We will never fully understand the meaning
of the sacramental signs of bread and wine when they do not make us realize
that the whole of nature is a sacrament pointing to a reality beyond
itself. The presence of Christ in the
Eucharist becomes a ‘special problem’ only when we have lose our sense of his
presence in all that is, grows, lives, and dies. What happens during a Sunday celebration can
only be a real celebration when it reminds us in the fullest sense of what continually
happens every day in the world which surrounds us. Bread is more than bread, wine is more than
wine; it is God with us – not as an isolated event once a week but as a
concentration of a mystery about which all of nature speaks day and night.
--Henri Nouwen, Creative Ministry
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