Dear brothers and sisters, today the Church celebrates one of her greatest treasures: the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Corpus Christi is not merely a remembrance of the Last Supper; it is a celebration of Christ's real and living presence in the Holy Eucharist. What appears as bread and wine becomes the true Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ.
The readings today reveal this mystery. In Exodus, Moses sealed God's covenant with the blood of sacrifice. In Corinthians, St. Paul recalls the institution of the Eucharist. In the Gospel, Jesus declares Himself the Bread of Life who came down from heaven. Thus, every Holy Communion is a covenant encounter with the living God.
Yet this sacred gift calls for holy reverence. St. Paul warns that whoever receives the Body and Blood of the Lord unworthily brings judgment upon himself. The Eucharist is not ordinary bread; it is the Bread of Angels, the medicine of immortality, and the food of eternal life. Some receive and are transformed; others receive without faith and remain unchanged.
Therefore, let us ask ourselves: When I receive Holy Communion, do I truly believe that I am receiving Christ? Does the Eucharist make me more loving, forgiving, prayerful, and holy? The greatest reverence we can show the Eucharist is not only in how we receive it but in how we live after receiving it.
May our hearts become worthy tabernacles of the Lord, and may every Holy Communion draw us closer to Christ until we share in the eternal banquet of heaven.
Amen.
