My wife and I were visiting her in-laws this weekend (my brother-in-law was getting married) and so we visited this beautiful little parish (St. Elizabeth's) close to where her parents live. At any rate, my wife had a splitting headache, and she gets these migraine headaches every so often. For the most part, she just grins and bears it, waits until it gets as worse as it's going to get, and then just waits for it to pass. At any rate, her headache hit in the morning and went (as far as I knew) all the way through Mass.
As we were leaving, I turned to her and asked her how she was doing and she said "You know, the funniest thing happened... I had this awful migraine, but it went away as soon as I received the Holy Eucharist."
I could only think to myself: I wonder if this Eucharistic miracle would have occurred if there was honey on Jesus Christ.
Yes, I have a one-track mind.
Yes, I have given this issue some thought over the weekend.
My final conclusion is as follows: This whole episode is simply a clear indication that people cannot accept the teachings of Jesus Christ as Jesus Christ Himself presented them.
These people that feel the need to toy with the Eucharist are like those in John 6:60 who said: This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?.
You see, to them, Jesus Christ just "isn't good enough". They need to personalize Him, mold Him into what they themselves think they need. It is also a clear indication that these people do not believe in the Real Presence, because if they did, they would not slap some sticky substance onto Jesus Christ so He was more palatable to them.
These people reflect the "me first and foremost" attitude of society. You don't like what Jesus represents? Well, change Him. It's all about "me, me, me". It's MY personal relationship with Jesus. "Jesus spoke to me." "I know what He wants of me."
And of course, what Jesus wants of these people is't what He actually asks from the rest of us in Scripture. This Jesus Christ is a faux Christ, an anti-Christ. A Christ molded by people to suit their tastes (and palate). A sickly sweet Christ who's hard sayings are tossed aside, just like they were in John 6:60.
This is not the Christ I worship, this is not the Christ that any Catholic should worship. We should accept Christ as He meant for us to accept Him, hard sayings and all. We should not try to mask these things, or ignore them. They will not go away. Jesus Christ is not stupid, nor will He forget.
Once we stop trying to mold Jesus Christ into OUR image, but rather... let Him mold us into His image, perhaps the world will change.
