Palm Sunday- Where do we find God's physical presence in the world? In the historical Jesus, the body of Christ (his church and people), and in the Eucharist.

SLIDES GEORGE READ IN THE GATHERING

Christianity is without doubt the earthiest of all religions. It doesn't call you out of the physical, out of the body, or out of the world. Rather it tells you that God enters the physical, becomes one with it, blesses it, redeems it, and that there is no reason to escape from it. —Ronald Rolheiser, Our One Great Act Of Fidelity

How separate and divided is our world! We look around us, watch the world news, watch the local news, look at our places of work, our social circles, and even our churches, and we see tension and division everywhere. We are far from being one…

We cannot heal ourselves and find the key to overcome our wounds and divisions all on our own. So we must turn our helplessness into silence, a Eucharistic prayer that asks God to come and do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. 

—Ronald Rolheiser, Our One Great Act Of Fidelity

We must keep eating and drinking the Mystery, until one day it dawns on us, “My God, I really am what I eat! I also am the Body of Christ.”  —Richard Rohr