Reflection on The Real Presence of Christ In His Church

In the Church founded, established, and stabilized by our Lord Jesus Christ, His REAL PRESENCE is INDISPENSABLE which makes the Church, His Body, HABITABLE by ALL.

Marked as ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC, and APOSTOLIC, His CHURCH is and will always be a CHURCH FOR ALL SEASONS. Thus, the CHURCH is ONE with God throughout the entire liturgical seasons. The CHURCH is HOLY unto the LORD in good times and in bad times. The CHURCH is CATHOLIC in Faith witnessed in a diversity and multiplicity of faith-expressions given the variety of SEASONS. The CHURCH is APOSTOLIC in ministry done with a SENSE OF MISSION.

Each mark is nourished by the REAL PRESENCE of Christ, a PRESENCE made visible and tangible in the HOLY EUCHARIST, the BLESSED SACRAMENT, celebrated in the HOLY MASS and enthroned in the BLESSED TABERNACLE, a SACRED PLACE reserved for His REAL PRESENCE where we, faithful believers, pause and pay our HIGHEST REVERENCE and ADORATION to our GREAT GOD. His REAL PRESENCE, then, is INDISPENSABLE.

The HABITABILITY of the CHURCH as a physical structure and as a People of God is a SACRED QUALITY She is in possession of. It keeps us all believers AT HOME with GOD. It brings us all believers to a foretaste of our HOME in Heaven. It makes us all believers feel safe at HOME as we keep our FAITH in God’s HOME.

Come to think, thus, of the INDISPENSABILITY of the REAL PRESENCE OF CHRIST in the CHURCH and the HABITABILITY OF THE CHURCH because of CHRIST’S REAL PRESENCE.

All of our RITUALS and CEREMONIALS during this HOLY WEEK become more meaningful and relevant if all of these are done with the intention of enhancing and advancing the INDISPENSABILITY of Christ’s REAL PRESENCE in the Church and the HABITABILITY of His Church. –