Newsletter June 14th 2020 (Corpus Christi)

Corpus Christi (The Body & Blood of Christ)

Jesus continues to give himself as food and drink to his followers. He also continues to put it up to his followers to take their stand with him, to take in all he stands for, living by his values, walking in his way, even if that means the cross.

Whenever we come to Mass and receive the Eucharist, we are making a number of important statements.

We are acknowledging Jesus as our bread of life, as the one who alone can satisfy our deepest hungers.

We are also declaring that we will throw in our lot with him, as it were, that we will follow in his way and be faithful to him all our lives, in response to his faithfulness to us.

In that sense, celebrating the Eucharist is not something we do lightly. Our familiarity with the Mass and the frequency with which we celebrate it can dull our senses to the full significance of what we are doing.

Every time we gather for the Eucharist, we find ourselves once more in that upper room with the first disciples, and the last supper with all it signified is present again to us.