by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
Catholic TV Mass for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Sunday, June 18, 2017, from the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“The Church draws her life from the Eucharist. This truth does not simply express a daily experience of faith, but recapitulates the heart of the mystery of the Church. In a variety of ways she joyfully experiences the constant fulfilment of the promise: “Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age” (Mt 28:20), but in the Holy Eucharist, through the changing of bread and wine into the body and blood of the Lord, she rejoices in this presence with unique intensity. Ever since Pentecost, when the Church, the People of the New Covenant, began her pilgrim journey towards her heavenly homeland, the Divine Sacrament has continued to mark the passing of her days, filling them with confident hope.
The Second Vatican Council rightly proclaimed that the Eucharistic sacrifice is “the source and summit of the Christian life”.1 “For the most holy Eucharist contains the Church’s entire spiritual wealth: Christ himself, our passover and living bread. Through his own flesh, now made living and life-giving by the Holy Spirit, he offers life to men”.2 Consequently the gaze of the Church is constantly turned to her Lord, present in the Sacrament of the Altar, in which she discovers the full manifestation of his boundless love. …”
Catholic TV Mass for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Sunday, June 18, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“The fact that the Church celebrates the solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ makes good sense, given the Eucharist’s centrality in the life of the Church, neatly described by the Catechism of the Catholic Church as the “sum and summary of our faith” (No. 1327). And there’s the Second Vatican Council’s famous reiteration of this reality in the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, calling the Eucharist the “source and summit of the Christian life” (Lumen Gentium, No. 11). …”
“In many places this Sunday, the (moved) Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Our Lord is celebrated. …”
“Jesus said …
‘I AM the Living Bread that came down from heaven;
whoever eats this Bread will live forever;
and the Bread that I will give
is My Flesh for the life of the world.’
* * *
‘Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink His Blood,
you do not have Life within you.
Whoever eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood
has Eternal Life,
and I will Raise him on the Last Day.
For My Flesh is True Food,
and My Blood is True Drink. …'”
“The Gospel call to leave everything and follow Christ was the rule of Anthony’s life. Over and over again, God called him to something new in his plan. Every time Anthony responded with renewed zeal and self-sacrificing to serve his Lord Jesus more completely. …”
Catholic TV Mass for The Memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, from Our Lady of Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“St. Anthony of Padua is one of the Catholic Church’s most popular saints. Saint Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost and stolen articles, was a powerful Franciscan preacher and teacher. He’s typically portrayed holding the child Jesus—or a lily—or a book—or all three—in his arms. Many people give alms to St. Anthony Bread in thanksgiving to God for blessings received through the prayers of St. Anthony. …”
Catholic TV Mass for The Memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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