Every once in a while you hear a homily that takes its inspiration from a hymn. Here is one given a couple of weeks ago by a grad school professor of mine, Fr. Joseph Komonchak of the Archdiocese of New York, at the parish where he helps out on Sundays, Blessed Sacrament, in NW Washington DC.
..St. Augustine said that every eucharist is a celebration of the marriage between Christ and his Church, that is, between Christ and us. In any case, the Mass is not something that anyone of us is doing alone. We are here with others, enjoying what they enjoy, with the joy greater, not lesser, for being shared with others, receiving what they received...
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