Is This What Jesus Meant in John 6:53?

This past Sunday, I received the Body and Blood of Christ in a few months. I did not fall into ecstasy, like Saint Catherine of Siena was known to do. I did not cry, as I do during the consecration of the Host. I did not even feel a slight sensation within me.

I merely felt…normal.

That was, until I left Mass. I walked out with my fellow parishioners, thanked the priest and deacon, and texted my wife that I was on my way home. As I walked to my car, I suddenly had this sense of being “full.” It was not like being full from eating or anything like that. It was not just my stomach that was full. But, my entire body was. It was as though every part of me had been filled out. That probably makes no sense, but hey, I’m trying my best to describe it to you, folks.

I remember getting home, fixing a cup of coffee, and staring out the kitchen window. The leaves were all turned orange and yellow. As I fixed my eyes on the natural beauty of Fall colors, I sank into that feeling. Then, I thought to myself, “Is this what Jesus meant when he said if you don’t eat my body and drink my blood that you’ll have no life in you?”

Because that’s just it…it was life that I had in me. It was a beautiful symphony of joy, contentment, excitement, and hope.

Just like Confession is cleansing of the soul, receiving the Eucharist is the filling of the soul.

Fill yourself on the Body and Blood of Christ.