The Lord Is My Chef Sunday Music, 11 June 2023
It has been raining for three days and had been listening too to my Stephen Bishop playlist while driving, playing over and over his 1976 hit Save It For A Rainy Day until I got fed up tonight on my way home from my last Mass.
As I let my playlist on, this tune came and reminded me of my homily this Sunday for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ:
Every time she looks my way Heaven gets a little closer And every time I feel that way I want to be with her
Love is surely like a rose Till you find a thorn to hurt you The one thing she'll always know My love is true
If you are above 50 years old and almost 60 like me, that’s from Stephen Bishop’s 1989 album Bowling in Paris called Parked Cars. It just hit me as so perfect for our Sunday Music blog today because the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ is about his real presence among us. It is a continuation of our celebration last Sunday of the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity which is about relationships, of our one God in himself a perfect community of three Persons bound in love. This relationship is most real when expressed in giving of self, exactly what Jesus did when he came here for us to save us by offering his total self on the Cross which we make present in every celebration of the Eucharist.
It is a mystery of highest order that is most truest when we imitate Jesus in giving our very selves in loving service to others. Every time we touch those who are sick and afflicted, the lost and weary, those hurting inside, those broken, that is when become like Jesus in giving our very selves to others. Why we are able to love beyond measure like in taking care of our sick parents or family members in itself is a mystery with all the pains and difficulties that come.
And why do we continue giving our selves? Because we love.
Despite the many other meanings Parked Cars may convey as the last two stanzas show, the song reminds us so well of the meaning of Body and Blood of Jesus – that authentic living is being present to another, of giving one’s self in love.
Parked cars Sittin' in the back seat Somewhere down on Main St. Talkin' to the moon Parked cars Holding her so close Wondering if she knows... That every time she looks my way Every time she smiles my heart breaks And all I really want to say Is that my love is true Yes all I really want to say is that My love is true...
Here is Stephen Bishop with Parked Cars as well as our Sunday homily, https://lordmychef.com/2023/06/10/the-gift-of-self/. Have a blessed week ahead.
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