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 Today is celebrated the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, aka, Corpus Christi. We who believe in that direction are called to meditate a bit on the Sacramental gift God has given the Church in the Eucharist. And yes, I am quite convinced that this gift is very Real and very much more than merely an opportunity to have a memorial meal every quarter. I think there's more to be thankful for than that.I don't mean to go into some large discussion of Eucharistic theology here. I only mean to remind myself and the rest of us, of this great Gift - that the Gift if Jesus Himself. I'll leave you with the Fathers... "The flesh feeds on the Body and Blood of Christ, that the soul may grow fat on God." - Tertullian "What seems bread is not bread, though bread by taste; but the Body of Christ. What seems wine is not wine, though taste will have it so; but the Blood of Christ." - St. Cyril of Jerusalem "The sacrament you receive is made what it is by the Word of Christ. If the word of Elijah had such power as to bring down fire from heaven, shall not the Word of Christ have power to change the nature of the elements?" - St. Ambrose of Milan "There is one Christ everywhere, complete both in this world and in the other; one body. Though offered in many places, He is but one body so there is but one sacrifice... We offer now what was offered then." - St. John Chrysostom technorati tags > corpus christi, eucharist, liturgy Labels: catholic, church, liturgy, theology ::: ::: permalink ::: e-mail me :::
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three quotes |:: "Then, if we cannot as yet think alike in all things, at least we may love alike. Herein we cannot possibly do amiss." "Keep your eyes on the crucifix, for Jesus without the cross
is a man without a mission, and the cross without Jesus
is a burden without a reliever." "...I am deeply convinced that the Christian leader of the future is called to be
completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self."
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