Feast of Corpus Christi

 

On Sunday 22nd June 2025 

  Many years ago, Br. Joemon while giving a talk about the Eucharist he said: ‘Many Christian denominations still not believe in the mystery of the transubstantiation of the bread into Body and wine into Blood of Jesus Christ and for us Catholics this is essence of our worship.’ Jesus himself says about this act of consecration to be done on his remembrance of establishing the New Covenant. ‘Then he broke the bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me. He did the same with the cup after supper, and said, ‘This cup is the New Covenant in my blood poured out for you. ‘1Cr 11: 26 He is the Lamb of God, the true sacrifice and the fullness of all other sacrifices. There is no other sacrifice greater than our Lord’s own sacrifice on the Cross in Calvary and it is very important as Br Joemon explained.

  No one, but our Lord Jesus Christ, can make such an offering to God our Father in order to save us, all of humanity. He is God's only Son, so His contribution is the most precious and significant. God made him the only sacrifice for the salvation of all humanity. That is why it is an everlasting sacrifice, and it will endure forever, Amen! Those who ignore this mystery are heretics, enemies of Jesus and his kingdom.. 1 John 2:22 (NJB): Who is the liar, if not one who claims that Jesus is not the Christ? This is the Antichrist, who denies both the Father and the Son. They are the Antichrists. They doubted Jesus and were thinking how they will eat the flesh of a man and drink his blood. It is impossible to understand as if we think in human way, and scrutinise these heavenly things with our own intelligence. Jesus said to them with great pain in his heart: ‘No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me, and I will raise that person up on the last day.’ (Jon. 6:44)We cannot come closer to Jesus unless Heavenly Father allows us to approach him. When we come to know Jesus and approach him wholeheartedly, then we will realise this; that he is the gift of God. Jesus again told them, ‘He went on, ‘This is why I told you that no one could come to me except by the gift of the Father.’ Jon. 6: 65. Again Jesus said to them: ‘I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate manna in the desert and they are dead; but this is the bread which comes down from heaven, so that a person may eat it and not die. 51 I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world.’ (Jon.6: 48-51)Death will not approach us if we eat His Body and drink His Blood with genuine reverence and purity. When the priest consecrates the bread and wine, it is done in a celestial manner and according to the plan of celestial Father. It is happening through the prayer that Jesus proclaimed to the Heavenly Father. Jesus said: ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me. Then he said: ‘This cup is the New Covenant in my blood poured out for you. (which our Lord proclaimed while establishing the Eucharist). Jesus told unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood ……. John 6:53–56 (NJB): 53 Jesus replied to them: In all truth I tell you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life, and I shall raise that person up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in that person. Jesus is saying to all of us to eat his flesh and blood to live in him and he will live in us. So the Holy Mass is the real sacrifice the enactment of the sacrifice on the Cross on Calvary. Then whatever Jesus has said is fulfilled and it is not a mere meal but the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.

Lord, You brought us the food from heaven

Your Body and Blood for our salvation

Lord, am unworthy to receive the Holy Eucharist

But Your immense mercy and love, enable me to have it.

Oh, Most Holy Name to be honoured

Jesus, my Lord, live in the holy Tabernacle

Maketh yourself the humblest bread

To share your eternal glory with us

Oh Lord, sanctify my body and soul

Oh Lord, of our fathers’, who loved you endlessly

Purify my heart and open my eyes

To see your glory till the end of my days

Lord, how much I was longing for You

To be in your House

To receive Your Heavenly Meal

And I am pleased to have You day after day

Lord, you are the eternal grace and salvation

May you fill my heart, with your sublime love?

Oh, gentle master of my soul

I plead to you, my Lord, lighten my burden.

Lord, you poured all the blessings on your people

To lead them and make them the rulers of the world

Lord, wash me with your precious Blood

Sanctify me, with hyssop till...I am clean

Lord, let my words always to praise you

All my gestures always to praise you

Lord, let all my wishes to praise you

Let all creatures of the seas, lands and sky praise you

Lord, You embrace me with Your love

And come into my flesh, immerse Your Body into me

Lord, let your Blood come into my blood

And make me one with You in flesh and blood

Lord, my hearts’ only desire is to praise you

Lord, I thank you for everything, You have done for me

Let my happiness; always to be with you

Lord, give me your love and grace to abide in you

Lord, what offering I can bring to you, but only my sins,
I can only give what you have given me.
Lord, you offered your Body and Blood
As a sacrifice to Heavenly Father for the salvation of all of us

Melchizedek brought the gift of Bread and Wine
To see Abraham and bless him.
Melchizedek praised and thank God
For helping Abraham to win over his enemies.

Your death on the Cross in Calvery
Brought the salvation for all humanity.
You fulfilled the consecration of Eucharist
By sacrificing your own Body and Blood.

Lord, how divine the mystery of Eucharist
Is beyond our knowledge and imagination!
But you revealed it to us by your love and grace.
You have written these mysteries in our heart.

Lord, once I was dead and didn't know you.
But by your mercy and grace you revealed to me  that you are alive in the Eucharist.
Lord, You came down to meet me in the form of the Living Bread.
I was trembling and crying when I saw your blood-stained face in the living Bread.

Lord, how can I thank You in words
For this most wonderful gift of love you have given me!
How blessed are those who know this truth,
How blessed are those who eat Your Body and drink your Blood,
In a worthy manner to gain Eternal Life.
Oh most Holy Sacrament of the Alter, Oh Jesus we praise you and adore you, Ame