Christ in front of me, Christ behind me

Beautiful picture from Lostseed.com.  Regardless of the tear, I felt that it was such a great picture of Our Lord watching over us always...maybe even feeling our struggles?

The above title comes from the popular prayer:

Christ Be With Me

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,Christ on my right, Christ on my left,Christ where I lie, Christ where I sit, Christ where I arise,Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,Christ in the mouth of every one who speaks to me,Christ in every eye that sees me,Christ in every ear that hears me.Salvation is of the Lord.Salvation is of the Christ.

May your salvation, Lord, be ever with us.

Read more: http://www.beliefnet.com/Prayers/Catholic/Comfort/Christ-Be-With-Me.aspx#ixzz1WMOR9N6e


I felt that it most accurately portrayed my feelings today at mass. I had the most overwhelming sense of Christ's presence in the mass.  While I know we recognize Christ in the Eucharist by means of transubstantiation, I was struck by so much more.  Christ is the Word incarnate, so He is in the Gospel. I found it very thought provoking to consider Christ as the Word being on the same altar as the presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist within the Tabernacle.  It was an overwhelming sense of Him being on our altar in many forms at one time. He is present in each of us, so we are one body in Christ.  Once when I was a Eucharistic Minister, I had the thought that I was handing out the Body of Christ TO the Body of Christ- the congregation.  We are literally surrounded during mass by His presence from the beginning to the very end.  "Go forth with to love and serve the Lord."  We the Body of Christ receive the admonishment to remember Our Lord's presence in daily life.  It feels so amazing to remember that even when you are having a bad day, you can go to the church and experience the love of Christ personally.  Or that you can look within, through prayer, and find Him there with you again.

"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age."

-Matthew 28:20