Sunday June 14th. 2009
Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ
t he altar both the humanity and divinity are
hidden from us in the Eucharist. To the senses
there appears no change after the consecration.
Faith alone penetrates the appearances of bread and wine
and proclaims the presence of Christ, true God and true
man.
It is essentially a mystery of faith.
Christ demanded faith when he promised this sacrament
by the shores of the lake. "I am the living bread, if any
man will eat of this bread he shall live for ever and the
bread I will give him is my flesh. Amen I say to you,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his
blood you will not have life in you." The apostles
believed when others walked away. Peter in their name
said to Christ : "You have the words of eternal life." That
faith was theirs on the first Holy Thursday night when Our
Lord said to them: " Take and eat, this is my body.""
Drink, etc." We too have received that gift of faith and we
believe in the Eucharistic presence of Jesus Christ. We
need to stir up that faith by fervent acts of adoration, faith
and reverence. The prayer of the feast is a good reminder
for us: "Grant, O Lord, that we may venerate the sacred
mysteries of thy body and blood." At this mass of Corpus
Christi, let us offer our humble adoration and reverence, as
our homage of our true faith of our Lord’s real presence in
the Blessed Sacrament.
O Sacrament most holy O sacrament divine,
all praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine
