Jun
23
Corpus Christi (Cycle C)
Genesis 14:18–20; 1 Cor. 11:23–26; Luke 9:11b–17
Our celebration today is about one of the central mysteries of our faith, the other being our celebration last weekend of the Most Holy Trinity. That celebration was about a central mystery of our faith concerning who God is, and it reveals something critical to our faith—that God is relational. In the closest analogy in human terms, God is a family and in familial relationship: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It’s a deep mystery of the orthodox Catholic faith.
The emphasis today is on that other tremendous mystery, the Eucharist—the body, blood, soul, and Divinity of Christ. This, too, is a central mystery of our faith. We have seven mysteries of our faith, our seven sacraments, which are entwined with these two dogmatic truths.
Our celebration today is about one of the central mysteries of our faith, the other being our celebration last weekend of the Most Holy Trinity. That celebration was about a central mystery of our faith concerning who God is, and it reveals something critical to our faith—that God is relational. In the closest analogy in human terms, God is a family and in familial relationship: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It’s a deep mystery of the orthodox Catholic faith.
The emphasis today is on that other tremendous mystery, the Eucharist—the body, blood, soul, and Divinity of Christ. This, too, is a central mystery of our faith. We have seven mysteries of our faith, our seven sacraments, which are entwined with these two dogmatic truths.
