That small still voice...the Holy Eucharist!!!
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In the book by Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears A Who,
to save Whoville, Horton implores the little people to make as much noise as they can, to prove their existence. So almost everyone in Whoville shouts, sings songs, and plays instruments, but still no one but Horton can hear them. So the Mayor searches Whoville until he finds a very small shirker named Jo-Jo, who is playing with a yo-yo instead of making funny noises. The Mayor carries him to the top of Eiffelberg Tower, where Jo-Jo shouts out a loud "Yopp!", which finally makes the kangaroo, and the monkeys hear the Whos. Now convinced of the Whos' existence, the other jungle animals vow to help Horton protect the tiny community...
HORTON HEARD THAT STILL SMALL VOICE...
In the Book of Kings in the Holy Bible, 1 Kings 19: 9-13 (Revised Standard Version)...
9 And there he came to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Eli′jah?” 10 He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the people of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.” 11 And he said, “Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; 12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. 13 And when Eli′jah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Eli′jah?”
ELIJAH HEARD THAT STILL SMALL VOICE...
When we receive the Holy Eucharist at Mass (The Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus) although still shrouded in bread and wine...
DO WE HEAR THAT STILL SMALL VOICE...OF JESUS LETTING US KNOW THAT HE IS PRESENT IN THIS EUCHARISTIC BREAD AND WINE THAT HAS BECOME HIS BODY AND BLOOD?
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