From How to Get the Most Out of the Eucharist by Michael Dubruiel
Chapter 1 - Serve, Part 2
“You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.”
M ATTHEW 4:10
Most converts to Christianity have a clear sense of the saving power of Jesus as “the Way.” Faithful, lifelong Catholics may not have as keen an understanding until they experience the difference their faith has made to them in contrast to the rejection of that faith in one of their children.Yet understanding that “the way” of Christ is not business as usual can keep us from thinking that we have nothing to prepare for when we celebrate the Eucharist. Once we realize that God’s ways are not our ways, we will always see the need to “prepare ourselves for these Sacred Mysteries” we are about to celebrate.
“You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.”
M ATTHEW 4:10
LIVING THE E UCHARIST
Throughout the day,when the events of the day do not go your “way,” before frustration has a chance to set in, stop and ask yourself what God’s way might be for what the day has given you. Try to think of a similar incident in the life of Christ to the one in which you find yourself — how did Our Lord handle the situation?
