During Mass for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Pope Francis said:
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| Bro. Mickey McGrath, OSFS |
“Only the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, the food of life, can satisfy the hunger of hearts for love, a universal experience.
In life, we constantly need to be fed: nourished not only with food, but also with plans and affection, hopes and desires. We hunger to be loved. But the most pleasing compliments, the finest gifts and the most advanced technologies are not enough; they never completely satisfy us.
The Eucharist is simple food, like bread, yet it is the only food that satisfies, for there is no greater love. There we encounter Jesus really; we share His life and we feel His love.
Let us choose this food of life! Let us make Mass our priority! Let us rediscover Eucharistic adoration in our communities! Let us implore the grace to hunger for God, with an insatiable desire to receive what He has prepared for us…
Jesus prepares a place for us here below, because the Eucharist is the beating heart of the Church. It gives her birth and rebirth; it gathers her together and gives her strength. But the Eucharist also prepares for us a place on high, in eternity, for it is the Bread of heaven.
The Eucharist is our reservation for the heavenly banquet. It is Jesus Himself, as food for our journey towards eternal life and happiness…
Everyone knows people who are lonely, troubled, or in need: “they are abandoned tabernacles. Those who receive Jesus in the Eucharist are here to prepare a place and a meal for these, our brothers and sisters in need.
Jesus became bread broken for our sake; in turn, He asks us to give ourselves to others, to live no longer for ourselves but for one another. In this way, we live “eucharistically,” pouring out upon the world the love we draw from the Lord’s flesh.”