Glad surprise☀️🙏🏻

‘The soul that has God as it’s best friend trusts God, because the soul knows that God always organises everything for the best.’ (Mechthild of Magdeburg)

I asked Jesus if I could please receive Him in Holy Communion despite the fact that I was desperately late for Holy Mass. Perhaps I would arrive in Church just on time for Holy Eucharist. Was I being disrespectful? All of Holy Mass is sacrosanct.

Almost at my destination when tired looking young guy came walking towards me carrying a brown paper bag in his hand, alcohol for sure. We saluted one another and of course without thinking I offered him my powerful prayer. ‘Yes please. If you have one’, he replied, surprised. His gentle smile lit up his whole face when I reminded him; ‘I’m sharing, not preaching’. 

I hurried into Church and sure enough, Holy Eucharist had already been given out to the congregation. No problem, I sat relaxed in prayerful peace, thanking Jesus from my heart for our beautiful encounter in the person of that bone weary young man. Everything was exactly as it should be.

After Father had bestowed his final blessing, in Persona Christi, I headed towards Holy Alter and there, to my glad surprise, Phil, about to give Holy Eucharist to lady who sang at Holy Mass. Perfect timing, I too received precious Holy Eucharist.

So amazingly beautiful. Our God can never be outdone in generosity.

Cardinal Robert Sarah’s wonderful words from his masterpiece ‘The Power of Silence’ dances into my heart as I struggle to sum it all up; ‘Words spoil anything which surpasses them’.

                     ‘It only takes one Holy Communion to make us a Saint’. (St. Teresa of Avila)