June 7

Our Lady of the Cenacle 

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Corpus Christi
Today's Gospel: John 6:51-58

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Jesus said it plainly, with no room for misunderstanding.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. The crowd argued among themselves. How can this man give us his flesh to eat? It was too much. Too strange. Too real. And Jesus didn't soften it. He didn't say, relax, I'm speaking symbolically. He said it again. And again. And again.

Most of them walked away.

Because what He was offering was not an idea to be debated. It was a life to be received. Completely. Without reservation. On His terms, not ours.

God fed His people manna in the desert for forty years. Every morning. Without fail. They didn't plant it. They didn't earn it. It was just there when they woke up. Enough for the day. Not more. Not less. Just enough.

Jesus says, I am that bread. Except this bread doesn't just get you through the day. It gets you through death itself.

There is an unexplainable contentment that happens when I receive the Eucharist that I cannot find anywhere else in my life. A peace that has nothing to do with the world outside and everything to do with what happens inside. The world is loud and restless and pulling in every direction. The Eucharist quiets all of it. I have learned to be very logical about eternity; since it is eternal, I am probably wasting my time on worldly goals.

The Eucharist is eternal because it is Jesus. We must place Jesus first in our lives. If I know I am receiving Him in the morning, I will not eat until after communion. Even if Mass is in the afternoon, I fast until after Mass. Jesus is always first in my life. I love Our Lady with my whole heart, and she would be the first to tell you exactly that about me and my love for her Son.

Our Lady of the Cenacle stood in that upper room where He first broke the bread. She was there at the first Mass. She understood what was being placed in human hands better than anyone in the room. She still does.

Something to sit with today:

When was the last time you received the Eucharist like it was the most important thing that would happen to you all day, because it was?

Jesus Christ died so that you can live. Surrender fully to the Lord and love Him first and foremost in your life.

 

Rosary Man Jim 🌹
Freely given. Freely shared.

 

Location: Tonawanda, NY 14150, USA

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