Our wee chapel
is in the basement
of a shop
and Latin Mass is celebrated here
every Sunday.

Today, at the Consecration,
our priest raises the host,
which is now Our Blessed Lord,
and as I bow my head
I find myself thinking,
“God is in the basement!”

I feel stunned.

Almighty God …
here with us …
in a basement …
in Belfast …

W O W ! ! !

I remember words
that I have heard Mother Angelica say
many times –
“Jesus told us ‘I will always be with you’,
and He is – in the Blessed Eucharist.”

God here with us …
every Sunday …
in the basement.

How amazing,
how wonderful
and how humble
is that?

(Aren’t we are so blessed??)

© Claire Murray, 7th October 2023