God our loving Father, give me the gift of having an intense attitude and disposition to experience you in prayer and the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. Let me desire you always, make me eager to meet you like the people at Gennesaret who "scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard Jesus was" (Mk.6:55).
How I wish, dear Father, we could have the joy and excitement of the people when King Solomon led the opening of your Temple in Jerusalem with the ark of the covenant being brought there as your cloud filled the temple.
We do not have any ark of your covenant, Lord, but we have you truly present, Body and Blood in every Eucharistic celebration in our churches which we often take for granted; most often, nobody cares to visit you, dear Jesus truly present at the Blessed Sacrament!
If I could just have even half of the eagerness of the people of Gennesaret in meeting Jesus or the intensity of the joy and excitement of the people of Jerusalem in the opening of their temple, maybe your divine presence O God would be more realistic and more effective among us in Christ. Amen.
