Sunday Meditation: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Right after the Feast of the Holy Trinity the liturgical calendar gives us the Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, also known as the Feast of Corpus Christi.  As we have done now for several years at my parish, we had a Corpus Christi procession right after the Saturday Vigil Mass.  I didn’t take any pictures this year, but it was not any different than in 2021  or in 2023.  

 

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,

when they sacrificed the Passover lamb,

Jesus’ disciples said to him,

"Where do you want us to go

and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

He sent two of his disciples and said to them,

"Go into the city and a man will meet you,

carrying a jar of water.

Follow him.

Wherever he enters, say to the master of the house,

'The Teacher says, "Where is my guest room

where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'

Then he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready.

Make the preparations for us there."

The disciples then went off, entered the city,

and found it just as he had told them;

and they prepared the Passover.

 

While they were eating,

he took bread, said the blessing,

broke it, gave it to them, and said,

"Take it; this is my body."

Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them,

and they all drank from it.

He said to them,

"This is my blood of the covenant,

which will be shed for many.

Amen, I say to you,

I shall not drink again the fruit of the vine

until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

Then, after singing a hymn,

they went out to the Mount of Olives.

~Mk 14:12-16, 22-26

 

I found that Fr. Geoffrey Plant’s explanation of all three readings, providing their context, was absolutely superb.  This is one of Fr. Geoffrey’s best, so I do encourage you to view it.

 

That exegesis of the Body and Blood of Jesus as we Catholics understand it is one I will go back to over and over.

Now for something different from Bishop Robert Barron.  Instead of explaining the readings for this week’s homily, Bishop Barron goes through what Eucharistic Adoration has meant to him and to other saints. 

I love Eucharistic Adoration.  I wish I could do it more often.  I certainly encourage all to go. 

 

Sunday Meditation: “This is my body…This is my blood of the covenant”

 

Finally a song from John Michael Talbot.