Daily Meditation - Sunday 25May 2008 - FEAST OF BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST - A glimpse into what can happen!

[BarbaraTherese]

**Today is the **

Solemnity
** of**
Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
HERE

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Mass Readings and Meditation
TODAY’S READINGS

MEDITATION

The Body and Blood of Christ

Have you ever had the experience of recalling a past event, or a person whom you once knew, and having that memory be so vivid that it’s as if you were reliving the event or encountering that person all over again?

This is how powerful our capacity for memory can be, and it gives us a glimpse into what can happen whenever we celebrate the Eucharist.

• Jesus promised that anyone who eats his flesh and drinks his blood abides in him, just as he abides in them (John 6:56).
• But this “abiding” isn’t automatic.
• It comes as we remember at Mass,
• bringing to the forefront of our minds who Jesus is and all he did for us on the cross.
• But to remember in this way is not just an activity of the mind, it is an act of the will and of the heart.

So what are we to remember?

• First and foremost, we are to recall the great love Jesus has for us.
• It’s a personal love, a love in which he sees all our strengths and weaknesses
• —all our goodnesses and failures
• —and treasures us as his very own.

*** We remember that this is the same Jesus who was with the Father from the beginning, the exact representation of the Father’s being who sustains all things by his word.***

• We remember that he was sent by the Father to rescue us and to bring us the precious gift of salvation.
• We remember that in his death he has destroyed the power of sin forever.
• We remember, too, that in Christ there is no condemnation,
• because through him we have been set free from the law of sin and death.
• And we remember that as we eat his body and drink his blood,
• we are healed, transformed, strengthened, comforted, and united with the entire body of Christ,
• throughout the world and even in heaven itself.

Truly, our God has given us a precious gift in his own body and blood!

“Lord Jesus, let me never forget you!
May my celebration of your death and resurrection
bring your power into my life
in a new way this day.”

 

[bwhite06517]

Coming Full Circle!!!

From the Old Testament reading we have:

that one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the LORD

And John 1:1:

1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And John 1: 14:

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us

And from today’s Gospel: John 6:

“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.”

WOW - God loves us so much that he feeds us more than Manna, he feeds us more than just ‘food’ - he feeds us the REAL BODY AND BLOOD of our LORD JESUS CHRIST!!!

Heavenly Father, open our eyes to really see and know you in the Eucharist!!! May every reception of this Blessed Sacrament be so special to us, may we never forget the PERFECT love you have for us!!! Amen