Spirituality
Everything is sacred: seeing the wonders that play below by John McCarthy, SJ
Since once again, Lord—though this time not in the forests of the Aisne but in the steppes of Asia—I have neither bread, nor wine, nor altar, I will raise myself beyond these symbols, up to the pure majesty of the real itself; I, your priest, will make the whole earth my altar and on it will offer you all the labors and sufferings of the world. - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Hymn of the Universe, New York: Harper & Row, 1965, p. 19.
This varied scenario of celebrations of the Eucharist has given me a powerful experience of its universal and, so to speak, cosmic character. Yes, cosmic! Because even when it is celebrated on the humble altar of a country church, the Eucharist is always in some way celebrated on the altar of the world. It unites heaven and earth. It embraces and permeates all creation. Encyclical Letter, Ecclesia de Eucharistia - Saint Pope John Paul II Encyclical Letter, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, 2003, No. 8. “Fire down on the Labrador” by David Blackwood
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