May 31, 2021

REAL  PRESENCE

 

Real Presence: this is a real person here.

 

Which is easier to believe and accept? 

The real presence of Jesus here

in this bread and this wine or in this person –

body and blood – standing next to me?

 

Why do we concentrate on Jesus

in gold cups and behind tabernacle doors?

Why do we keep people locked up in words

and labels and our descriptions about them?

 

Real Presence: why can’t we be really present to each other?

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021