Bearing Witness to the Light XLVII...Eutychus Lives!

J.M.J. + O.B.T. + M.G.R.*

It took 20 years for me to delve into this biblical account
to mine TRUTH at the heart of the narrative.

E U T Y C H U S
a beautifully sounding name

Good Fortune 
is its meaning in Greek

My uncle John fell out of a window
 in the Bronx, New York
as a child in the 1920's.

I wonder if his family
prayed to St. Paul?

So why the current attraction
to Chapter 20 of Acts of the Apostles?

Listening to the account might provide clues to the answer:

BIBLEGATEWAY Audio by Max McLean

The miracle occurred around 58 AD.

It was towards the end of
St. Paul's Third Missionary Journey.

It was at the time of the Passover (Holy Week).

He was enroute to Jerusalem with funds
he had raised for the support of the Church.


St. Paul
was celebrating
The Lord's Supper
on the Lord's Day
i.e. Mass

PAUL IS IN THE LITURGY
OF THE WORD
EUTYCHUS
FALLS
+++
PAUL
GOES BACK
UPSTAIRS AND BREAKS
BREAD (HOLY COMMUNION)

And the upper room
was filled with lamps
(light and smoke)

A peculiar detail that seems 
tp witness to the profound 
presence of the 
Holy Spirit.


If it looks like Mass/Divine Liturgy
and if it sounds like Mass/Divine Liturgy

It surely must be that (Bishop?) St. Paul
(without a home See)
was presiding at/celebrating

HOLY
MASS

So why do we never see 
St. Paul in film 
in persona Christi?

This seems to be a perfect moment to portray
the source/center/summit of his ministry,

If he provided MASS here,
he did so everywhere he traveled
and now coupled with the letter he wrote
from Ephesus midway in the outbound half
of this his third missionary journey
circa 57 AD:


1 Corinthians 11:24:

BIBLEGATEWAY Audio by Max McLean

WE SEE
TRUTH 
LIKE NEVER BEFORE
SAINT PAUL UNITED
TO THE
M A S S
OF THE
EARLY
CHURCH
THE ONE
H O L Y
EUCHARISTIC
MYSTERY

Sincerely yours
in Jesus through Mary,
Mike Rizzio

Imitate Mary
Become like Jesus
Live for the Triune God

Seek the Light of Our Lord Jesus Christ
See you on the High Ground!

* - J.M.J. + O.B.T. + M.G.R. stands for:
Jesus, Mary and Joseph;
O Beata Trinitas;
St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael