CORPUS CHRISTI: This is the bread come down from heaven
First Reading Deuteronomy 8:2-3,14-16
He fed you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known
Moses said to the people: ‘Remember how the Lord your God led you for forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, to test you and know your inmost heart – whether you would keep his commandments or not. He humbled you, he made you feel hunger, he fed you with manna which neither you nor your fathers had known, to make you understand that man does not live on bread alone but that man lives on everything that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
‘Do not become proud of heart. Do not forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery: who guided you through this vast and dreadful wilderness, a land of fiery serpents, scorpions, thirst; who in this waterless place brought you water from the hardest rock; who in this wilderness fed you with manna that your fathers had not known.’
Second Reading 1 Corinthians 10:16-17
That there is only one loaf means that, though we are many, we form one body
The blessing-cup that we bless is a communion with the blood of Christ, and the bread that we break is a communion with the body of Christ. The fact that there is only one loaf means that, though there are many of us, we form a single body because we all have a share in this one loaf.
Gospel John 6:51-58 My flesh is real
food and my blood is real drink
Jesus said to
the crowd: ‘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.’ Then the Jews started arguing with one
another: ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ they said. CDR
Jesus replied: ‘I
tell you most solemnly, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink
his blood, you will not have life in you. Anyone who does eat my flesh and
drink my blood has eternal life, and I shall raise him up on the last day. For
my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
He who eats my
flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in him. As I, who am sent by
the living Father, myself draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me will
draw life from me.
This is the
bread come down from heaven; not like the bread our ancestors ate: they are
dead, but anyone who
eats this bread will live for ever.
Lord Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist I
adore you. Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament. Blessed be God, the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the Holy Trinity. Father we thank
you for the gift of your Son Jesus Christ. Lord Jesus Christ we thank you for the
gift of your Body and Blood. The blessing-cup
that we bless is a communion with the blood of Christ, and the bread that we
break is a communion with the body of Christ.
Lord Jesus
Christ the living bread from heaven come feed me. Come nourish my soul that I
may live. I believe that you are the
Bread of Life. I believe in eternal life. I believe in resurrection. I
believe I shall behold your glory on the last day because you live, I shall
live. Be with me Lord.
Jesus I trust
in you. Sacred Heart of Jesus, thy Kingdom come. Immaculate Heart of Mary pray
for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God’s Angels and Saints pray for me. My Angel
Guardian pray for me. Protect me.
Pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary.
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