Every time we celebrate the Eucharist, every time we gather at the altar, every time we come to worship, something amazing happens.
As we pray the Mass, our minds are once again turned toward the reality St. Peter speaks about in the first reading. Our mind is filled with the reality that it was by the precious blood that we were ransomed.
We are reminded just how much we are worth in the eyes of God each and every time we pray the Mass, each and every time we spy the chalice upon the altar, we discover the truth about our existence. There upon the altar, in that solitary chalice, we encounter our true and infinite value.
Often times as I look into the chalice, I see in the consecrated wine, the precious blood, my own reflection. As I peer into this reflection, and as this reflection peers back at me, the words of Jesus echo forth, "Can you drink the chalice that I drink?"
Here is not only the gift given for each of us, but also the challenge laid before all of us.
Uniquely and individually, we are called to drink the cup. And we do this, by living our life, with the refusal to sell our self short, and embrace the value God has placed upon us. Only in embracing our value do we truly become human, do we truly experience the joy and abundant life Jesus came to give.
In this way we truly build a life with its foundation firmly set on the precious blood that has ransomed us and sent us forth.
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