June 18th, 2017 Body and Blood of Christ
Lord Christ, You left us with gifts to help us, nourish us and lead us into eternal life.
You gave us the church, guided by the Spirit, and You gave us the food of life to sustain
us and free us from the ways of the world.
You gave us the Sacraments to keep us able to live this life in love.
You gave us Your Body and Blood to eat and drink to protect us from the snares of the
demons.
Your love is so complete that You didn't only give us a new covenant, but You also left
us "You" in a form of unbelievable love.
The fact that we can truly eat Your Body and drink Your Blood is a gift beyond compare.
The fact that we can come and sit, or kneel in Your presence, and feel Your love and peace
is a great gift that we need more and more to take advantage of.
Christ Jesus, never let us receive You unworthily and never let us lose the mystic of love
surrounding Your gift of Your true Body and Blood.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday MASS CONFUSION
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"The man who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him." -John 6:56
This book, One Bread, One Body, is written to motivate you to go to Mass daily or as often
as possible. Our prayer is that you would live the Mass and make our eucharistic Lord the
center of your life.
Jesus proclaimed: "The bread I will give is My flesh, for the life of the world" (Jn 6:51).
This is a hard saying, and "the Jews quarreled among themselves" about it (Jn 6:52).
"Thereupon Jesus said to them: 'Let Me solemnly assure you, if you do not eat the flesh of
the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. He who feeds on My flesh and
drinks My blood has life eternal and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is
real food and My blood real drink' " (Jn 6:53-55). The Lord has made it very clear that
"in the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist 'the body and blood, together with the soul
and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really,
and substantially contained' " (Catechism, 1374).
If we don't believe the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Jesus, Who is God, then we
shouldn't trust the Church, which has always taught this. If we don't trust the Church, we
have little reason to believe the Bible, for the Bible was compiled, established, and
interpreted by the Church. If we don't believe in the Eucharist, the Church, and her Bible,
then we have no objective basis for believing in Christianity. We then exist in a
subjective, new-age confusion or in the empty hopelessness of agnosticism. Instead, we must
believe that the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of God.
Prayer: Father, make me so in love with Your eucharistic Son that I will be willing to risk
my life to receive Holy Communion.
Promise: "We, many though we are, are one body, for we all partake of the one bread."
-1 Cor 10:17, our transl.
Praise: All praise to you, risen, eucharistic Jesus!
Monday GOT LIFE?
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We are "sorrowful, though we are always rejoicing; poor, yet we enrich many. We seem to have
nothing, yet everything is ours!" -2 Corinthians 6:10
Tuesday GIVINGS OR MIS-GIVINGS?
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"In the midst of severe trial their overflowing joy and deep poverty have produced an
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focus on the subjects in hand, do well for God's glory and qualify for admission to
the course. For L W S N J D B a spirit of obedience and a listening heart, mind and
spirit even as they seek to know God's will and plan for their lives. For the parents
your peace and every grace and blessing they stand in need of. Amen
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Pour out your Holy Spirit upon her and fill her with your wisdom, discernment,
understanding and good health. Your Holy Spirit upon her son as well to be obedient
understanding and take away from him the attachment to the mobile phone that is
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Abba Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit I ask you to surround A B R M with your divine
merciful love.Guard guide protect their hearts minds and spirits to be faithful to
you and the teachings of the Church and keep them safe from all harm and anything
that is not of you. Mother Mary, all you angels and saints, family souls in purgatory
and their guardian angels surround them always. Amen
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Father, we ask that You go before EB and surround her with Your Love and Angels.
Protect her from any breakdown, flat tires, bad traffic, bad weather, any delays, or
evil and bring her home safely. Thank You God, Amen.
(Carol, Arizona , , 6/17/2017 11:54:35 AM)
Dear god, i feel sad n happy. Because all the problem is my life. But, somehow, i
know, You are watching me. Please be hurry, myLord.. Save me n heal me from all of
this misery... Please take care of my child inside my belly too. Don't let bad things
happen to it.. I have a faith, You will take care of us.. Amen.
(Anonymous, , 6/17/2017 11:07:55 AM)
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COMMUNICATING GOOD NEWS
GOD IS AT WORK
Those who, in faith, entrust themselves to the guidance of the Holy Spirit come to
realize how God is present and at work in every moment of our lives and history,
patiently bringing to pass a history of salvation. Hope is the thread with which this
sacred history is woven, and its weaver is none other than the Holy Spirit.
NURTURE HOPE
Hope is the humblest of virtues, for it remains hidden in the recesses of life, yet it
is like the yeast that leavens all the dough. We nurture it by reading ever anew the
Gospel, "reprinted" in so many editions in the lives of the saints who became icons of
God's love in this world.
BEACONS IN THE DARKNESS
... The Spirit continues to sow in us a desire for the Kingdom, thanks to all those who,
drawing inspiration from the Good News amid the dramatic events of our time, shine like
beacons in the darkness of this world , shedding light along the way and opening ever
new paths of confidence and hope.
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