29 THE EUCHARISTIC LETTER
There, my dear sister, is the model of the virtue of our Institute.
Father Medaille concludes this section with the statement that the Eucharist is the model of all the virtues of a Little Design Community.
Can we see these virtues alive in us today?
“When we reflect on the love in the Eucharist, we are speaking of what is at the heart of Eucharist, the complete gift which Jesus makes of himself to the Father, and to us, out of love. For Medaille, this is the ultimate of loving. Here we have an exchange of Love, a mystery of love. So he calls us to see in the love of the Eucharist, the model of our love of God and neighbour.
The Eucharist reveals to us our own vocation. We discover ourselves as a community of persons, united in the action of the Holy Spirit and called to participate in the loving operations of the Eucharistic Jesus. The charism, the grace of active and inclusive love, conforms us who receive it, into the likeness of Christ in his relationships with his Abba and all of humanity and in a special way with those in need.
It is an incarnational grace, rooted in flesh and blood, lived out in daily pain and pleasure, energized by human passion and limited by human sinfulness.” (Notes by Sr. Monica Hartnett on the Eucharistic Letter)
How do you experience this ‘exchange of love’ in your life?
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I desire that my way of life - and all the men and women in Little Design communities - are just such a 'meditation in motion' as we have witnessed this week from our chief Pastor. Like Francis, "Go preach the Gospel.Use words if necessary!"