The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
posted Jun 9, 2009 2:48 PM by Christopher Klusman [ updated Jun 9, 2009 3:10 PM ]
June 14, 2009

The theme of sacrifice permeates the readings on this Celebration of Christ's Body and Blood.

This is fitting. Christ's sacrifice is the perfect one. It is the only truly valuable sacrifice, it is the only truly holy sacrifice, it is the only truly complete sacrifice.

Why is it valuable? It is the sacrifice of his blood which is a symbol of his love. Christ's love is the most valuable thing that is. It is divine love. It is the source of life itself. Nothing would exist if it weren't for this love, nothing would be redeemed and have life again if it weren't for this love. Nothing would have beauty or any good quality. All goodness comes through and from this love so his blood flowing from his loving heart is the most valuable thing.

The sacrifice is most Holy why? Because it is the sacrifice not of a stupid animal but of a free human being who has always used his freedom to its fullest and has never sinned. Maybe a young innocent lamb reminds us of innocence but Jesus truly is perfectly innocent. This makes his sacrifice most pure; clean; holy.

The sacrifice of Christ is most complete. It is of both his body and his blood. It is a sacrifice unto death, including humiliation, is public, and even encompasses the suffering of his family in the person of his mother. He has to have the the sight of his mother's heart being full of such pain it is like it was pierced with a sword!

We worship Christ's Most Holy Body and Blood. We dare to receive it in communion. We know that it will help us to grow to our full potential and discover our true value, it will help us to become truly holy, it will help us to make our own gift of self complete.

Sometimes we think that maybe we have given enough and that we deserve a break or that in justice it is someone else's turn to give as much as we do. It is not like that. The Body of Christ, the Church, works when everyone realized that we are called to give everything without counting the cost all the way up until we are asked to even give our last breath away.

If we do that we will become like the Apostles in today's Gospel. In the moments after receiving Christ's Body and Blood for the fist time they were filled with joy and they when out with joy singing.

In Christ,

Fr. St. Martin Reading 1
ResponsorialResponsorial Psalm
Reading 2
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