Receive Communion to be Communion

At Communion time, the Lord comes into our hearts; thus, whenever we receive others into our heart, the Lord is there to meet them whether they realize it or not. The Lord asks us to be Communion for those outside of Communion: to be the love by which others come to know and accept the love of Jesus, even if they don’t know it’s the love of Jesus. It’s as if Jesus uses our love to slip in past the defenses of those who may not know Him, have walked away from Him, or whose hearts, for whatever reason, are closed against Him. Because of who we receive at this table, our love can be not just our love, but an encounter with the Sacred itself.