In the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit, amen.

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence.

I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My immaculate Mother St. Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel, into Seaford.

As we contemplate Jesus Christ's true presence with us in the Blessed Sacrament, the theme of this time of the year,

the high point of our liturgical year, the liturgical cycle, which is the victory of Christ.

Perhaps in terms of festivity and levity and even emotional reaction, Christmas is the high point.

But theologically, it's Jesus' victory over sin and death and suffering that is the theme

of the resurrection of Jesus. And a fruit of the resurrection is, requires faith, of course,

is our Lord's true presence in the tabernacle, as our theology

teaches us that when mass is celebrated, it's a mystery, that's where the priest says mystery of

the faith, don't try to understand it. I know we have a lot of smart people here. Everybody's smart

except for me here, I think.

That the sacrificial redemptive act on the cross invisibly comes to the present moment, but Jesus just doesn't die in the cross. It's a package, to put it in colloquial terms,

or even superficial terms. It's a package.

Jesus dies on the cross and rises from the dead.

And so when we have mass and we renew that sacrificial act, that one act,

Jesus comes to the host, comes to the altar, resurrected.

And so part of our celebration of the resurrection is that

we have him with us. In the letter of the Hebrews, the Holy Spirit, whoever that writer is,

some speculate St. Paul, but they're not sure anymore. Whoever it is, doesn't matter. It's the

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