On Being Spiritually Anchored

“Our hearts are restless until they rest in You.” -St. Augustine
A Presentation on the
Eucharist as Spiritual Life Anchor and Highway to Heaven: Source and Summit of Christian Life

No intelligent person goes into battle unprepared. Although not every aspect of life can be contextualized as a battle, there is no doubt that as regards the spiritual life, there is indeed a battle. It is a battle of the direst kind. It is a battle for the soul of a human being. In the Living Word we read, 
 
“One of the scribes,i when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’j The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”k The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, ‘He is One and there is no other than he.’ And ‘to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself’ is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”l And when Jesus saw that [he] answered with understanding, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to ask him any more questions.m Mark 12:28-34
 
The enemy of God desires one thing and will go to the greatest lengths to win.  The goal is to stop us from knowing God, loving God. As the deceiving enemy wages battle, every attempt is made to lesson our love for God with the fullness of our hearts, soul, mind, and strength to ensure we become incapable of loving our neighbor.  Therefore, we must be firm in the truth of our own identity, dignity, and value. A firmness only possible in knowing and loving God. We must be firmly anchored in this truth to journey by its light to our fullness of being eternally united to God in heaven.  Armed with this knowledge and sustained by the Blessed Sacrament we can fully engage in the mission of Christ, of the Church – the Salvation of the World.

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