Reflections on the readings of Sundays and feasts: June-August 2021
This feast, inserted at the end of Eastertide before taking up Ordinary Time, offers an opportunity to reflect more deeply on what was celebrated during the Paschal Triduum, beginning with the Holy Thursday Last Supper. Its present title is more inclusive than the term more commonly used, Corpus Chr...
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The Australasian Catholic record
Year: 2021, Volume: 98, Issue: 2, Pages: 230-248 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality HC New Testament |
| Summary: | This feast, inserted at the end of Eastertide before taking up Ordinary Time, offers an opportunity to reflect more deeply on what was celebrated during the Paschal Triduum, beginning with the Holy Thursday Last Supper. Its present title is more inclusive than the term more commonly used, Corpus Christi. The principal focus of today's readings is the theme of the "blood of the covenant". In the Gospel of John Jesus calls on believers to "eat my body and drink my blood" (John 6:53-54), and Catholics have long been accustomed to eating the "Body of Christ" which is "the bread of life", but less accustomed to drinking "the Blood of Christ" which is our "spiritual drink". In the Eucharistic Table Prayers we hear of the "chalice of salvation" or "chalice of blessing"; after the Last Supper narrative, we acclaim "when we eat this bread and drink this cup"; and we often hear such phrases as "receiving from the chalice". It is of course somewhat off-putting for many to talk openly about drinking blood. |
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| ISSN: | 0727-3215 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record
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