Today in the book In Caelo et in Terra, we read about St Tarcisius. He was a little boy who liked to take the Eucharist to those who were imprisoned and destined to be martyrs. One day he was on the Appian way, taking the Eucharist to them, when he was stopped by Roman soldiers asking what he was doing. He refused to give them the Eucharist, and they beat him with rocks and clubs until he died. The story says that the soldiers were unable to find any of the Eucharist when they searched him because it became part of his body when he died as a martyr.
We don't know for sure if the last part is true (though far be it from us to doubt that God could cause such a miracle) but we do know that he was a young man who died protecting the Eucharist which he obviously believed in with his whole life. You can read more about him here.
Do we really believe that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist? Does the way in which we go to mass reflect that belief? Do we go more often than we're required, since we know we will find Him there? Food for thought. (See what I did there?)
God, thanks for the great example of the faith of this child. St Tarcisius, pray for us.
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