1 Tim 1:15-17 / Luke 6:43-49
In almost every religion, food is used in worship as a sign of communion with the deity.
That is why in the worship, something is offered for sacrifice.
It can be an animal, or some produce of the land, or some cooked food.
It is offered to the deity, and then the devotees partake of some of the food as a sign of communion with the deity.
Even in our Eucharist, the bread and wine are offered and through the consecration of the priest, we partake of the Body of Christ in communion.
But we need to be reminded of this great mystery because familiarity can be the death of reverence.
We too can forget that we are in communion with Christ in the Eucharist and that Christ lives on in our hearts.
From the words that come out of our hearts, we will know how aware we are of the presence of Christ in us.
As Jesus said in the gospel: For a man's words flow out of what fills his heart.
By our words, others will know whether we truly worship God or not.