06/07/2026
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ (Corpus Christi)
Sunday June 7, 2026
THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST (Solemnity)
Vestment: White
Today’s Rosary: The Glorious Mysteries
FIRST READING
“He fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers
A reading from the Book of Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 8:2-3.14b-16a)
Moses spoke to the people, saying, “You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that He might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments, or not. And He humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know; that He might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord. “And you shall remember the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bo***ge, who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock, who fed you in the wilderness with manna which your fathers did not know.”
The word of the Lord.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 147: 12-13.14- I 5.19-20 (R. 12a)
R/. O Jerusalem, glorify the Lord!
Or: Alleluia.
O Jerusalem, glorify the Lord!
O Sion, praise your God!
He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your children within you. R/.
He established peace on your borders;
He gives you your fill of finest wheat.
He sends out His word to the earth,
and swiftly runs His command. R/.
R/. O Jerusalem, glorify the Lord!
Or: Alleluia.
He reveals His word to Jacob;
to Israel, His decrees and judgements.
He has not dealt thus with other nations;
He has not taught them His judgements. R/.
SECOND READING
“Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body.”
A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 10: 16- 17)
Brethren: The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
The word of the Lord
ALLELUIA John 6:51
Alleluia. I am the living bread which came down from heaven, says the Lord; if any one eats this bread he will live for ever. Alleluia.
GOSPEL
“My flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.”
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John (John 6:51-58)
At that time: Jesus said to the crowds of the Jews, “I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.” The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
TODAY’S REFLECTION
In spite of the presence of numerous varieties of food that tickle our taste buds, they cannot satisfy our hunger forever and give us eternal life. Only Jesus Christ, our food and drink, can satisfy our hunger and quench our thirst forever. Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa of Balasar, Portugal, fed on the Eucharist alone for more than thirteen years! But today the Eucharist, for many, is a lifeless piece of bread. Several Catholics around the world disbelieve in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. The Devil dreads the presence of the Eucharist and we who claim to be believers and followers of Jesus end up desecrating the Eucharist by our sinful way of life.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, an English writer and university professor wrote, “Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament… there you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all you love on earth…. The only cure for sagging or fainting faith is communion. Though always itself, perfect and complete and inviolate, the Blessed Sacrament does not operate completely and once for all in any of us. Like the act of faith it must be continuous and grow by exercise. Frequency is of the highest effect. Seven times a week is more than seven times at intervals”.
