The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Corpus Christi
June 2, 2024
Today’s Readings:
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060224.cfm
While they were eating,
Jesus took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, gave it to them, and said,
“Take it; this is my body.”
Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them,
and they all drank from it.
He said to them,
“This is my blood of the covenant,
which will be shed for you.
Mark 14: 22-24
Prose: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin – ‘The Priest’, in Writings in Time of War
Your life is so much stronger than ours
that it dominates us,
absorbs us,
and assimilates us to itself….
Although I might have imagined
that it was I
who held the consecrated Bread
and gave myself its nourishment,
I now see with blinding clarity
that it is the Bread
that takes hold of me
and draws me to itself.
Music: Ave Verum Corpus – attributed to Pope Innocent (13th century); set to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (18th century); performed here by The Romanian Foundation for Excellence in Music
Ave verum corpus, natum
de Maria Virgine,
vere passum, immolatum
in cruce pro homine
cuius latus perforatum
fluxit aqua et sanguine:
esto nobis praegustatum
in mortis examine.
[O Iesu dulcis, O Iesu pie,
O Iesu, fili Mariae.
Miserere mei. Amen]
Hail, true Body, born
of the Virgin Mary,
having truly suffered, sacrificed
on the cross for mankind,
from whose pierced side
water and blood flowed:
Be for us a sweet foretaste
in the trial of death!
[O sweet Jesus, O holy Jesus,
O Jesus, son of Mary,
have mercy on me. Amen.]
Lavish Mercy 
”He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood will have Eternal Life”.
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Prose and song are both more than beautiful. Deeply passionate. Thank you Renee!
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