Spiritual Communion
I am learning to live in the Light, remain in the Light and stay connected to the Light within me. My tendency is to switch back to living in misery, burdened with interior pain because this is what I am accustomed to. Ridiculous? Insane?Absolutely, but now a mere glance to the Light and bang- I switch again from misery to joy. To nurture His Risen Life in me, the life of the Messiah, I am discovering that spiritual communion is powerful. I just whisper a desire for the Eucharist and He is present like a fire burning in my heart, burning even my skin. I could dance for joy, like a child of God in the sunshine. St. Thomas Aquinas defined Spiritual Communion as “an ardent desire to receive Jesus in the Holy Sacrament and a loving embrace as though we had already received Him.” The basis of this practice was explained by Pope John Paul II in his encyclical, Ecclesia de Eucharistia : “unlike any other sacrament, the mystery [of communion] is so perfect that it brin