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A procession walked through the village, in which individual estates had their place, in the middle of which walked a priest with a monstrance in his hands. A car in which two men in their fifties were sitting stopped.\u00a0Nothing and no one prevented them from continuing their journey.\u00a0The driver remembers it: “The parade was organized.\u00a0One could feel joy and at the same time great fear from each person.\u00a0Most in the procession sang, and even the children.\u00a0I remembered other parades from years ago.\u00a0The very first sight of this parade touched my heart.\u00a0I was raised as a non-believer.\u00a0That was the first time I felt the desire to believe like these people.\u00a0I turned to my friend.\u00a0He had his eyes closed, from which tears flowed.\u00a0My mouth said for the first time in my life: I want to believe like these people.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, on the Feast of the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus, we remember that the Eucharist is the summary and summation of our faith.\u00a0Sv.\u00a0Irenaeus wrote: (Adversus haereses 4,16,5; SC 100,610) “Our conviction of faith is in harmony with the Eucharist, and the Eucharist, in turn, confirms our conviction” (CCC 1327).<\/span><\/p>\n

Today’s excerpt from the Gospel begins with the words of Jesus: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven” (Jn 6:51) and the excerpt ends with the words of Jesus: “Whoever eats this bread will live forever” (Jn 6:58).<\/span><\/p>\n

We celebrate two important Thursdays in the church liturgical calendar.\u00a0In Holy Week we celebrate Maundy Thursday and today – the Solemnity of Corpus Christi.\u00a0On both days we remember the Eucharist.\u00a0On the evening of the first day, we remember the institution of the Eucharist.\u00a0It was at the end of the public life of the Lord Jesus when he was about to fulfill his mission on earth to die for us. Today, that is in the week after the end of the Easter season, we reflect on the mystery of the love of the Lord Jesus, who instituted the Eucharist.\u00a0Jesus, because he loved us so much, decided to stay with us until the end of time under the ways of bread and wine, which after the words of transfiguration spoken by the priest, become the true, real, and substantial body and blood of Christ.<\/span>
\nReally: Jesus himself says: “My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink” (Jn 6:55).<\/span>
\nIndeed: That Jesus is present under the ways of bread and wine does not depend on our faith.\u00a0Our faith neither brings him nor withdraws him.\u00a0Sv.\u00a0John Chrysostom declares: “The fact that the offered gifts become Christ’s body and blood is not caused by man, but by Christ himself, who was crucified for us” (De perdition Iudae homily, 1.6: KKC 1375).<\/span>
\nSubstantial: It is under the manner of bread and wine in the manner of the substance of bread and wine.\u00a0If in other sacraments it is present through power and grace, then in the Eucharist especially in its essence to such an extent that it would be a mistake to say about the essence of bread: here is the body of Christ, instead of: this is the body of Christ.<\/span>
\nThe constant presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is brought about by the extraordinary transformation of the entire essence of bread and wine into the essence of Body and Blood by the power of the consecration words of the priest.\u00a0However, the magnificence of this sacrament does not end there.\u00a0The manner of Christ’s presence under the Eucharistic ways is unique of its kind.\u00a0Christ becomes present in this sacrament by the transformation of bread and wine into Christ’s body and blood.\u00a0“Christ’s Eucharistic presence begins at the moment of consecration and lasts as long as the Eucharistic ways exist.\u00a0Christ is present whole and completes under one way and the other, and whole and complete in each part of them so that the breaking of the bread does not divide Christ” (CCC 1377).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Feast of Corpus Christi originates from medieval piety.\u00a0The Eucharistic celebration was seen not only as a Eucharistic dinner but also as a visual presentation of Christ’s suffering. The development led to an ever greater respect that people showed for the Eucharist, especially for the Eucharistic bread. Independently of St.\u00a0at the Mass, various devotions were created to honor the Blessed Sacrament.\u00a0The consequence of this was the creation of a separate holiday to honor the divine presence in the Eucharist.\u00a0The impetus for this was a vision that Juliana of Liege had in 1209. In the vision, she saw the full moon as a symbol of the Church.\u00a0However, one black spot on it pointed to the fact that the church year lacks a feast for the veneration of the Eucharist.\u00a0In 1246, the bishop of Liege introduced such a holiday, which quickly spread and in 1264 became binding for the entire church.\u00a0The connection of this holiday with Maundy Thursday was manifested in the fact that it is celebrated on Thursday.\u00a0In 1277, for the first time, they added a procession to this holiday in Cologne.\u00a0Since then, the procession has become an obvious part of the Feast of Corpus Christi until today.\u00a0It is not a contrivance against the vagrants of later centuries.<\/span>
\nWe are also aware of the fact that this celebration has a different stamp than the Maundy Thursday celebration.\u00a0On Maundy Thursday, the memory focuses on Jesus’ condemnation and crucifixion, and on Corpus Christi, we do not remember Jesus’ suffering, but experience the joy of his presence in the Eucharist among us. Jesus gives himself to us as “the living Bread that came down from heaven” (Jn 6:51) so that he is always present among us.\u00a0Other meetings are also connected with today’s holiday, we call them Eucharistic congresses, whose history goes back to France.\u00a0The first Eucharistic Congress was held in Lille in 1881 and is held every two years internationally.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone who once participated with faith, even if only as big as a mustard seed, at a Eucharistic congress or a procession on the feast of Corpus Christi and put their heart into the veneration of the Eucharistic Christ, has an experience, knows the greatness of God’s love. True, it is not only about the external framework of the holiday.<\/span>
\nThe priest was calmly preparing for his night’s rest when someone rang the bell.\u00a0At the door stood a man whom the priest knew.\u00a0He was of a different faith.\u00a0That evening, this man said, among other things: \u201cThank you for the great experience of faith.\u00a0Your accompaniment today was a great encouragement in my faith.\u00a0I was not brought up to respect Jesus Christ as you teach.\u00a0There will surely come a time when other religions will also understand the greatness, importance, and need of God among us, as your religion teaches.”<\/span><\/p>\n

It is right that, on our part, we do everything to beg for ourselves and others from the Eucharistic Christ an increase in graces, and love for God, and duly give thanks to Jesus Christ for the gift of the Eucharist, that he remained among us until the end of the world under the ways of bread and wine.<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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