Sincerity is a basic human virtue that we love to find in other people, but may find it hard to live ourselves. Hypocrisy makes us blind to God's presence in our lives. We need to be sincere especially in three key areas of our lives. First of all, we need to build up sincerity in our relationship with God. We should never try to impress Him or put on a show for Him. We need to open our hearts to Him completely (He knows them thoroughly already), like little children, so that He can touch our hearts with His transforming grace. Secondly we must be sincere in our relationship with ourselves. We sometimes are less than honest with God about the reasons we do things, making excuses or falling into the habit of quick rationalization. We must take responsibility for our actions, good and bad, confident that God can fix whatever we may break. As Christ said, the truth will set us free. Last but not least, we need to develop sincerity in our words. Sometimes we distort the truth when we talk, we like to flatter people, or make them admire us, so we say things that aren't really true. While we don't have an obligation to tell everyone everything, we do have an obligation to be truthful in what we choose to say. Of course, we know that we have the opportunity to receive Holy Communion virtually every day of our lives. The Eucharist can serve to strengthen our resolve to be people of sincerity with hearts open to God's grace. The pure, white, unleavened bread that is transformed into Christ's body can be an image of sincerity for us. The host itself is indeed beautiful in its simplicity – in its sincerity. As we walk up to receive the Eucharist and return to our pews, let’s pray that we might strive to truly become a sincere person. That indeed would be simply beautiful.