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Corpus Christi - June 6, 2021

Dear Friends,

Today we celebrate Corpus Christi, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. The mystery we celebrate makes us dive in the culmination of God’s love to us; the sacrifice of Christ that extends salvation to the whole world. Today’s traditional annual Eucharistic procession expresses that truth.

While we process with the Lord, we also proclaim his true presence in the midst of his people, fulfilling his promise to the disciples: “Behold, I am always with you until the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). That presence to which we respond by our “Amen” at the reception of the Holy Communion is a comforting and saving presence. We say “Amen” to proclaim that we truly believe Jesus to be present, and that we receive his true Body and we drink his true Blood. By his body and blood Jesus Christ offers himself to us as food for eternal life. He comes to us in order to journey with us; teaming up with us in the midst of the daily challenges of our lives. His presence in the Blessed Sacrament is an ongoing invitation to turn our eyes and our hearts to rely on Him who sacrificed himself for our sake.

When we receive His Body and drink His Blood we are not expressing just a desire to be one with Him or to be like Him. We are truly made one with Him because His is the head of the body whose members we are meant to be.

As we carry Jesus Christ in our hearts at the sharing of His table, let us continue to pray for one another and for our parish family.

Fr. Emery

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