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What does it mean for us as human beings to flourish?  What does it mean to have dignity as a human person?  And what is the common good for all people?  He goes through a whole hundred and thirty-five years  of the Church's social teaching  to refocus our energies on that message. 

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ | 06.07.2026 | Dcn. Michael Baird by Lourdes Denver

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ | 06.07.2026 | Dcn. Tom Uschold by Lourdes Denver

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Father Matthew Dimock and Father Max Frei's homilies on The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Readings https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060726.cfm Check out our YouTube channel https://youtube.com/@salisburycatholic?si=RmqF7BEux1_PmjL2

Opening: #950 Take and Eat Psalm 147: Praise the Lord, Jerusalem (Guimont) Presentation: #938 We Come to Your Feast Closing: #636 Now Thank We All Our God All music reproduced and streamed with permission from ONE LICENSE, license #A-723939. Organist: Bill Brinser Celebrant: Father Bob Cedolia Today's readings (via USCCB): bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading For more information, visit our parish website at MaryQueenofPeacePGH.org.

Father James Searby, a Parochial Vicar at the Basilica, shares a homily during The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). It was given in the Basilica on June 7, 2026.   

Sun. June 7, 2026: "The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ" - Rev. Anthony Hoangphan, Parochial Vicar

Deacon Steve Greco is a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Orange in California; he is the Director of Evangelization and Formation for the Diocese as well.  He is also founder and president of Spirit Filled Heart Ministries, which engages in evangelization and support of the foreign missions. He and MaryAnne have been married for over 50 years and have three adult children.  They discuss the Mass readings from Sunday mass with a special focus on Corpus Christi Sunday.The Bible and You airs live weekdays at 2:30pm Pacific Time go to spiritfilledevents.com website or download our Spirit Filled Radio App for Android or Apple Devices.Archives of shows from Spirit Filled Radio are available on podcast at spiritfilledevents.com Support the show

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Fr. Sebastian's homily on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ

Fr. Stephan's homily on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ

+ Holy Gospel according to St. John 6: 51-58Jesus said to the Jewish crowds:"I am the living bread that came down from heaven;whoever eats this bread will live forever;and the bread that I will giveis my flesh for the life of the world."The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying,"How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"Jesus said to them,"Amen, amen, I say to you,unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,you do not have life within you.Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my bloodhas eternal life,and I will raise him on the last day.For my flesh is true food,and my blood is true drink.Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my bloodremains in me and I in him.Just as the living Father sent meand I have life because of the Father,so also the one who feeds on mewill have life because of me.This is the bread that came down from heaven.Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died,whoever eats this bread will live forever."The Gospel of the Lord

The "Bread of Life" discourse in the sixth chapter of John's Gospel reveals how the Body and Blood of Jesus fosters our life in God. (Lectionary #167) June 6, 2026 - Cathedral of Christ the King - Superior, WI Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com  

