Newsletter 2nd June 2024 (Feast of Corpus Christi / The Body & Blood of Christ)

• First Reading – Exodus 24:3-8: Moses relayed God’s laws to Israel, recorded them, and confirmed the covenant by sprinkling blood on the people, symbolizing their commitment to God’s commands.
• Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 116: In gratitude for God’s blessings, I commit to acts of thanksgiving and promise fulfillment before all His people, acknowledging His mercies and deliverance.
• Second Reading – Hebrews 9:11-15: Christ, the perfect high priest, entered heaven with his own blood, not that of animals, offering us eternal redemption and mediating a new covenant.
• Gospel – Mark 14:12-16, 22-26: Jesus instructs his disciples to prepare the Passover in a designated room, where he institutes the Eucharist and predicts his final drink of wine in God’s kingdom.

While they were eating, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is my body.” Mark 14:22