This is My Body: A Call to Eucharistic Revival

by Robert Barron

God created the heavens and the earth “of his own goodness and almighty power, not for the increase of his own happiness.” The ancient theologian Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite said that the good, by its very nature, is diffusive of itself. When you are in a good mood, you don’t hide yourself away; on the contrary, you tend to effervesce, communicating your joy. God is the supreme good, and hence God is supremely diffusive of himself; the intensity of his joy is such that it overflows into creation.

love is an act of the will, more precisely, the willing of the good of the other as other. To love is really to want what is good for someone else and then to act on that desire.

According to the well-known legend, a voice came from the cross, “You have written well of me, Thomas. What would you have as a reward?” To which Aquinas responded, “Non nisi te, Domine” (Nothing but you, Lord).

When the communicant says “Amen” and receives the proffered host and chalice, he’d better be prepared to live an eternal life.