It’s a Monday morning
and I have no intention
of going to Mass
but as I pass the Fountain Centre
on my way to work
the Alice Clock starts to chime
and the song it plays is
“Christ be Beside Me”.
I give in to My God
and turn to go to St Mary’s
for morning Mass.

During the Consecration
the priest raises the host
and it dawns on me
that what I’m witnessing here,
when this tiny circle of ordinary bread
becomes the body of Christ,
is a miracle of love,
the love that My God
has for me.

I have an awareness
that this miracle is taking place
in thousands of places
around the world
right now.
And suddenly,
on this Monday morning
the world seems to be a place
that is filled
with miracles of love.

© Claire Murray (20th April 2015)