Original Airdate: June 11, 2023Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9 | 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 | John 3:16-18 Opening Prayer: Oh God, who in this wonderful sacrament have left us a memorial of your passion, grant, we pray, so to revere the sacred mysteries of your body and blood that we may always experience in ourselves the fruits of your redemption, who lives and reigns with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever, amen. Homily: I want you to think for a few moments about Jesus the man, like us in everything, weaknesses, doubts, fears, anxieties, and for 30 years he spent time reflecting and studying and wondering about life and about who he was and about what he was here for.  And then it came time for him to have this burning desire inside of him, this desire to teach and to preach and to open people to something that he knew now and was convinced of, and that is God dwelling inside of him.  He was God, but he never acted as if he was God.  He acted as he was, a man filled with divinity, and so we have to suspend some logical, “How does this happen?  How does that work?”  Suspend all that, and stay with the image.  And the image is this presence of God inside Jesus gave him the ability to do everything that he did, teach everything that he taught, perform every miracle that he performed with one intention.  “I want people to understand who this God is and what he wants from them and what he wants to give them.”   That first reading talks about the early time that God called a people together and took them on a journey.  It's the archetypal journey of going from slavery to freedom.  We are called into a world where we are not burdened by a law and rules and regulations that go against what we really want.  No, we're on a journey transforming us so that the things that we're called to do are not commands we have to follow but the only choice we believe is the right choice.  We begin to live in the truth that the law calls us to live in.  And so in those early days, what it was about was God had to work with us where we were, and we were pretty low on the scale of consciousness, and so basically it turned out that God was taking them on a journey.  They didn't know where.  They had to trust in him, and so the beginning is do you trust in God and the plan that he has for you.  He's going to invite you into that plan, and so what they were experiencing in the plan is that it was not something that was comfortable or easy.  What they left seemed to be more comfortable at times, and so they have this resistance consistently through this journey.  We don't like this process.  We don't like evolving and growing and changing, and so what we sense in this is there is this way in which he says, “Look, I want you to trust in me on this journey, but you've got to trust.  That is, I'm not going to zoom you to the goal and say, ‘Now here it is.  Now do you believe in me?'”  No, he said, “I want you to trust in the process.”  And so one of the things he promises to do in this journey of ours is to feed us and to make sure that we have what is essential for life: food and water.  You can see the images in these things as we look at the whole story of salvation history.  Water is all about cleansing and about quenching the longings in our heart, and food is about having the strength and the power to do what we're called to do or to endure what we're called to endure.    So in the very beginning of this journey that we share with God, he revealed to the people that he is there to nurture so that we can do the work, do the work.  And what is the work?  Well, Paul brings up something interesting.  Nothing is more essential to the teaching of Jesus than the whole notion of his body and his blood being offered to us on a regular basis.  That is the thing we need.  That's the nurturing we need in order to do the work we're here to do, and so Paul is very aware of that.  And what he's saying is something that goes beyond just saying, “We are here to receive from God his presence, and it nurtures us and it feeds us.”  But then Paul adds, “Know this work of being fed and nourished is something we have to learn to participate in.”  And if you're participating in it, it doesn't mean that you're feeding yourself, but then you're realizing that you're being fed with that which gives you strength, and this blood that is so clearly an image of being there for other people, forgiveness, having a stance towards the needs of others, these are things that we are fed, but then we have to feed them to others.  So the idea of God giving us what is necessary, he then says, “And if I'm doing that with you, and I'm doing it for everyone, but I'm going to do it often through another person.  I'm going to be using you to be my body and my blood to other people, because I am in you, and you share what's in you.”  When you think about all of that, it's hard to grasp what that really is like, and we believe, as Catholics, in the Eucharist.  We use it every day in our ministry to communities.  We celebrate it, and then yet what we realize is that, according to the statistics that are out there, asking the average Catholic, “Do you believe that this bread is really the body of Christ?  Do you believe this wine is really the blood of Christ?”  Supposedly only about 30 percent of Catholics believe in transubstantiation.  What do they believe in?  It's a beautiful, rich symbol, a symbol.  There's nothing wrong with having symbols that point to a reality, but why was Jesus so insistent in saying, “Unless you believe in this, you can't have life.”  And what does he mean by life?  He means that ability to be engaged in the life that God has created for you and for me, to believe that all of it is interconnected, that we're part of something much bigger than we are, and we're living out something that is moving toward life and growth and change and something wonderful.  That's hard to believe in sometimes.  So what do we have to do in order to be more in touch with this incredibly core issue of our Catholic faith or Christian faith, Jesus living inside of us as Spirit, the Holy Spirit, God the Father Spirit, his Spirit in us, flowing out of us, doing the same thing that Jesus did on this planet?  Now, if you're waiting for signs, that's a little dangerous, because I don't know how Jesus dealt with his humanity and the ability that he had to make God's presence felt through him through signs and wonders and miracles and driving out demons.  I don't think any of us could endure that kind of egocentric food without getting caught up in it.  So it has to be done in a way that is not so literal, but at the same time, it is absolutely real.  It is his body that we take into us.  It is his blood that is coursing through our veins.  How else can we imagine God in us, that he's ⎯ we can imagine that he's in our heart.  He stays there, but he's in our flesh.  He's in the essence of who we are.  What a beautiful image to believe in, and the thing that keeps us is our logical mind that says, “Well, if it's bread, it can't really be the body of Christ.”  Even miracles around the blessed sacraments, the reality of it is the host bleeds, or somehow the host takes on a quality of flesh, as if to say, “If we believed it really was the body of Christ, by experiment, by science, we would believe it.”  Well, I don't think so, because if you look at science now, science is in a very different place than it was, say, 50 years ago.  Quantum physics has changed our whole idea and understanding of what matter really is, and we find out that matter is not made up just of atoms but of tiny particles.  And these tiny, tiny particles have the ability to do things we never thought was possible, because a particle can be both something that you can measure and see and weigh, and it can also just be energy, just power, just a force.  Reality can be both material, and in a sense, we would say non-material to our eyes.  That's not super-unusual, unnatural.  It's the way the world works.  If the world works that way, then the idea of this presence of God in the world that is, to us, invisible, has every right to be there in a sense.  Science says, “Yeah, there's a Spirit in the world that is goodness, that is him, that is God, that is truth, and it's as real as the person you're looking at or the chair you're sitting on.”  And that probably doesn't really work to say, “Well then, I believe,” because even the disciples had a hard time believing.   In fact, it's encouraging to me, when you listen to all those stories after Easter, how many times Jesus had to say, “I was with you.  You saw this.  You saw that.  Why do you still not believe.  Believe, believe.”  That's the key.  Can you believe that this issue that Jesus made such a big deal about, “You've got to believe that I'm in you.  My Father's in you.  The Holy Spirit is in you.  We're working with you.  Everything is working together.  You're on this path.  Without that, we can just spiral down into something very dark.”  So make a choice.  Believe in Christ's presence.  Believe in the food that we find in each other that is him, the nourishment, the power to forgive, to love.  We find it through other people, because he's in them, and he flows to us, and he's in us.  It changes my life.  It has changed it, and I hope it changes yours.  Amen. Closing Prayer: Father, everything we long for, everything we ask for, you promise to work it so that we will receive that gift.  Help us to trust in your promise.  Never let it diminish our desire to ask over and over and over again for all that we need to live the life you've called us to live.  And we ask this in Jesus' name, amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

