You ask the maximum love from us on behalf of the men and women of our time.
It is in the Cenacle that Jesus gives His body and blood as food, leading to the transformation of His Apostles into Himself. According to the commentary of St. Augustine, it is not we who transform the divine food into ourselves, rather it is the divine food that transforms us into Itself.
Christ has an infinite and unifying love. He wishes to communicate it to us so that we may base our relations with one another on it. Our love is to reach the magnitude of self-giving service; our unity is to be modeled on the Trinity.
In our effort to enter into the mystery of God's maximalism, how can we ignore the great lessons of the Cenacle? For the Cenacle is the place and time in which Jesus shows us the wonders of His maximum love and reveals to us the depth and design of God's divine extravagance. (Bishop Giaquinta, The Cenacle, Ch. 3)
Come Holy Spirit, enkindle our hearts with the fire of Your love. Give us the grace to rise above the mediocrity that leads us away from Your invitation to be loved. May we respond to Your gifts through our acts of selfless love toward our brothers and sisters.
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