The good news is that this God comes to us always in each Eucharist to satisfy us with our true need – living communion with God and all that we need for that communion.

“I don’t get anything from the Eucharist.”

I have heard this statement many times from fallen-away Catholics or Catholics who feel that their frequent reception of the Eucharist has not led to any visible change in their lives. It leaves me wondering how we can receive the precious body, blood, and soul of Jesus in His divinity and still think, feel, or claim that we do not receive anything from the Eucharist.

Jesus’s multiplication of the loaves in Lk 9:11-17 shows us how this can be possible in our lives.

After Jesus had fed about five thousand men with bread and fish, we are told that “they all ate and were satisfied.” Why were they satisfied? They were not satisfied simply because they had been satiated with abundant bread and fish. They were satisfied because they were in touch with their true needs and they allowed Jesus to provide for all their needs. …

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