Paul wrote to the
Corinthians to give them advice, to try to help them on their journey as
individual believers and as a community of faith. Today, we hear Paul address the Eucharistic
celebration that the community has together.
He hears that it is a celebration that divides the community, a
celebration in which some go hungry and in which the rich have a scrumptious banquet. Paul tells them that they are to emulate the
values that Christ taught them as they break bread together and as they drink
from the common cup, just like the meal that Jesus shared with his first apostles
the night before his death and resurrection.
We see so many division in
our world today as well, division that seem to becoming deeper in our
society. We need leaders who are healers
and who can bring people together, not leaders who divide and create divisions
and chaos. When we walk out of our
Eucharistic celebration, we are to try to live the values of the Gospel in our
daily lives. What are we doing to bring
the peace of Christ to our brothers and sisters?
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