u...

In 1264, Saint Thomas Aquinas composed a complete liturgy for the newly created Corpus Christi feast day. Six hundred years later, Cesar Frank set a verse to one of his hymns to music. It begins with the words Panis Angelicus (Latin for ”Bread of Angels”) It has been sung by several performers and is quite beautiful. The hymn reminds us that the Eucharist was made not for angels, but for man. Only we have the privilege of this close Communion with Jesus. I hope that many of you, by now, have been able to get back to receiving the body of Christ in the Catholic Churchs or that you soon will be able to. Here is a link to the music and hymn of ”Panis Angelicus” and the translation. https://youtu.be/zEUThBIKPXI Panis angelicus Fit panis hominum; dat panis coelicus Figuris terminum O res mirabilis! manducat Dominium Pauper, pauper, Servus et humilis, Pauper, pauper Servus et humilis. TRANSLATION: Heavenly bread That becomes the bread of all mankind; Bread from the angelic ...