SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI) - YEAR A
Readings
First: Deuteronomy 8: 2-3, 14-16 - Moses reminds the people that God fed them in the desert with manna, and brought them out of slavery in Egypt
Psalm: 147 - O praise the Lord Jerusalem / He established peace on your borders / He makes his word known to Jacob.
Second: I Corinthians 10: 16-17 - The blessing cup that we bless is a communion with the blood of Christ ... there is only one loaf - thought there are many of us, we form a single body.
Sequence: Sing forth, O Zion, sweetly sing ...
Gospel: John 6: 51-58 - I am the living bread come down from heaven ... Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life, and I shall raise him up on the last day.
Themes
Jesus, bread of life. Food and drink of eternal life. Manna in Old Testament times is equivalent to Christ today.
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Picture: "King David kneeling in front of a sacrificial altar," by Anonymous 17th century Master in the manner of Jan de Bray. Public Domain.
