We are a forgetful people. Often times forgetfulness is matter of just not being thoughtful. We get so busy and caught up that we let everything of importance pass us by.
The necessity of being recollected, having time to think of Holy things, to reflect on God, helps us to remember and thus live our lives bearing this memory in mind, heart, soul, and action.
Pope Benedict in the Mass consecrating the Altar at St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, Australia, reminded the people gathered that at Baptism we are consecrated living altars upon which the sacrificial love of Christ is made present.
It is in our lives that the memory of Jesus' death and resurrection finds a place to resonate. The memory that has echoed forth for 2000 years, that is retold every time we celebrate the mass, finds a permanent place of resonance within our very lives.
How can we be forgetful? For our very lives finds its purpose in the memory that we retell.
If we were to forget Christ, then we ourselves would be forgotten. Lest we forget, let we be forgotten.
Do this in memory of me is not just a command to remember or a command not to forget but it is the very essence of meaning, it is the choice to live fully, for only then do we have life abundant and joy that is full.
May the memory of Christ be written all over our face and proclaimed with our life.
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