YouTube - Shout to the Lord - Hillsong

I made it to Mass (in the midst of a anxiety attack)and by the Grace of God was able to stay through the entire thing. Shout to the Lord was the closing song (this was a traditional Catholic Mass...so it a bit un-usual...but God has no boundaries), I think I was the only one singing with arms up in the air and with tears flowing down my face...but oh well. After Mass I was able to receive the 'Annointing of the Sick'...what were the chances of that as well? God is so good!

My comfort, my shelter,
Tower of refuge and strength;
Let every breath, all that I am
Never cease to worship You.

Shout to the Lord, all the earth,
Let us sing
Power and majesty, praise to the King;
Mountains bow down and the seas will roar
At the sound of Your name.
I sing for joy at the work of Your hands,
Forever I'll love You, forever I'll stand,
Nothing compares to the promise I have in You.

YouTube - Third Day - Communion

Blood-Covenant and Communion

Blood-Covenant and Communion : A Catholic Reflection:

"When we receive Holy Communion, we are covenanting to pour out our lives in total love for the Lord, to repent of our sins, be washed in His blood (see Rv 7:14), and to obey the Lord in every detail of our lives. Make a blood-covenant in Holy Communion today on this feast of Corpus Christi."

I'm betting that most of my visitors are not Catholic...so I'm not sure how familiar you are with the fact that we don't have 'altar calls' like other denominations do. However, something that I've heard before really struck me. Communion time is the Catholic's 'altar call'. When we leave our seats and come forward to receive the Body and Blood of our Lord, and the priest says 'the Body of Christ' as he hands us the Host (or places it in our tongues)and we then say 'AMEN'...we are saying so much with that very simple word!

Body and Blood

USCCB - (NAB) - June 14, 2009:
"While they were eating,
he took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, gave it to them, and said,
'Take it; this is my body.'"

Today in the church it is the Feast of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. Again...how timely...as I'm dealing with the body both on the TW study and my personal cross of the moment.

I've heard it often throughout the years in different homilies and books that we too are called to be 'Eucharist' to others. While watching Joyce Meyer online yesterday this subject came up again. She read the above passage and then made the point that we are to blessed and then 'broken' before we can be given away as 'food' for others. This 'breaking' is a very important part of our Christian walk. I for one don't much care for it...lol...but then again, I'm not quite there yet anyway. It's good to know that even through the 'breaking', Jesus is right there by our side...and still feeding us with His own Body.