The ministry of the Spirit in the Church is essential to open eyes that do not perceive or fully perceive the truth.
So Ananias went and entered the house;
laying his hands on him, he said,
"Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me,
Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came,
that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
We too have things like scales on our eyes. We are not blind to the degree, we hope, of Saul, who is "still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord." Yet there are there is still much that is seen "through a glass, darkly". When we truly see Christ as he is we will be completely transformed.
For my Flesh is true food,
and my Blood is true drink.
Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood
remains in me and I in him.
The gift Jesus gives us in the Eucharist is something which we all definitely need to see more clearly. It is a gift so great as to be impossible to fully comprehend. It is God himself. Our minds and our spirits are too finite to fully grasp such a gift. But God gives us his own Spirit in order to understand this mystery. He makes us say, "We have the mind of Christ" (see First Corinthians 2:16). Even for the saints there is always more than a mortal mind can fathom. What is known by us about God is always less than what is unknown. This is good! It means he is God! He is worthy of our worship! But this fraction we have is more than enough to radically change our lives. It is enough to make us entirely new in mind and heart and spirit.
For steadfast is his kindness toward us,
and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever.
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