Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ

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Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
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• To you I will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving.

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1st Reading

• We have read here the confirmation of the
  covenant between God and man.
• This covenant-sacrifice would then lead to a
  covenant meal.
• Here we can see the people offering sacrifice to
  God as one people.

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2nd Reading

• The sacrifice of Christ is presented in contrast
  with the Old Testament sacrifice done by Moses
  and the Israelites (1st Reading).
• However, here Jesus is the High Priest who offers
  the sacrifice, at the same time He Himself is the
  sacrifice being offered.

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Gospel

• Jesus celebrates the Passover meal with His
  apostles. It then becomes the institution of the
  Eucharist.
• Here we can see that the Eucharistic meal as a
  sacrificial banquet.

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• What is the Eucharist for us?

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It is our thanksgiving.

• Lord, thank you for everything!

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Think about this

• Do I make my daily Mass a real moment of
  thanksgiving a thanksgiving in times of joy and
  success, as well as during times of failure and
  pain?

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It is our Communion.

• The Eucharist is my highest act and expression of
  unity with everyone.

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Think about this

• Whenever I come in front of the altar to receive
  the Holy Eucharist, am I truly in union with the
  whole Church, my brothers and sisters?
• Do I also suffer when they suffer, or I dont
  care at all?

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The Eucharist is a Sacrifice.

• Like Jesus, I am ready to be a victim and suffer
  to be one with my brothers and sisters.

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Think about this

• The Eucharist is a sacrifice what sacrifices am
  I ready to make in order to be able to worthily
  received the Holy Eucharist and thus be in
  communion with others?
• Am I ready to be broken for others?

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Final thought from St. Paul1 Corinthians 11
26-29

• For as often as you eat this bread and drink the
  cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he
  comes. Therefore whoever eats the bread or
  drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have
  to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. A
  person should examine himself, and so eat the
  bread and drink the cup. For anyone who eats and
  drinks without discerning the body, eats and
  drinks judgment on himself.