The Cracked Host.

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The most joyous activity I often engage in is the celebration of the Holy Mass. The Holy Mass is the reenactment of the Holy Sacrifice of our Lord Jesus, the Christ. There are two parts in the Holy Mass. The first one is the Liturgy of the Word wherein the people listen to two readings, one from the Old Testament, and the other, from the Epistles of the New Testament. A third reading is from the Gospel of our Lord Jesus. The second part is the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The bread and wine, in the process of transubstantiation. become the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus. We receive the Host during Communion. The Host comes in small round and dry pieces of bread. When I queue in Communion, though, with the elderly before me, always, the priest gives me the cracked Host that he consecrated during the Mass. Though I know all the Hosts are the Body of our Lord, I do feel blessed when I receive the cracked Host that was consecrated during the Mass. The Communion, I believe, is the greatest gift our Lord has given us so forever He will be in us.