I was recently asked, “How can you do a series of posts borrowing from other thinkers and writers and not include a Pensee from Blaise Pascal?”.  I was, of course, ashamed at my glaring omission - even if the person who asked me was me (I often have discussions with myself).  So, here goes:

“How I hate this nonsense of not believing in the truth and reality of God’s presence in the Eucharist.  If He is God, what is the difficulty?”

Whenever I am daunted by the immensity of suffering in the world (or even by day-to-day struggles), by my seeming inability to make any difference, I remember that He has a plan.  He will make a way.  If His Word makes it clear what we are to do, and He is God… what is the difficulty?  It is only logical that if we believe He is God - then the apparent immensity of any challenge is irrelevant.  If He is God, what is the difficulty?  The logic is so simple that it exposes the real question:  do I believe He is God?  Answer that with real certainty and we can rest assured as to the outcome.