Marvel of Christ in the Eucharist

by Letters Editor · October 23, 2014

Deacon Godfrey Solomon’s letter I take the Eucharist with gratitude (September 17) was a wonderful way of explaining: What does it mean to receive Holy Communion in the hand?

Up to now, to me it meant a matter of hygiene, or not to point my tongue at the priest.

“…. His Body is put into my unworthy hands. How blessed we are.”

Today as I write, I received a backlog of three issues of The Southern Cross, which arrived delayed due to postal strike. Luckily I bought all three, because in the September 17 issue I got an answer to my question to Christ: We cannot touch you like the people of your time: the woman who touched the hem of your cloak and was healed, the woman who kissed your feet whose sins were forgiven. How can we touch you Lord?

And here is my answer: each time I receive the Body of Christ in my hand, I am allowed to touch Christ. His Body is put into my unworthy hands. How blessed we are.

This should be drummed into us from First Communion until our dying day. We have an opportunity to touch and hold the precious Body of Christ each time we receive him at Communion.