Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Let us pray through the intercession of Saint John Vianney and Saint Philomena for our priests who bring us the Body and Blood of Christ.
Totally yours
Immaculate Conception, Mary, my Mother. Live in me. Act in me. Speak in and through me. Think your thoughts in my mind. Love, through my heart. Give me your dispositions and feelings. Teach, lead and guide me to Jesus. Correct, enlighten and expand my thoughts and behavior. Possess my soul. Take over my entire personality and life. Replace it with yourself. Incline me to constant adoration and thanksgiving. Pray in me and through me. Let me live in you and keep me in this union always. Pope John Paul II
Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, one of the greatest theologians of the 2nd century, is best known for refuting the Gnostic heresies in his writings, Against Heresies, 180 A.D He wrote teachings on the Eucharist:
"Christ has declared the cup, a part of creation, to be his own Blood, from which he causes our blood to flow; and the bread, a part of creation, he has established as his own Body, from which he gives increase to our bodies."
"For just as the bread which comes from the earth, having received the invocation of God, is no longer ordinary bread, but the Eucharist, consisting of two realities, earthly and heavenly, so our bodies, having received the Eucharist, are no longer corruptible, because they have the hope of the resurrection."
Ephesians 5:30
For we are members of His Body, of His flesh and of His bones.
Our Blessed Mother is the Mother of the Eucharist.
She is the tree of life to them that lay hold on her, and he that shall retain her is blessed. Proverbs 3:18
June 06, 2010
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