Today the Church (in the United States) celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. The assigned readings are Exodus 24:3-8; Hebrews 9:11-15; and Matthew 14:12-16, 22-26. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 116 (Psalm 116:12-13, 15-18).
The Gospel reading is as follows:
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.
Reflections on these readings:
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Body and Blood of Christ (June 10, 2012)
Msgr. Charles Pope: Unless! A Homily on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (9 JUN 12)
ZENIT: Pope's Corpus Christi Homily (7 JUN 12)
Marcellino D'Ambrosio: The Eucharist: The Real Presence of the Body and Blood of Christ?
Dr. Scott Hahn: Blood of the Covenant (June 10th 2012 - Corpus Christi)
The Word Encountered: An Embodied God (The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ B)
Thoughts from the Early Church: Commentary: John Chrysostom
Dominican Daily: Word to Life: Sirius XM Radio – Corpus Christi (8 JUN 12)
Related item:
The Deacon's Bench: For Corpus Christi: “God in the Streets of New York” (9 JUN 12)
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