O Lord Jesus Christ,In the most holy sacrament of the EucharistYou give us Your Body and Bloodas the food of eternal life.Increase in us faith, love, and reverencefor this great mystery of Your presence.Nourish our soulswith the Bread of Heavenand strengthen us in Your gracethat we may live always in union with Youand serve You faithfully all our days.O Jesus, truly present in the BlessedSacrament,be our light, our strength, and our salvationnow and forever. Amen.

Father Davison preaches the homily on the Sunday feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi Sunday)

Father Smith preaches the homily on the Sunday feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi Sunday)

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Christ reveals his love to us, do the gift of himself and the most holy Eucharist. When we honor him and adore him and praise him, we love him in return. Listen to my Harmony to learn more.

Our Lord, Jesus Christ reveals His love to us through the gift of Himself in the Most Holy Eucharist and through His Most Sacred Heart. These two celebrations help us to understand our Lord's love for us and the connection between the two. Let us respond to His love by loving Him in return. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Read OnlineJesus said to the Jewish crowds: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” John 6:51–52It must have been shocking to Jesus' listeners the first time He boldly proclaimed that He would give His flesh as spiritual food. Their reaction makes this clear: “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” Jesus did not back down or soften what He had just proclaimed. Instead, He began a lengthy and direct discourse, starting with these words:“Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.” (John 6:53–56)What would you have thought had you been among the first hearers? We're told the people quarreled, indicating division. Some, we later read, murmured among themselves, saying: “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” And tragically, many of Jesus' disciples left Him and returned to their former way of life (cf. John 6:60–66).Despite this apparent failure and loss of disciples, Jesus did not retract or revise His teaching. Instead, He turned to the Twelve and asked if they too wished to leave. Peter, with clarity and faith, responded with one of the most profound statements of discipleship in all of Scripture: “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God” (cf. John 6:67–69).In many ways, Peter's words are as important for us today as Jesus' own words introducing the Eucharist. Why? Because Peter shows us how to respond when we encounter divine mysteries beyond human understanding. The Eucharist is one of the most central of these mysteries.Do you believe in the Eucharist? Do you believe that it is truly the flesh and blood of the Son of God—His Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity? Though many of us have learned this teaching from childhood and accept it on some level, few penetrate the depth of the mystery we behold at every Mass. Saint John Vianney spoke beautifully of the Eucharist, revealing his profound reverence for this Gift: “If we really understood the Mass, we would die for joy.” And: “There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.” He also said: “How beautiful it is! After the Consecration, the good God is there as He is in Heaven.”It's easy to approach the Holy Mass out of routine rather than with the depth of faith possessed by the saints. But that must be our goal. We must believe that we would truly “die of joy” if we understood the Mass.The Solemnity of Corpus Christi is our annual invitation to step back and reflect on what we believe—and how devoutly we participate in the Mass and receive Holy Communion. We need this reminder so that our worship and faith do not grow lax.Reflect today on Jesus' unwavering clarity: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.” Believe what He says. The Eucharist is not a symbol; it is the greatest Divine Mystery on earth. In the Eucharist, we kneel before God and consume Him—so that we may become what we eat: the Mystical Body of Christ.Let us close by praying the opening verses of a hymn Saint Thomas Aquinas wrote at the request of Pope Urban IV for the newly instituted Feast of Corpus Christi in 1264—the Pange Lingua, meaning, “Proclaim, O Tongue.” Down in adoration falling,Lo! the sacred Host we hail;Lo! o'er ancient forms departing,Newer rites of grace prevail;Faith for all defects supplying,Where the feeble senses fail. To the everlasting Father,And the Son who reigns on high,With the Holy Ghost proceedingForth from each eternally,Be salvation, honor, blessing,Might, and endless majesty. Amen.The last supper, via Adobe StockSource: Free RSS feed from catholic-daily-reflections.com — Copyright © 2026 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. This content is provided solely for personal, non-commercial use. Redistribution, republication, or commercial use — including use within apps with advertising — is strictly prohibited without written permission.

