By Thomas Creen, MJ • Phoenix, AZ
If you search on the Internet for “Phoenix man sells watch,” you will find a story from around February 15, 2015. What happened was that a man was looking through things at a Goodwill store in Phoenix and ended up buying a watch for $5.99. But he soon sold it to someone else for $35,000.00. Not a bad profit!
Why did no one else recognize the value of the watch? Because this man’s eyes were trained to see value while others’ eyes were not. Other people probably just thought it was a cheap watch at Goodwill. Most people probably just walked by the watch and paid no attention to it.
Just like the Most Holy Eucharist.
Every single Catholic church has the Most Holy Eucharist reserved in a tabernacle, indicated usually by a red candle burning nearby, or a similar special light. However, even within the church buildings, one sees people walking around and talking and joking as if they didn’t really care that the Eucharist was there. Of course, the indifference is even greater for people who walk or drive by Catholic churches every day without entering.
Why do so many people seem not to recognize the value of the Most Holy Eucharist? Because their eyes of faith are not trained. They see a box or a candle or what looks like a small piece of bread, but they don’t seem to see the true value. Number 1374 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church quotes the Council of Trent to provide all the training our eyes need, saying “In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist ‘the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really, and substantially contained.’”
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