The obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation has been restored for the Archdiocese of New Orleans beginning next weekend. Though many because of the pandemic opted to participate in the Eucharist virtually, we must remember that God did not come to us virtually. He came to us — and continues to come to us — in the flesh. As Catholics, the personal contact with the Real Presence of the flesh and blood of Our Lord in the Eucharist is irreplaceable and essential. Next weekend when we gather as the Body of Christ, we will celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. Not only will we formally welcome everyone home (including having coffee and donuts after the Sunday morning Masses), we will also have a special time of adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament at the end of Mass with a small procession inside of the church. Our Lord Jesus wants to meet us in the same way He met the disciples on the road to Emmaus. He is inviting us to come back to the table. And like the disciples, we will recognize Jesus Christ and encounter Him most profoundly in the Breaking of the Bread.