Mass Readings Reading 1, Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16 Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 Reading 2, First Corinthians 10:16-17 Gospel, John 6:51-58

Send us Fan Mail“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. (Tielhard de Chardin, "The Priest, Writings in Time of War.")I have Mass on Sunday, June 7th, at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am; The 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed https://stisidore.church/isidore-online/frjoedailey@gmail.com

Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16 (He fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know.) 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 ·(Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body.)

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Homily for Sunday Mass given by Fr. Jacob Miller

Mary and Fr Eamonn McCarthy present Gospel Tidings from Lourdes, where they are on the Cloyne diocesan pilgrimage, ahead of Corpus Christi Sunday. The episode includes a close reading of John 6 through Frank Duff's argument: every other time Jesus spoke figuratively in the Gospels he explained himself when challenged — but in the Bread […] L'articolo Gospel Tidings – Corpus Christi in Lourdes – Mary Hooton and Fr Eamonn – The Body and Blood of Christ proviene da Radio Maria.

Get all set for The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ with Father DufresneSummaryJoin us as we explore the profound significance of the Eucharist, the history of Corpus Christi, and the importance of intentionality in faith and priesthood. Our guest shares insights on Eucharistic miracles, the origins of feast days, and how to deepen our spiritual journey through prayer and perseverance.TakeawaysEucharistic miracles and their significanceHistory and origins of Corpus Christi feastThe importance of intention in prayer and MassDoubts and perseverance in faithThe role of Eucharistic prayers in MassChapters00:00 Introduction to All Set for Sunday Podcast03:03 The Significance of Corpus Christi04:02 Exploring the Readings for Corpus Christi07:43 Understanding the Eucharist and Its Importance10:52 The Origins of Corpus Christi15:14 The Journey of Faith: Peter of Prague20:06 Intentionality in the Mass23:58 The Role of Doubt in Faith27:50 Encouraging Open Conversations About Doubt29:50 Father Dufresne's Second Term and Intentions31:14 Eucharistic Prayers and Their Usage34:12 Casual Conversations and Personal Insights35:35 ASS_Closing Sting.mp4

In this episode, we will explore ideas such as: Jesus is our sustenance. He doesn't just give us what we need. He IS what we need. We must keep a healthy diet. How are we feeding on Jesus? How our hunger reveals God's existence. The readings can be found here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060726.cfm   Unpacking the Mass is a production of Down to Earth Ministry which exists to provide encouragement and resources to those considering, converting, and growing in Catholicism.   Join me at the Defending the Faith Conference:   https://cvent.me/gqgxwV?utm_source=affiliate&utm_campaign=dfc_influencers_2026&utm_medium=social&utm_term=keithnester_2026&RefId=KEITHNESTER26   Discount Code: KEITH25  

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A Bible study on John 6:51-58, the Gospel reading for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - Cycle A.

Let's examine some of the themes in the Mass readings for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, sometimes called Corpus Christi. (Lectionary #167) June 1, 2026 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com  

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At the heart of the Liturgy of the Eucharist is the epiclesis, when the priest begs the Holy Spirit to come and transform the bread and wine into the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ. The Catechism explains this mysterious reality, and Fr. Mike reiterates that the Mass is not a repetition of Christ's once-and-for-all sacrifice, but a re-presentation and celebration of his eternal sacrifice on the Cross. Today's readings are Catechism paragraphs 1104-1112. This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/ciy Please note: The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

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