Why Remember?

This past weekend I attended the Michigan All State Catholic Men's Conference (which was wonderful by the way), and while a friend and I were standing in a VERY long line for confession, it came to mind how important it is for people to remember the past.  I have generally had a bad memory for most of my life (maybe I'm blocking it out for some strange reason).  But when we look at Sacred Scripture we see that the Jewish people always had to be reminded of their past (i.e. Egypt, the Red Sea, wandering in the wilderness, etc.) whether it was them reminding themselves or God reminding them through a prophet.  Is it not the same in the Catholic Church?  We are reminded of our spiritual heritage every Sunday or more at Mass.  We are reminded of Christ's Passion in the liturgy.  Now if we stop there, then we miss so much.  We have to be reminded of all of salvation history and why Jesus Christ came, died, and rose.

So what is the best way to remind ourselves?  Well, certainly start with the Eucharist, for sure.  Get to know Jesus and who he is, and why he did what he did, and why we receive him in the Eucharist.  Jesus IS salvation history lived like it was supposed to be lived.  And when we receive Jesus, we receive life like it is meant to be lived, life like it was in the Garden of Eden before the fall.