Blessed be the Most Precious Body and Blood
of Jesus Christ...
The Heart will see, if it believe and loves...
At the celebration of Mass;
at every Mass as this very Mass,
the past and the future become the present moment.
"Let
us ask ourselves this evening, adoring the Christ truly present in the
Eucharist: do I let myself be transformed by Him?" Pope Francis
The Latin words ‘Corpus Christi’ mean ‘Body of Christ’. On this solemn
Feast of Corpus Christi, we proclaim our belief in the Real presence of
Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. As we receive the Body and Blood of
Christ, we are not only entering into a deep and intimate relationship
with Him, but we are also being built up into the living mystical body
of Christ.
"The Solemnity of Corpus Christi - The Body of Christ - is an annual liturgical celebration, for centuries accompanied by a procession, whose purpose is to enable the faithful to draw new strength from the Eucharistic source of life and to proclaim Christ's Real Presence to the world. This is one time when the Blessed Sacrament is exposed, not just to faithful Catholics, but to all the world as we honor Him in a very public way and show our love for our neighbors by bringing Our Lord and Savior closer to them. Whenever Our Lord is taken outside the confines of His sanctuary home, He changes the lives of all who look upon Him, even those who meet Him for the first time. As eyes behold Jesus Christ, souls make a connection with the Wellspring of Eternal Life."
When we go before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament we
represent the one in the world who is in most need of God’s Mercy." We
"Stand in behalf of the one in the world who does not know Christ and who
is farthest away from God and we bring down upon their soul the Precious Blood
of The Lamb."
- Pope John Paul II
"If I can give you any advice, I beg you to get
closer to the Eucharist and to Jesus... We must pray to Jesus to give us that
tenderness of the Eucharist."
-Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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