My sister Mary and I are very close (unless she is playing a cruel trick!?). In our family of five kids, One thing we have in common is we never got hand-me-downs. Mary is the only girl in the fam and I have never missed a meal! Yep, if it don’t fit you must go to JCPenneys.
Hand-me-downs are important! Our latest Netflix binge has been JANE The VIRGIN. DeAnna and I watched with reverent silence while little Matteo was baptized. Great hand-me-down. The producers/directors gave such an emotional and visual description of the what this great hand-me-down was all about, when a letter written by the grandmother for her baby’s baptism, was read by that mother now grandmother, is read by the mother of Matteo—good job if you followed that sequence!!
Tradition literally means “to hand down or over.” St. Paul speaks of the deepest tradition of faith for us to hold onto and give away—hand on the Eucharistic presence of Christ. Let’s come to the table…together.
“For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.” 1 Cor 11:23-26
