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The Catholic Calendar for Sunday, June 2, 2002 The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: Deuteronomy 8:2-3,14-16 Psalm 147:12-15,19-20 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 John 6:51-58 A reflection on today's Scripture: On this Solemn feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, we commemorate a fundamental belief of our faith: the command by Jesus that we must eat His sacred Body and drink His sacred Blood if we are to have everlasting life. This was strongly stated to the Jews by Jesus. Naturally, in view of their laws based on the Book of Leviticus, they found it repulsive and disgusting. There seems to be a great conflict between what pollsters claim Catholics believe and what they actually do. It is claimed that the majority do not believe that the bread and wine becomes the transubstantiated Body and Blood of Jesus at the Mass. Yet the vast majority of the congregation receives the Precious Body and Blood of Jesus at Mass. We pray that all believe, for if anyone should receive unworthily they will call down God's condemnation upon themselves by such a grievous sin. Let us beseech God in prayer that our hearts may be opened to the light of the Holy Spirit, that we may let God's grace flood in, that we may thirst for the Body and Blood of Christ and be healed by His presence within us. - Joachim, ocds YOU CAN HELP to evangelize the Word of God: Please recommend our website to your friends and Catholic webmasters. The meditations are in English & Spanish at http://www.borg.com/~joachim/DailyMeds.html (case sensitive). ARCHIVED Meditations: http://www.abcsoffaith.com/quiet/quietplace.html and at: http://www.mail-archive.com/dailymed%40saturn.nibcomp.com For ALL communications, including subscribe/unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (c)2002 The Way, The Truth, The Life. Permission granted to make reprints of the meditations or to post on any web page, except for profit. All scripture quotes are from the Douay-Rheims edition of the Catholic Bible. Full text from the New American Bible: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/index.htm Lives of the Saints: http://www.christdesert.org/public_texts/martyrology/ |
Title: Meditation: Sunday, June 2, 2002
