Robe and Sandals

A friend of mine told me about how some men at his church were shamed by how much better he dressed than they, remembering their childhoods and the instruction of their parents that they dress as if going before a judge or a king.  His answer was that the only king they were going to see was one who dressed in a robe and sandals.   This is true, but looking deeper, we can see that the King we go to meet in the Mass is much more.  He is divinity who clothed Himself with humanity - true humility that we might know and love Him.  And what is more, He went even further to take on the appearance of mere bread and wine in the Eucharist, that we might enter into His life.  God reaches to us with every thing and in every way that He can.  Reach back!