Solemnity of Corpus Christi

by Fr. Jess Ty  |  06/02/2024  |  Weekly Reflection

Dear Family of God,

This weekend we will celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, given to us out of His great love for each one of us and that we will be able to participate in the holy exchange of love of the Holy Trinity, and be eternal like God. Jesus said, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” (John 6:51).

The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that, “In the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist the Body and Blood, together with the soul and Divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really, and substantially contained" (CCC#1374).

In the Apostolic Exhortation of our Bishop Olmsted, “Veneremur Cernui he said, “The Eucharist comes to us through the Mass… the Mass must be understood within the context of the Last Supper… where Jesus took part in and forever transformed the Jewish Passover ritual meal. It is here we see the context in which Jesus desires His Body and Blood be consumed as food. This is the context where we discover the beauty of the grand mystery of the Eucharist as the fulfillment of both Jewish Passover and the Covenant of Israel.” (Paragraph 14 & 15).

“Just as the Hebrews had no alternative means of liberation other than the Passover lamb, there is no other means to salvation than through the grace of Jesus’ own self-sacrifice. Because Jesus is God, the second Person of the Trinity, His offering of His Blood is, in a real sense an act of God, transcending time and place. Thus, in every Mass, we feast on the flesh of the Lamb of God, offered once for all in expiation for our sins. “(18).

May we all believe and act according to our belief and be nourished and strengthen by Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.