The Eucharist: A Holy Gift for Holy People

It is awesome to hear stories of people who were completely changed because of the Eucharist. I have a friend who was raised without a religion. When he was getting ready to go to high school, he and his parents decided to send him to a Catholic school. The Catholic school had an excellent baseball team and he wanted to be a star baseball player. Since all the students went to Mass on designated days, whether you were Catholic or not, he was exposed to the Eucharist. One day the priest asked the students to come to the altar and at communion time, the priest went around giving Holy Communion. Without being able to tell the priest he wasn't Catholic, the priest offered him the sacred host. Up until that moment he did not believe in the real presence of Jesus but now as he ate the sacred host, he suddenly was overtaken by the presence of Jesus. He was so immersed with God's presence that he felt  grace flowing through his entire body. It was a life-changing experience. He knew then that he wanted not only to be a Catholic but he hungered for that unexplainable experience of receiving the body and blood of Christ.

This young man was offered a baseball scholarship to Mississippi State University but pusuing his studies there, did not fulfill his dream. He could hear God calling him to the priesthood. This would enable him to bring the Eucharist to others which was his only dream now. Today he is a  priest who focuses his love on Jesus knowing that it was the Eucharist that brought him to this holy and life giving state.