THE MEAL THAT SHOUTS THE GOOD NEWS - One Bread, One Body, 4/9/2009

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Thursday, April 9, 2009, Holy Thursday

Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, Psalm 116, John 13:1-15
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THE MEAL THAT SHOUTS THE GOOD NEWS

"Every time, then, you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the
death of the Lord until He comes!" —1 Corinthians 11:26

You may not be a good speaker, but you can spend your life evangelizing
and proclaiming the faith. You may be shy and find it hard to approach
people with the message of salvation. You may not have led anyone to Jesus
for years. Nevertheless, God has still provided a way for you to loudly
proclaim that Jesus died for the sins of the world.

By eating the eucharistic body of Jesus at Mass, Scripture declares you
are proclaiming to the world that Jesus Christ came to earth to take upon
His shoulders our sins (1 Cor 11:26). By drinking of the cup of the
precious blood of Jesus, you in effect shout from the rooftops (Mt 10:27)
that Jesus is coming again in glory (1 Cor 11:26).

We live in a hurting world that desperately needs to hear the good news of
Jesus over and over again. Let your message go out to the ends of the
earth (Ps 19:5; Acts 1:8) by receiving the eucharistic Jesus daily, or as
often as possible. Jesus commands: "Do this...in remembrance of Me" (1 Cor
11:25).

Prayer: Father, use me to bring many thousands of fallen-away Catholics
back to Jesus, back to a regular sacramental life in the Church, and
forward to a life of mature discipleship.

Promise: "If I washed your feet — I Who am Teacher and Lord — then you
must wash each other's feet. What I just did was to give you an example:
as I have done, so you must do." —Jn 13:14-15

Praise: Praise the Eucharistic Jesus, Who humbled Himself to be food for
our souls.

(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.) (Nine
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Rescript: In accord with the "Code of Canon Law", I hereby grant my
permission to publish "One Bread, One Body" covering the period from April
1, 2009 through May 31, 2009
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, October 3, 2008

The rescript is a declaration that a book or pamphlet is considered to be
free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have
granted ecclesial permission agree with the contents, opinions, or
statements expressed.

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