On Sunday, June 18, we celebrated the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi).
This is one of my favorite feasts because of my great love for the Eucharist. I think that if you
ask any Catholic, they would agree that they love the Eucharist. It is the source and summit of our
Christian lives.
True the Eucharist is a mystery. We do not grasp its full meaning. We have only glimpses of its meaning. We grasp instinctively. We know that the Eucharist can and does change our lives. As the bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ, we who receive the Eucharist are transformed into the body and blood of Jesus. Collectively we call this the Church, the body of Christ (St. Paul).
In faith we believe that Jesus is truly present and that if we eat His body and drink his blood, we do have eternal life. Why? Because He said it. (John 6:51-58).
