Today John blessed the sacrament. He didn't get it right the first time. I don't know what mistake he made. I'm not even sure if he knew.
But he was asked to do it again and he did.
He was asked to do it again. It didn't mean he did anything wrong or was bad, or that his heart was in the wrong place. He just needed to do it another time so that it would be done accordingly. According to the law.
We might think that God, a loving God in this case, would let it slide...would, in order to not send the wrong message, that things will be okay if it's just this once. But high expectations lead to high results, and, instead of showing love if he let it slide, he would show the message 'I don't believe in you
I don't believe that you are capable of doing it.'
Mostly anyone is capable of blessing the sacrament correctly. In some ways it's a relatively easy thing to do. However, in our lives, there are things where God gives us a do-over in order to help us learn right. To teach us we ARE capable of trying AND succeeding. And doing things perfectly, with HIS help, every time.
