I’ve had it a few times in my life where I’ve genuinely been a fish out of water. It might be visiting in a new city for a work event, or being out of the country, whether it was on our honeymoon or on pilgrimage to World Youth Day.
When you’re in these situations, there is an observed phenomenon that often happens. You find a person that shares some common ground. Maybe they went to a rival high school, maybe you have a mutual friend, maybe the connection is that you’re both Americans visiting Europe. That common ground anchors us to each other, in a sense it grounds us.
It struck me recently how we have this in the Eucharist: if you receive the Eucharist and I receive the Eucharist, we are united in a beautiful way. No matter where we are in the world, or even if we’re just at our neighborhood supermarket. The same Christ who dwells in me, dwells in you.
I think sometimes we can be too quick to assess and judge the human side of the people in front of us instead of the part of them that is our Lord. Something to think about today.
Let us pray. Heavenly Father, help us to see You in the people that we meet today. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Keep fighting the good fight. Our Lady of Victory, pray for us.
