Dear friends in Jesus Yesterday we all celebrated the Corpus Christi ( the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ). As a priest I celebrated it 9 times in India, many of which, with the celebration of the First Communion of children. This year in Ecuador also I repeated it with a first communion, but this time, with the first communion of an 80 year old grandma. Her name is Martha. She is from a very poor family and is sick now. When we visited her, she told us that she had received only Baptism and would like to receive Jesus in the Communion. We were very happy to prepare her for her first confession and communion. And yesterday, was that wonderful day for her. She had invited her neighours to her small house, where we gathered and celebrated the Holy Mass. She was very happy that a Mass was being celebrated in her poor hut. During that Mass she received Jesus for the first time. I will never forget her face which very well expressed her deep faith in the sacramental presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and her love towards Him. When I said goodbye to her, she suddenly grabed my hands and looking into my eyes, uttered very slowly: Tha...nk...you...father.... When I heard that feeble voice, I felt an inexpressible joy in my heart, which I never experienced before in my life ...
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