06/08/2026
"I am the living bread that came down from heaven; ..."
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ, Year A
Gospel: John 6:51-58
Three key takeaways from Father Tony's June 7 homily:
✝For all of us as Catholics, this is it! The gift of the Eucharist; the source and summit of the spiritual life, the Christian life, said Father Tony. Without it, we are nothing. Jesus says that in the gospel.
✝The Eucharist was instituted by Christ at the Last Supper, as he said to his apostles, take and eat, this is my body; take and drink, this is my blood. This is a powerful sacrament and so it has gone on for 2,000 years.
✝Transubstantiation: it's a big word, what does it mean? The substance within the bread, the substance within the wine is transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit into the body and blood of Jesus Christ. It's not the priest, it's the Holy Spirit working through him. This is our spiritual food, our heavenly food. Jesus emphasizes this over and over again in John, chapter 6.
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