1. Covenant-making (the Law) is an external experience. The Eucharist, however, is internal, which means we participate in it fully, body and soul. Are we Catholics by Law or by Spirit?
2. The blood on the altar and the blood on the Israelites binds them together. Similarly, the blood Christ shed for us binds us to Him.
3. As we were baptised and bound to Christ, we are no longer our own person. Rather, we must hold ourselves accountable to our 'owner', who is none other than Jesus our Saviour.
4. "Where is my dining room?" Make a room for Christ when you come to receive Him during the Mass.
5. Adoration is the act of opening our eyes from the material world to the spiritual as we kneel before the true presence of Christ.
6. While wanting things is not wrong, materialism is a disease that prevents us from looking beyond the physical, into the spiritual where God dwells.
7. Whatever we do at Mass, be it sit, stand, kneel or bow, we must do it deliberately and with reverence, knowing that each action has its own weight and meaning.
8. Each time we participate in the Mass, we enter a timeless period and are conjoined with the hosts and powers of Heaven, where a constant Eucharistic celebration is being shared. Therefore, we must participate fully and with great reverence for the true presence of Christ.
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