Col 1:15-20 / Luke 5:33-39
Whenever people say that "God is everywhere", do they mean it literally or is it just a figure of speech?
If God is everywhere, then where and how can He be seen clearly and obviously?
Some people in the Old Testament were privileged to have seen God face-to-face (Abraham, Moses).
In the New Testament, Jesus is the image of the unseen God, and the people saw that "many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it" (Lk 10:24)
But as much as the people saw Jesus, heard Him and even touched Him, what was their perception of Him? Were they able to see beyond His humanity that veiled His divinity?
The 1st reading states that Jesus is the Head of His body the Church. So where do we see the presence of Jesus in the Church and more so in the Eucharist?
In the Eucharist, we see the presence of Christ in the sacred species of His Body and Blood; in the priest who stands in the person of Christ as he offers the sacrifice on the altar; in the Word that is proclaimed as God speaks to His people; in the faithful who are gathered as the Body of Christ for the Eucharist.
Yes, these are the sacramental signs of the presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
Yet, we need to look deeper in order to see Christ in these sacramental signs and also to see Christ in the people around us.
We pray that our eyes will have the spiritual vision to see that God is everywhere and in everyone.