Solomon had an insightful line in the first reading. He had just completed the temple—one of
the greatest buildings ever built and a marvel of human work. I suppose it would have been similar to
seeing St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome in person with its grandeur and sheer size.
Yet
Solomon recognized that as great as this building was, “If the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain you, how
much less this temple which I have built!” Solomon recognized the transcendence of God that could not
be contained by anything human.
I
wonder what Solomon would think if he knew about the Eucharist today. Indeed, we have a much simpler and
smaller space to worship here at St. Scholastica. Yet, paradoxically, God is
contained here in the tabernacle.
God, while utterly transcendent, is imminently present right here in the Eucharist.
And
more than this, our same God comes into us
in the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
What one of the greatest buildings in the world could not contain, our
mere human bodies do. This is something to remember in
thanksgiving each time we receive the Eucharist.
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