The solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), which the Church
celebrates today reminds us all of the wonderful gift of God to us through Jesus
Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.

While the primary focus of this solemnity is on the spiritual nourishment that Christ

gives us, its secondary focus is on the Body of Christ which is the Church.
The Body and Blood of Christ (the Eucharist) is the most excellent gift ever given
to us by Christ. It also shows how much God loves and cares for both our temporal
and spiritual welfare. Therefore, what we celebrate today is the sacramental
presence of Christ in his Church.

Today as ever before, Christ offers himself sacramentally to us. This is simply a
way of expressing his unconditional love for us. He commands us: “Do this in
memory of me!”

In the gospel, Jesus says to Andrew and his colleagues: “Give them something to
eat!” Today also, Christ is asking us to offer something. For us who have been fed
with the Body and Blood of Christ, we are not being asked to give what we do not
have. Although, we live in a “highly religious world”, there are many who are yet to
be nourished by the Body and Blood of Christ.

So, when we draw them closer to Christ, we bring them to the banquet table of
Christ who feeds and nourishes them with His body and blood. Therefore, we must
be hospitable enough to help the weak, the spiritually hungry and thirsty to
participate in the great feast of the Body and Blood of Christ.
So, today’s celebration provides us an opportunity to thank and adore Christ present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
So, let us adore Christ saying: “O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament divine all
praises and all thanksgiving be unto you.” Amen.

-Fr Tarcisio