After a night of work - the words are slim, yet the heart is brimming with a wonderful chapter that I read last night from - Confessions of a Mega Church Pastor. He is speaking about how as a Protestant minister... he became increasingly aware and hungry for the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist to the point that he finally left his job and life and joined the Church!
This was a beautiful mass in an outside Cathedral the night that Susan took her habit and changed her name to little Sister Hallel in France on the vigil of the Feast of the Queenship of Mary! 
I will let Allen's words speak for me today; "It became obvious to me why Catholics had built such beautiful cathedrals and chuches throughout the world."
"Not as gathering or meeting places for Christians. But as a home for Jesus Himself in the Blessed Sacrament. Cathedrals house Jesus."
"Christians merely come and visit Him. The Cathedrals and churches architectually prepare our souls for the beauty of the Eucharist."
Here are two young people that show the joy that they have discovered in the glorious beauty of daily Eucharist in their lives! They radiate HIS Love and Joy! They are standing in front of St Peters while they were both studying there in 2006... So many blesssing in our out of this world Church!
Pat and I were blessed with 10 days in Rome while Maria was studying there in 2003... These words of Allen about the Cathedrals being built to house Christ in His Body and Blood - the Eucharist! They could not be glorious enough to contain Him, but they get darn close - you enter these places and your jaw drops to the floor in the beauty and grandeur of it all.
Humble yet beautiful chapel of the Community of the Lamb in Rome - where Susan fell in love with the community and started to hear the "call." Allen again; "The Eucharist is our family meal. It is the gift of God. Jesus comes to us and feed us with Himself in the elements. Our worship focuses on the altar because that is how and where Jesus presents Himself to us."
Jesus, how I love you and how wonderful is the beauty and granduer of the houses that have been built for God to dwell in! Our hearts, minds, and spirits soar to the highest heights in heaven as we kneel before the altar in all the churches throughout the world. I hear from some insiders that our church here in Marshall will join the ranks of beauty after this remodeling... we are filled with joy and thanksgiving for we want to adore you and give you a place worthy of YOU! Yet we also see the simple and humble beauty of the chapels of the Community of the Lamb and know that you are beautifully worshiped there also! We love you and honor you and serve you and rejoice at the diversity of your Church throughout the world and the united Presence of You in the Eucharist! Jesus, we trust in you! Amen and Halleluia!
Bless-bless, Barb So needed to have a light for Christ there!
"Many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more, 'Son of David, have pity on me.' Jesus stopped and said, 'Call him.' So they called the blind man saying to him,'Take courage ; get up, Jesus is calling you.' He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. Jesus said to him in reply, 'What do you want me to do for you?' The blind man replied to him, 'Master, I want to see.' Jesus told him, 'Go your way; your faith has saved you.' Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way." Mark 10: 46-52 The amazing Gospel for today! Jesus, I want to see!
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